News about special and protective equipment

The main damage to forces and means in the Ukrainian conflict is caused by drones and artillery. In this regard, counter-battery warfare plays an important role, the key attribute of which is target detection radars that fix the positions from which the shelling is conducted. However, these radars themselves are at risk of being hit due to the work of the enemy's electronic warfare equipment.

These sonars can be installed on watercraft or deployed on sonar buoys as part of a defense system designed to provide awareness of the underwater situation.

The new equipment will reduce the time for repair and maintenance of equipment

The troops have 3D printers for printing large components for vehicles and armored vehicles. They can produce parts of various sizes and configurations directly in the field.

By placing tires on bombers and other aircraft, the Russian military is confusing the operation of target identification systems equipped with weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In Russia, after the start of its development, the Impulse-M robotic platform was developed. A ground-based unmanned vehicle weighing 1 ton is capable of carrying weapons or equipment weighing 500 kg and pulling another 1.5 tons thanks to a special cable.

MWM: the Russian army has received a new batch of powerful T-90M tanks

The Russian army has received a new batch of T-90M tanks produced by Uralvagonzavod, writes MWM. This model is called the most powerful tank in the world, and the new batch is planned to be equipped with an active defeat protection system that can withstand missiles flying from above.

During the military confrontation in Ukraine, both sides of the conflict actively use autonomous or remotely controlled aircraft, which requires the organization of counteraction to their work. In particular, Russia has adapted the lightly armored tracked vehicle "Plastun-CH" to solve this problem.

The Court was skeptical of their arguments

The heads of the Piket group of companies, who are accused of supplying low-quality bulletproof vests to the Russian army in the amount of about 2 billion rubles, asked the court to transfer them from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest. This is stated in the case materials, which were reviewed by TASS.

RIA: the defendants in the case of substandard body armor received 2.4 billion rubles from the Ministry of Defense

At least 2.4 billion rubles were received from the Russian Ministry of Defense by the defendants in the case of the supply of low-quality body armor for the army, RIA Novosti reported. The management of the Piquet Group of companies was detained in connection with the incident. According to investigators, the defendants invested the money they earned in land plots, a business center and shares. However, the detainees themselves insist that in their bulletproof vests, "the guys go into battle, get hit by bullets and shrapnel and stay alive," and claim that they were slandered.

MWM: Russian T-90M tanks have received a new active protection system “Arena-M"

The most effective Russian T-90M tank has received a new active protection system "Arena-M", writes MWM. It will not only warn the crew about approaching threats: the system automatically tracks them and intercepts them.

Stanislav Orlov, aka Spaniard, is the commander and founder of the Espanyol volunteer brigade, in which football fans of various Russian clubs serve. In two years, the battalion has become one of the most innovative in the Russian Army — new techniques, techniques and methods of warfare are constantly being tested in it, and recently the unit has received the status of an official testing ground of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

On the margins of the recently held Army 2024 exhibition, among other novelties presented to the general public, the T-90M "Breakthrough" tank, equipped with a mine trawl, appeared.

A new ground-based drone has entered the special operation zone

Volunteers delivered an unmanned rover "Cricket" to the units operating in the SVO zone. Such platforms are used for the evacuation of the wounded and the delivery of goods to the front line. The main feature of the model is that its route can be programmed.

A special task force has been deployed at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation to resolve issues from these regions and the requested number of drones and electronic warfare equipment has been delivered to the military group in the Kursk direction

The use of the competencies of enterprises of the military-industrial complex in medical instrumentation was discussed by specialized specialists within the framework of the business program of the Army-2024 forum, which was held in Kubinka near Moscow, the press service of the Shvabe holding reported on Thursday.

Russian troops may soon receive new uniforms developed by LLC Triada-TKO of the Kalashnikov concern. A promising set of VKPO 3.2 uniforms was presented at the Army 2024 forum.

On the final day of the Army-2024 forum, the head of the Main Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Alexander Osadchuk, summed up the results of the second day of the forum and announced the events for August 14.

Dozens of new products from the state and national military-industrial complex were shown in the Patriot Park

Fifteen hundred enterprises of the military—industrial complex, more than 28 thousand samples of weapons and military equipment, official delegations from 83 states - the tenth anniversary international military-technical forum "Army-2024" is taking place in the Patriot Park near Moscow. This is the third exhibition since the beginning of the exhibition. About the new products — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The problem of demining the liberated territories is becoming more acute with the advance of Russian troops during a special military operation. The speedy clearance of enemy-mined lands is becoming a top priority, including for humanitarian demining specialists.