News about special and protective equipment

The Polish Arms Agency has signed an additional agreement with the local company Maskpol to the contract concluded last year. According to him, the Polish army ordered an additional ten thousand HP-05 helmets for its soldiers.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continues to publish footage depicting the actions of its units in the Gaza Strip. So, recently, videos appeared on the Internet of the entry of the 162nd armored division "Ha-Plada" into the Palestinian city of Rafah, located in the very south of the enclave, on the Egyptian border.

Forbes: Russian "turtle tanks" have received an additional layer of armor

Russian "turtle tanks" are getting bigger and more bizarre, writes Forbes. However, they are still coping with their task. These strange machines are used for mine clearance, and the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot cope with them, the article notes.

Prolonged military operations involving a huge number of military personnel of various ages, as well as large frontline territories where civilians remain, pose a lot of tasks in medical support. Military doctors are assisted by civilian colleagues and charitable organizations. Izvestia learned about how volunteers help in providing medical units and hospitals, and how psychologists help veterans adapt after the fighting.

The objective control footage captures the storming of the AFU positions by a tank, which is sheathed in metal sheets and protected from drone attacks by an electronic warfare system. Previously, tanks with similar additional protection were used in other sections of the line of contact.

Continuing the topic, I must say that the Gaza Strip (see part I) This is far from the first case of the use of cargo parachute systems, including guided gliding cargo parachute systems (USGS), for the delivery of goods during various armed conflicts in the Middle East. So, back in 2016, as part of the world food delivery program conducted under the auspices of the United Nations, a parachute landing of goods to Syrian refugees was carried out near the city of Deir ez-Zor. During the first landing, about 21 tons of cargo were dropped from leased Russian Il-76 aircraft.

The autonomous platform can carry up to 40 kg of cargo, has a variable undercarriage and communication systems

Russian developers have created an autonomous mobile platform capable of performing a variety of tasks on the line of contact. It can be used for cargo delivery, when deploying a field cable and a network of repeaters, as well as as a kamikaze drone.

The Russian military-industrial sector demonstrates the highest efficiency in the face of unprecedented Western sanctions and the sharply increased needs of the Russian Armed Forces for all types of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and equipment after the start of the special operation. Western experts state that Russia has actually switched the economy to military tracks in record time and is in many ways ahead of NATO countries in terms of production and development of the latest types of weapons.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will organize a demonstration of Russian products for combating organized crime and terrorism within the framework of the XII International Meeting of High Representatives in charge of Security Issues.

Defense 24: Russia has upgraded the T-80 and plans to resume its production

Russia has upgraded the T-80 tank to the latest standard, Defense 24 writes. Now Moscow plans to resume production of these machines, but with a different configuration and under a different name. In addition, the tank will be used as a platform for the new version of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system.

The armed forces of the Russian Federation used an aerosol curtain, ensuring the advance of assault units in the settlement of Belogorovka. This follows from reports from Russian military sources.

A month after October 7, 2023, since the beginning of hostilities in the Gaza Strip, both humanitarian and military supplies began to be delivered by air by parachute landing. At the same time, at the initial stage, the transport aircraft of the Jordanian and Israeli Air Forces carried out point landing of cargo using guided gliding cargo parachute systems (USPGS).

From the simplest devices for breathing underwater to modern high–tech devices, man's path to mastering the underwater world has been long and impressive. Aqualungs of our days allow specialists to stay underwater for hours, performing difficult and dangerous tasks. For example, to engage in search and rescue operations.

In October 2023, the German authorities announced their intention to transfer 50 electric motorcycles (electromopeds) of the EMU model with a total cost of € 20 million for Ukrainian special forces to equip the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of military assistance.

Unmanned platforms have been developed for Russian sappers for any task

Robotization is becoming the main direction of the development of technology used by sappers — such a conclusion can be drawn following the results of the Day of Innovations of the Engineering Troops, which was held on April 12 at the Karbyshev Military Engineering Academy. At the event, manufacturers presented a wide range of ground-based drones. They should make the work of sappers safer and more efficient, whose profession is considered one of the most dangerous among military specialties. For more information about promising developments in this area, see the Izvestia article.

It is known that the latest modification of the Vepr mine clearance combat vehicle is equipped with the latest TMT-S roller minesweepers. Such trawls allow you to trawl both conventional anti-tank mines and modern anti-ship and anti-bottom mines. The latter are actively used by the armies of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance.

How do mine clearance units work in the near rear

In the liberated territories of Donbass, mine clearance becomes a priority. Sapper groups are working in the near rear, which first clear the roads, and then carry out continuous demining of the area. The units of the engineering troops near Avdiivka are already receiving modern robotic mine clearance systems "Stalker 10" and "Scorpion". A correspondent of Izvestia observed their work, and also found out why the sappers did not like the Oscar-winning film "Lord of the Storm" about the work of their American colleagues.

A number of Ukrainian sources have published footage of objective control taken with the help of a drone, which shows that during the assault on the settlement of Krasnogorovka in the occupied part of the DPR, the Russian army, in addition to other military equipment, used the so-called "turtle tank".

The use of special structures that protect tanks and armored vehicles from kamikaze drone strikes has become a real trend in special military operations. The armed forces of the Russian Federation are increasingly using tanks and armored vehicles equipped with appropriate anti-drone protection, which military personnel among themselves nicknamed "mangals".

Military personnel of one of the repair and restoration units of the Russian army have developed an unmanned radio-controlled transporter designed to deliver ammunition, provisions to the front line, as well as the removal of wounded from the battlefield.