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Overview of the main Russian landing ships of project 775. As part of the combat readiness check of the forces of the Russian Pacific Fleet, footage of the landing was published, by the large landing ship Admiral Nevelskoy of project 775 / II and the large landing ship Nikolai Vilkov of project 1171. The landing ship Admiral Nevelskoy is the fourth in a series of 13 ships of the project 775/II, which is a development of the Project 775 ships. The Project 775 ships were created to replace the aging Project 1171 landing ships and are the backbone of the Russian amphibious fleet. Project 775 landing ships were built from 1974 to 1985 in Poland at the Stocznia Polnocna shipyard, a total of 25 ships were built. Over the years of their service, the ships have made many trips and have proven themselves well. The armament of the project 775 / II ship, two twin 57-mm AK-725 artillery mounts, two A-215 Grad-M MLRS launchers and four Strela-3 MANPADS. Project 775 ships have AK-630M artillery mounts. The ship can transport 10 tanks weighing up to 41 tons and 340 paratroopers or 12 armored vehicles and 340 paratroopers. The total displacement of the ship is 4080 tons, the draft is 3.7 meters. Travel speed 17.5 knots. Cruising range 6000 miles, cruising autonomy 30 days. The crew of the ship is 98 people.
Russia has developed a jet drone kamikaze K-5. The prototype of the drone was shown at VDNKh by the Ural company Unmanned Vehicles. The drone is equipped with a turbojet power plant that allows it to reach a maximum speed of 400 km/h and a cruising speed of 200 km/h. The flight range of the drone is 90 km, with a useful mass of 6 кг. Drone components are Russian, except for the engine. The drone is equipped with artificial intelligence and computer vision, it works within the framework of thermal signatures and within the framework of images. It has the ability to adjust the inertial system, which will completely get rid of the use of radio channels. By the end of the year, it is planned to show serial samples of reconnaissance and strike drones.
Field repair and barrel replacement of the 203 mm howitzer Malka Rossii. Footage of the repair and replacement of the barrel in the field of the Russian 203-mm self-propelled howitzer "Malka" 2S7M has been published. Russian specialists carried out not only repairs, but also showed the process of checking the ACS barrel in the field. Replacing the ACS barrel in the field takes about 2 hours.
Overview of 120 mm rapid-fire self-propelled guns Phlox of Russia. Russia may start using the new 2S40 Phlox rapid-fire self-propelled guns. The 2S40 Floks 120-mm self-propelled artillery gun is mounted on the Ural-4320VV chassis and was first shown in 2016. The self-propelled gun is equipped with a gun developed on the basis of 2A80 from self-propelled guns 2S31 "Vena", this gun combines the main qualities of guns, howitzers and mortars, which allows the use of various ammunition, including foreign production. The gun is equipped with a modern recoil system. This solution, together with modern electronics, can reduce the time to fire to 20 seconds. The self-propelled guns weighing 20 tons are armored and protect the crew from bullets and an explosion of up to 5 kg of TNT. ACS "Floks" is equipped with a modern digital weapon-computer system, which is able to perform many tasks in automatic mode. Real-time information is sent to the crew monitors in the cockpit, which allows you to quickly respond to the situation. ACS can exchange data with other machines and store up to 30 targets in memory at the same time, working on them one by one. The 2S40 gun is the fastest firing in the world in its caliber, the rate of fire of the Phlox self-propelled guns reaches 10 rounds per minute. There are 28 shells in the automated ammunition rack of the self-propelled guns and 52 are in conventional stacks. The ACS is equipped with a system for detecting laser irradiation and setting smoke screens. The installation is equipped with a remotely controlled combat module with a Kord machine gun of 12.7 mm caliber. The firing range of the self-propelled guns is up to 13 km, the crew of the vehicle is 4 people.
Russian SAM Tor inside and the work of its operators. A serviceman with a call sign with the call sign "Strizh" showed the Tor air defense system inside and the work of the operators of this complex. SAM Tor was put into service in 1986.
Installation of missiles in the self-propelled ATGM Shturm-S of Russia. During the training of Russian military personnel at the training ground, footage of loading and firing missiles of the Shturm-S self-propelled anti-tank system was published. The 9P149 combat vehicle uses 12 ATGMs, which can be equipped with a high-explosive, cumulative or rod warhead. The missiles of the Shturm-S complex are located in a rotating drum, the weight of the missile in the transport container is 46.5 kg. The complex allows you to fire at targets moving at a frontal speed of 80 km / h and with a flank speed of up to 60 km / h, with a rate of fire of 4 rounds per minute. The complex worked well in Afghanistan and Chechnya, at a maximum range of 5000 meters it hit targets meter by meter in size. The armor penetration of missiles of the Shturm-S complex is from 650 to 950 mm of armor.
Overview of kamikaze drones Geran-2 of Russia, launches. Rare footage of the night launch of Russian kamikaze drones "Geran-2" has been published. As you know, the Geran-2 drone is a modernized Iranian Shahed-136 drone. A drone weighing 200 kilograms is launched from a catapult using a solid-fuel booster at a distance of up to 2000 kilometers. The mass of the warhead of the drone is 50 kilograms, the flight altitude is up to 4000 meters. The drone is equipped with a 50 hp engine. and develops a speed of up to 180 km / h with a flight duration of up to 12 hours. The drone has a small thermal footprint and is difficult to detect by radar due to the plastic body and wooden propeller, as well as the low flight altitude of 60 meters. At a short range, "Geran-2" is controlled like a conventional UAV. At long distances by GPS or GLONASS coordinates. The approximate price of the Geranium-2 drone is 50 thousand dollars.
Video filming inside the Russian T-72B3 tank. Video footage of a Russian modernized T-72B3 tank has surfaced. The T-72B3 modification was developed in 2011 as a mass-produced and economical alternative to the main T-90A tank. The main changes in the tank during modernization, the Sosna-U sight and modern digital communication systems were installed, the A3 automatic loader was modernized for new shells and the 2A46M-5 gun was modernized. A weather sensor, a thermal imager, displays and a modern ballistic computer were installed, an automatic target tracking device (ATS) was introduced. The installed French thermal imagers were later replaced by Russian ones. In 2016, the tank was upgraded to the T-72B3M version.
Overview of Russian military robots Platform-M. Robots of the "Platform-M" series can be used by Russia, they began to be noticed at Russian training grounds. The combat robot "Platform-M" was first introduced in 2015, the robot was created as a multifunctional platform. The robot is capable of carrying both weapons and reconnaissance and engineering equipment, as well as acting as transporters. The robot is armed with four AGS-30 grenade launchers and a 7.62 mm PKTM machine gun with 400 rounds of ammunition, as well as the Kornet ATGM, this is one weapon option. For reconnaissance, the robot uses the Fara radar, a thermal imager, a range finder and video cameras. The robot can be equipped with devices for detecting various substances and a mine sweep. Robots "Platform-M" were used in the fighting in Syria, but there is no data on their effectiveness. The robot weighs 800 kg, is armored according to the 3rd protection class and is driven by two 6.5-kilowatt motors. The payload of the robot is up to 300 kg. The robot moves on rubber tracks and can work autonomously for up to 10 hours at a distance of up to 1500 meters.
Overview of the military automotive kitchen PAK-200M of Russia. Footage of the work of the Russian military field kitchen PAK-200M has been published. The PAK-200M field car kitchen has been produced since 2107 and is placed on the Kamaz 5350 chassis. A feature of the PAK-200M is its mobility - you can cook food both in the parking lot and on the move. Two field kitchen chefs can feed 200 people with three types of dishes. The kitchen has 80 liter cooking pots and two 150 liter pots. Boilers are heated with kerosene, diesel fuel or wood. The kitchen can produce 100 liters of boiling water and 150 liters of soup in an hour. The kitchen is equipped with a two-chamber refrigerator and two cabinets. The kitchen has two working tables, a tub for washing products, a vegetable cutter, a meat grinder and other mechanisms. PAK-200M kitchen water heating time up to 95 degrees 70 minutes, diesel fuel consumption 12 kg per hour, boiling water tank capacity 350 liters. Currently, the Russian army operates about 10 thousand field kitchens of various modifications.
In Russia, they begin to modernize missiles for MLRS. For the first time, part of the elements from missiles for Russian multiple rocket launcher is planned to be replaced from metal to polymer. Modernization will make it possible to reduce the cost and speed up the production of missiles, make the hull lighter, and the missiles will become more long-range while maintaining the same dimensions. Which MLRS missiles will be upgraded has not yet been reported. Most likely, missiles for the TornadoS MARS, Uragan MRS and Smerch MRLS will be upgraded.
In Russia, they began to produce sniper cartridges 10.3x77 millimeters Cheytac. Until recently, American and Australian-made cartridge cases were purchased for cartridges of this caliber, and gunpowder was purchased in the USA and Finland. Now mass production of 375 Cheytac caliber cartridges has been started at Lobaev Arms, located in Tarusa, Kaluga region. Lobaev Arms specializes in the production of civilian and service sniper weapons, the rifles of this manufacturer are popular all over the world. The Russian cartridge for sniper rifles is assembled from shells developed by Lobaev Arms and gunpowder from one of the Kazan enterprises. The Cheytac-type cartridge was created in the USA in 2001 by designers John Taylor and William Wardman. According to some reports, the maximum range of the Cheytac cartridge is 3000 meters.
The launch of the UAV Siberia-1, the work of Russian signalmen. The footage of the work of Russian communications units has been published. The video shows a portable satellite communication station and the launch of the Russian multifunctional UAV communications relay "Siberia-1". UAV "Siberia-1" can stay in the air for three days and provides signal relay and reconnaissance.
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Russian servicemen spoke about the experience of using the Ironia-M reconnaissance optoelectronic complex in Ukraine. The reconnaissance complex "Ironia-M" entered the special forces of Russia in 2015. The multifunctional optical-electronic complex is designed to search for the enemy and conduct surveillance of the area. The main element of the complex is an optical-electronic device weighing about 3.2 kg.