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gelgoog said:

Yeah. "Agriculture" remote mine laying system. A couple of people were talking about it some months ago. Seems to be proving itself quite well with latest Ukrainian counteroffensive, where it is claimed it is being used to lay mine fields in advance of retreating Ukrainian forces.

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One of the most weird example of feudalism in soviet/russian military procurement.
Like, most Russian army 122mm MLRS systems are unarmored, non-package grads, with a half-assed upgrade in form of Tornado-G - and there is a completely modern, separate 122mm MLRS system (with 100% smart ammo in form of mines), procured by ... combat engineers.

Soldier30 said:

Hybrid armored vehicle MT-LB and mortar 2B9 "Vasilek" of Russia. There were shots of a new Russian hybrid of military equipment in the form of an MT-LB transporter and a 2B9 Vasilek mortar placed on it. The mortar is fired with mines in cassettes of 4 pieces, at a distance of up to 4200 meters, the calculation of the mortar is 4 people.

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Does the MT-LB is still produced ?

They are the most modified piece of hardware used by the Russian ground forces. Mounting naval gun, Shturm-S missiles, kornet missiles, mortar, Rapira, zsu23-2, 2A72, strela 10...

Some of them just soldered on top of it or attached with wires...

Ironically, soviet MT-LB's were made in Kharkiv. Tons of them were made so its basically like the soviet M113 but slightly better.

Anlsvrthng said:

It is for a penetrating bomber.

That needs to be stealth from back as well.

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There is flat nozzle on S-70 and Rostec said technologies created for drones will be used for other man and unmanned systems.

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According to him, this solution, as well as the creation of a flat nozzle, will significantly increase the capabilities of the drone. "The technologies developed on the prototypes will be used in the creation of other promising aviation complexes - both manned and unmanned," Chemezov stressed.

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sheogorath said:

Ironically, soviet MT-LB's were made in Kharkiv. Tons of them were made so its basically like the soviet M113 but slightly better.

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erm, it isn't.
M113 is APC. Outdated from a protection point of view, but still a reasonable APC.
MT-LB is an artillery tractor/universal chassis. In those two roles, it's indeed second to none.
While MT-LB can be used as an APC, it isn't exactly well suited to the role. It's a horrible ride for dismounts, and its armor protection is limited and outdated.

I think the MT-LB is better than an M113 on the basis that the armor at least is steel instead of a flat slab of aluminum. It might suck for dismounts, but I'd wager that its more surviveable and durable than an M113.

Also, you couldn't pay me enough to ride an M113 in the water of any depth.

New Russian observation drone by Albatros. This is similar to Super Cam below but this appears to be a different drone from a different manufacturer.


MT-LB loaded as explosives and used as an unmanned kamekaze may have unhinged a key Ukrainian defensive position outside of Marinka.


More kamekaze vehicles. A tank used for this was a T-54. I think this answered why the Russians have pulled a few T-54/55 out of their reserves.


HIMARS failed to destroy this Grad, which fired back. Ukrainian footage cut the feed where the Grad fired back to suggest it was destroyed but if the feed is allowed to play, the Grad survived and continued to fire.


Loitering spotter drone called Super Cam S350, also by ZALA, maybe used to spot targets for Lancet attacks.

This weapon never gets old and is even adding more variants to it including a mini version that has better mobility and off road capability and another that can be used with pickups and civilian trucks.

Tam said:

This weapon never gets old and is even adding more variants to it including a mini version that has better mobility and off road capability and another that can be used with pickups and civilian trucks.

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Looks like you still need to manually aim it. They really need to automate it.

HighGround said:

Looks like you still need to manually aim it. They really need to automate it.

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Not really. If you are talking about the Tornado-G then you input the target coordinates in the unit inside the vehicle cab and it takes care of aiming for you.