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Gloire_bb said:

They're completely parallel existences, though.
TB2 is one of the smallest MALEs, drones with significant range/carrying capabilities.
Zala from your picture (electric flying wing),while undoubtedly stealthy, can only carry a couple of kilos of payload (typically optics) for just a few hours.

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Supercam 350 is likely to have range matching the Lancet drone. The Supercam is meant as a support drone for Lancets, meant to spot, identify, target and observe Lancet attacks and their aftermath. If you see a Lancet video from a third person view, chances are it's from a Supercam.

Supercam introduction on the battlefield comes with a surge and effectiveness in the use of the Lancet. If you see a Lancet kill it, it's likely the Supercam found it and filmed the event. In a way, the Supercam is the true loiter for a 'loitering ammunition" like the Lancet.

Besides that it's likely a highly convenient observation drone, filling the gap between the Orlans and the new quadcopters the Russians are now using.

Another thing is that it's dirt cheap and expendable. You can probably shoot them down with SAMs which is a big IF assuming you find them in the radar first, but in the end, the Russians will produce them endlessly while your AD with your expensive SAMs becomes expended. Thermo optics won't find them easily, since they use electric motors and give off barely any heat. The use of electric motors means you won't hear them either, unlike Orlans and Gerans with tiny piston engines.

The stealthy qualities means the Supercam will find a target, like even a mobile AD system, without alerting the target AD system, and a Lancet is on its way to its kill.

It's not an exaggeration that the Supercam changed the battlefield as much as the Lancet, Orlans and Mavics did.

Footage of tests of a Russian interceptor drone armed with a 30 mm shotgun. The model of the drone and shotgun is not reported. According to the developer, this complex can defeat an enemy drone at a distance of up to 40 meters. A 200 gram shot produces a dense cloud of damage with a diameter of about 1.5 meters. The drone can also be used against ground targets.

Personnel training of crews of Russian T-90M Proryv tanks. The commander of one of the T-90M Proryv tanks spoke about the ease of controlling the tank and its advantages. Now the Russian army has about 300 T-90M Proryv tanks; by February 2024, the number of tanks of all types will be from 2,500 to 3,000.

Seems they have removed the muzzle reference system from some of the latest T-90M

Soldier30 said:

Footage of tests of a Russian interceptor drone armed with a 30 mm shotgun. The model of the drone and shotgun is not reported. According to the developer, this complex can defeat an enemy drone at a distance of up to 40 meters. A 200 gram shot produces a dense cloud of damage with a diameter of about 1.5 meters. The drone can also be used against ground targets.

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It would be interesting to know the range, doesn't look to shot far.A net gun would work nice too, but no need for the net to be attached if you just want it to drop...

At the training ground near Novorossiysk, where a board meeting was held, complexes capable of protecting stationary and moving objects from aircraft, helicopters and multi-rotor UAVs, as well as FPV drones, were demonstrated. Some of the devices shown are already being tested in the Northern Military District zone, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Finally tho the look of "Izdeliye 810" for internal carriage by Su-57 revealed. It has a pair of unique strakes. If the scale of that desktop model is correct, the diameter of the missile would be 38 cm, with total span of some 88-90 cm's. The fin would be folded, with diameter of no more than 40 cm for internal carriage. Length would be some 4.2 m Thus a pair can be carried inside Su-57's main weapon bays.



I make myself a quick CGI of it.



Based on the dimension and the available data on R-37's i made myself a range estimate too. The result was for a target at 10000 m, with Subsonic launch at 12000 m. The missile can reach some 378 km. the Apogee is about 65 Km.

The newest Russian glide bomb, Drel, has passed all tests. Serial production of the cluster bomb will start in 2024 at one of the Russian military factories. If you are interested in Russian bombs and missiles, as well as their use, links to the video are in the comments to the video. The PBK-500U SPBE-K glide bomb was developed by NPO Basalt and is designed to destroy armored vehicles, ground-based radar stations, control posts and enemy air defenses. It is expected that this aerial bomb will be almost impossible to recognize on radars; how the designers implemented this is not reported. The PBK-500U “Drill” air bomb glides towards the target and opens over it at the right moment. The bomb is guided using GLONASS. The bomb consists of 15 self-aiming combat elements. If the destructive element does not work on a given target, it self-destructs after a certain time. Each self-aiming combat element is a compact autonomous system capable of independently studying the ground situation, searching for targets and hitting them. The combat element contains a cumulative warhead capable of penetrating at least 70 mm of homogeneous armor, according to some sources, more than 100 mm. The ammunition can be used regardless of weather conditions and does not require the aircraft to enter the air defense zone. The mass of the bomb is 540 kg, length - 3100 mm, bomb release height up to 14 km, range of use up to 50 km. The maximum deviation from the target is less than five meters. The price of the bomb is unknown. Work on the Drill bomb continues; it will be produced in several modifications.

Footage of the installation of the R-448 satellite communication station by Russian military personnel. The transportable satellite communication station R-448 was created by the Khimki company ITIS and was first shown in 2019. The transportable two-channel satellite communication station R-448 is designed to organize two high-speed communication channels in the Ku or C bands, using VSAT technology, through the Express and Yamal communication spacecraft. And also through the Blagovest geostationary spacecraft, broadband satellite communications, C-band frequencies, and the Russian Ministry of Defense.

A Russian sniper-spotter of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet told how the concept of a “heavy” sniper appeared.