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Servicemen from the repair units of the Russian army spoke about their work. The work of these people is little publicized, but they play an important role in the units of the Russian army. On average, it takes specialists about two days to repair one combat vehicle. The video shows the repair of a Russian diesel engine UTD-20, developed in 1965.

Russian military personnel of repair and restoration units showed a homemade remote-controlled transporter. The transporter has no name, it has four motor wheels and is capable of speeds of up to 20 kilometers per hour. In the future they plan to install small arms on it, perhaps then they will also install cameras on it. Technical details in the video.

The Russian army has begun testing the prototype of the Stalker heavy robotic demining complex. The remote-controlled robot sapper "Stalker" was developed by the DST-Ural plant; earlier we showed another robot sapper MT-2 from this company. The robot is designed to clear the area from explosive objects and carries out mine clearance at a depth of up to 30 centimeters, in all types of minefields. The sapper robot is controlled remotely and operates at a distance of up to one kilometer in the presence of interference, without interference, the communication range is up to 3 kilometers, and the image from its four video cameras can also be broadcast to the command post.
The developers note that the price of the robot is lower than that of foreign analogues, but they do not say what it is. The mass of the machine with the working element is a rotating striker trawl, 27 tons. The robot is equipped with an EMZ engine with a power of 540 horsepower and is equipped with a hydrostatic transmission. The maximum speed is up to 10 km/h, and when trawling - from 1 to 5 km/h.

Russian sappers received new shoes to protect them from mines. Shoes do not provide one hundred percent protection, but they minimize the consequences of damage from anti-personnel mines. Several shoe options are currently being tested. Mine resistant shoes SZS 10P - designed for squad commanders, for everyday wear. Provides protection for the upper part of the foot from shrapnel and the lower part of the shoe, protects against an explosion on the PFM-1 "Lepestok" mine containing 37 grams of explosive. The shoes weigh about 2.5 kilograms and have a 35mm sole. The second model, SZS 35 boots, have a higher protection class; these shoes are worn directly by sappers. SZS 35 boots protect against Lepestok and PMN-4 mines containing up to 50 grams of explosives. And the third boots, called “Spider,” protect against the explosion of PMN-2 mines; these mines contain up to 100 grams of explosives. The peculiarity of the design of this shoe is that the place where the mine is detonated by contact does not occur under the foot; the shoes have blades placed forward and backward, and the mine is detonated under them.

Rostec began producing gunpowder from wood cellulose
Tests have shown that it is not inferior to the traditional one, said Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the arms, ammunition and special chemicals cluster of the state corporation.
MOSCOW, April 8. /TASS/. Rostec enterprises began producing gunpowder for ammunition from wood and flax pulp. The new product is in no way inferior to the traditional one made from cotton raw materials, industrial director of the arms, ammunition and special chemicals cluster of the state corporation Bekhan Ozdoev said in an interview with TASS.

"Our specialists are constantly improving the production process. Last year, Rostec enterprises began the industrial production of gunpowder from alternative types of raw materials - wood and flax cellulose. The results are positive: a set of tests and practical shooting showed that such gunpowder is in no way inferior to traditional ones. There is no shortage of wood raw materials in Russia", he said.

According to Ozdoev, in the future the share of new raw materials in the production of gunpowder will reach 60-70%.

You can watch Angara's first launch attempt from Vostochny Cosmodrome live here:


UPDATE: The launch got scrubbed like 2 minutes before liftoff.

Despite all the efforts of the military industry, simple effective protection of tanks from FPV drones has not yet been invented. Therefore, the crews of Russian tanks install homemade protection against drones on their tanks. Sometimes the defense looks ridiculous, but these solutions work. The apotheosis of homemade defense was this design: the crew of the Russian T-72 tank simply covered the tank on all sides with shields. The design protects the tank from drones, but turret rotation and visibility are now limited.

The Russian unit of Espanyol received a robotic turret with a Kalashnikov machine gun for testing. It is not known who produces the turret; it will probably become known after testing. Externally, the turret does not look like a handicraft product. Details in the video.

Rostec demonstrated footage of factory tests of the Terminator BMPT at the test site; each combat vehicle undergoes them before being sent to a military unit. The Terminator BMPT is based on the T-90 tank chassis and is produced on a limited basis at Uralvagonzavod. The combat vehicle is armed with two 30-mm 2A42 cannons, four 9M120-1 Ataka-type anti-tank guided missiles with a laser guidance system and a 7.62-mm modernized Kalashnikov tank machine gun. In addition, the BMPT is equipped with two AGS-17 grenade launchers. The crew of the Terminator combat vehicle is five people.

Second Angara launch attempt from Vostochny is on: