Footage of the training of Ukrainian soldiers on French AMX-10RC heavy armored vehicles has been published, a video about these armored vehicles is available on the channel. Earlier it was reported that the AMX-10R wheeled tanks can be used not only in reconnaissance but also in frontal attacks of the army, which is quite a risky occupation due to their thin armor of these vehicles. Reportedly, the first French AMX-10 armored vehicles have already appeared in Ukraine.
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The Su-27S's and SK as what Soviets, Russia and Ukraine plus some export clients like China and Indonesia have, got basic N001's. This is comparable to Original AN/APG-63 found in F-15A's prior to PSP upgrade program which yield F-15C-AN/APG-63V1.
Russia have their own version of PSP upgrades which yield the N001VE and later VEP, which touche things like signal processors and adding compatibility to new weapons but still use the baseline inverse cassegrain antenna. these upgrades went into Su-30MKK, Su-27SM, SKM and MK2. The VEP supposedly have new Pero antenna but that didnt gain any traction, it's a cheap alternative to Bars but reflective phased array have undesired properties such as increased level of sidelobe. The VE/VEP Radar tho have compatibility to ARH's such as R-77/RVV-AE. It is however may not be able to utilize the longer ranging R-77-1/RVV-SD properly against typical fighter sized target.
There were Phazotron alternatives like Zhuk MSE and MSFE, the "S" apparently stands for Sukhoi to differentiate from their MiG line (ME and MFE) But Bars were more popular especially with large Indian orders.
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Ukrainians didnt really do much apparently to improve Su-27 and their MiG's radars. Their program appears to the same as Russian N001VE/VEP initiative. They offer new receivers but not much more than that.
Russia have their own version of PSP upgrades which yield the N001VE and later VEP, which touche things like signal processors and adding compatibility to new weapons but still use the baseline inverse cassegrain antenna. these upgrades went into Su-30MKK, Su-27SM, SKM and MK2. The VEP supposedly have new Pero antenna but that didnt gain any traction, it's a cheap alternative to Bars but reflective phased array have undesired properties such as increased level of sidelobe. The VE/VEP Radar tho have compatibility to ARH's such as R-77/RVV-AE. It is however may not be able to utilize the longer ranging R-77-1/RVV-SD properly against typical fighter sized target.
There were Phazotron alternatives like Zhuk MSE and MSFE, the "S" apparently stands for Sukhoi to differentiate from their MiG line (ME and MFE) But Bars were more popular especially with large Indian orders.
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Ukrainians didnt really do much apparently to improve Su-27 and their MiG's radars. Their program appears to the same as Russian N001VE/VEP initiative. They offer new receivers but not much more than that.
Slovakia handed over the first batch of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. Poland promises to transfer another 20 MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. Thus, the Ukrainian Air Force will be armed with 33 MiG-29 fighters after the Polish deliveries. Meanwhile, the command of the Ukrainian Air Force is not very happy with the supply of Soviet-made aircraft. Despite the supply of aircraft, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, a representative of the Ukrainian Air Force, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they would like to receive more modern aircraft. Which planes are not reported, bat Ukraine was negotiating the supply of French Mirage 2000 aircraft and American F-16s.
I don't think people appreciate how ridiculously dangerous this is. I bet those RPG rounds are the type that effectively have no safety (its just a cap on the tip to prevent the detonator from going off).
If the person launching the drone just throws it incorrectly, it could fall and the RPG round would detonate in front of them.
The first and only prototype of the Kevlar-E infantry fighting vehicle with the Shturm combat module has entered service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
This vehicle was created back in 2017 on the basis of the chassis of the 122-mm Gvozdika SAU 2S1 and until February 2022 it rode exclusively at exhibitions. Along with the start of combat operations, the only instance of the Kevlar-E was handed over by the factory to the AFU.
This is not the first time that prototypes and extremely rare vehicles, which previously stood exclusively at exhibitions or museums, have appeared in the ranks of the Ukrainian army.
This vehicle was created back in 2017 on the basis of the chassis of the 122-mm Gvozdika SAU 2S1 and until February 2022 it rode exclusively at exhibitions. Along with the start of combat operations, the only instance of the Kevlar-E was handed over by the factory to the AFU.
This is not the first time that prototypes and extremely rare vehicles, which previously stood exclusively at exhibitions or museums, have appeared in the ranks of the Ukrainian army.
Looks like a rapid firing gun. Both sides are suddenly finding rapid firing guns to be in vogue and being useful. To shoot down drones? Videos I have seen show the guns being used in direct anti-infantry, anti-position and anti-light vehicle combat. I won't be surprised based on the background that the vehicle is deployed to the forests of Kremennaya where there is a lot of rapid fire autocannon combat going on.
If it works it works.
I am not the one who will criticize the old and the odd as long as it gets the job done.