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Soldier30

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Rare footage of the training operation of the 35-mm Oerlikon automatic cannon, Skynex air defense system, has been published in Ukraine. The Skynex air defense system was developed by the German arms company Rheinmetall in 2021. The Oerlikon Revolver Gun Mk3 combat module fires at targets with AHEAD programmable ammunition. The cost of one AHEAD projectile is about 4,000 euros. The Skynex anti-aircraft system is equipped with an X-band radar. The firing range of the Oerlikon cannon is about 4,500 meters, it can hit targets at altitudes of up to 3,500 meters. The cost of the Skynex air defense system is about $ 91 million for 4 units, Ukraine received two of them, now there is one left.

 

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The 47th separate mechanized brigade "Magura" of the Ukrainian army demonstrated modified American M1A1 SA Abrams tanks with new protection. On the areas of the tank not covered by the American dynamic protection ARAT, additional blocks of the Soviet dynamic protection "Contact-1" were installed. Also on the roof of the M1A1 Abrams tank, protection from drones was installed, in the form of a folding "barbecue", made in the form of a "shell", produced by the Ukrainian company Metinvest.

 

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The CEO of the German military company Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger, announced the start of work in Ukraine, the first plant for the production of German IFV Lynx. It is worth noting that many experts doubt this, since in the current situation, opening a plant is quite risky. Perhaps the plants are located in neighboring countries. According to Papperger, the second military plant will also start working soon. The production of the first ten Lynx IFVs is planned to begin at the end of this year. Rheinmetall also plans to open a plant for the production of gunpowder, ammunition and air defense systems. Earlier, it was reported that a joint Ukrainian-German enterprise Rheinmetall was opening to repair IFV Marder 1A3 and Leopard 1A5 tanks.

 

Atomicfrog

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The 47th separate mechanized brigade "Magura" of the Ukrainian army demonstrated modified American M1A1 SA Abrams tanks with new protection. On the areas of the tank not covered by the American dynamic protection ARAT, additional blocks of the Soviet dynamic protection "Contact-1" were installed. Also on the roof of the M1A1 Abrams tank, protection from drones was installed, in the form of a folding "barbecue", made in the form of a "shell", produced by the Ukrainian company Metinvest.

That's a lot of ERA blocks on that M1A1 !
 

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Footage of the Ukrainian PD-2 UAV in flight has been published. The PD-2 UAV has been produced by UkrSpecSystems since 2019. The PD-2 UAV has a reconnaissance version, a modular reconnaissance version with three types of takeoff and landing, and a kamikaze drone version. There is also a PD-2 Gekata version for searching for radar, air defense, and electronic reconnaissance. The PD-2 VTOL drone version takes off and lands vertically. PD-2 drones have a thermal imager and cameras with 30x zoom, control is via an encrypted channel, and they can also be used as communication repeaters. The drone is controlled at a range of up to 180 km. The PD-2 FW UAV in the kamikaze drone version is equipped with a gasoline engine and has a flight speed of up to 140 km / h at a range of up to 1300 km, flight time up to 10 hours. The drone has a payload of 11 to 19 kg. The cost of the Ukrainian UAV PD-2 is about 300 thousand dollars, for 2 drones and a control center.

 

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An episode of work and evacuation of a T-64 tank, a Danish mine-clearing vehicle HYDREMA 910 MCV, by the Ukrainian army. The minesweeper was developed by the Croatian company DOK-ING and the Danish Hydrema and has been produced since 1996. The HYDREMA 910 MCV mine-clearing vehicle was used by the United States to clear air bases in Afghanistan, it was well received and 41 units were purchased. The Russian Emergencies Ministry also purchased one vehicle and used it in Chechnya in 2001. It is also used by India, Singapore and other countries. The vehicle can be controlled manually using a joystick or automatically on autopilot. The 18-ton vehicle is designed to defuse anti-tank and anti-personnel mines containing up to 10 kg of explosives. The vehicle's mine-clearing system is equipped with a block with 72 chains and an armored deflector screen to protect against explosions and shrapnel.

 
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