Ratnik combat gear

Last report I heard they were going to start introducing it in October this year.

ie not field tests, but operational deployment.

I would suspect certain units who were field testing it are likely using it now as standard.

GarryB wrote:Last report I heard they were going to start introducing it in October this year.

ie not field tests, but operational deployment.

I would suspect certain units who were field testing it are likely using it now as standard.

Great to hear!  

Even better...

Isn't it funny that Russian troops will have Ratnik before many US troops will have their equivalent? - People see the US as a leader in that kind of thing... Anyway, do you know what kind of troops will be equipped with Ratnik or no? (VDV or what areas etc)

What is the price of one set?

$55.26 without rifle and ammunition.

lol so the overblown AK-12 has been scraped

GarryB wrote:$55.26 without rifle and ammunition.

Am I missing something? Only 55 dollars? Anyway, thanks.

55$? New "VKBO" field uniform costs more...

the whole set would be close to 15.000$ (im guessing to lazy too look up)

a military bodyarmour already costs 2.000$ + 400$ for helmet + military nightvision another 4.000$+ thats already 6k+ for the basic stuff, and communication equipment etc. comes too....

so ~15.000-25.000$

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- 'Ratnik' contract is signed.
- It will take three years to complete it.
- First 'ratniks' will be shipped in this year.
- There will be shown an export version of 'Ratnik' in 2015 in Abu-Dhabi

Excellent ... I guess Ratnik kit tests passed on successfully ...

Another major job done

Signed a three-year contract for the supply of military equipment "Warrior"

military equipment "Warrior"

 'Man-at-Arms' would be a more correct translation of 'Ratnik' 

There is report of a new Ratnik armor... a second generation one.. whats is different now?
Are there pictures of Ratnik2?

Also what happened to the AK-12? Did the army dropped it and will go for another? which one?

Nice.

I am sure there will be problems and parts of the system that don't work properly, but it is a huge step in the right direction and hopefully things will be improved over time.

I read somewhere that the early Ratnik was 36kgs and that the one being issued is 24kgs so that is a huge improvement on its own.

Interesting... the title suggests that the system will start to be adopted in 2015, but the article says it will start now and therefore be finished by the end of next year (2015)... is that possible?

Or is it a translation error?

Or am I interpreting it wrong?

Any Russian speaker seen the original Russian language version?

I think it means it will start to come into service in last quartal of 2015 and not be finished in 2015.

That is what I thought but it says:

The next generation Ratnik military gear will be adopted into service by the Russian Army by the end of 2015,

In other words it will be in service by the end of 2015 which I first interpreted as meaning it will start entering service at the end of 2015, but then it says:

"The first delivery of the Ratnik war gear is expected this year and it will be instantly adopted into service," Semizorov announced.

So it will enter service this year and will be "in service" by the end of 2015.

I take that to mean it starts entering service now and will be widely deployed by the end of 2015.

Russia will produce 50 000 Ratnik sets annually starting 2015 

Russia’s Defense Ministry plans to start procurements of equipment sets “Ratnik” from this October

Reconaisance units have already begun to receive the Ratnik gear according to this

military intelligence officers began to receive modern combat gear "Ratnik"

Seriously:




There are vague rumors of some work toward exoskeleton kept in secret

on mp.net, the guy with the black cat for an avatar posted about a scope that was kinda similar but cheaper too (it was a computerized scope). Looked very impressive. I will try to find it.

Not being able to speak a word of Russian... just looking at the photos and pictures... I suspect the sight uses a QWIP based chip sensor to detect visible and IR light and to combine the detected wavelengths and use a small computer to process the images so in the IR a human would stand out because they are hotter than the back ground. This makes a distinct target that the computer can highlight as a target. With the use of a laser rangefinder and humidity and wind sensors (also laser based) the computer can calculate in real time the impact point of the bullet. The computer... if connected to the firing system can be used like the gun on the MiG-29... basically the laser range finder and ballistic computer calculates the firing solution and the pilot/rifleman pulls the trigger but the computer only fires the gun when the target is centred in the crosshairs/impact point.

In other words you point the gun at a person and pull the trigger and the gun will fire when it is most likely to score a hit.

On the MiG-29 the gun would fire only about 5-7 rounds and the targets were being destroyed.

The developer had said if he had known the system was going to be that accurate he would have gone with 75 rounds ammo instead of 150 rounds.

The western equivalent of the above is described here:

http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sniper-rifles/usa/tracking_point-e.html

I remember first seeing the idea on a cool UK programme from the 1970s called "The Professionals" but it was only an M16 with a laser dot sight and a scope.