Russian Ground Forces: News #2

Russia in early 2021 will complete tests of ceramic armor for armored vehicles

The General Director of the Technodinamika holding believes that the advantages of armor lie in its lightness and great resistance to artillery and tank weapons

"Factory tests are underway. I think they should be completed within 3-4 months," he said.

Nasenkov said that the ceramic armor plates are planned to be used to protect armored vehicles. "Our development has such advantages as lightness and greater resistance to various artillery and tank weapons," said the head of the holding.

Armored plates made of corundum ceramics were developed by the Ufa Aggregate Production Association. Corundum ceramics is a superhard material based on aluminum oxide.


https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/10041273

Don´t know if this is the right place, but anyway...



UPVS-5, device to generate water from snow and ice.

Hole wrote:Don´t know if this is the right place, but anyway...



UPVS-5, device to generate water from snow and ice.

Nice.
Bring on the field showers with hot water too hopefully

You mean that? PPB-32 field shower vehicle.

Another special product for the high north:




Outpost with energy generating devices.

In the Park of combat vehicles of the motorized rifle unit of the southern military district (SE), stationed in the Stavropol territory, a ritual was held in a solemn atmosphere to secure regular weapons for the newly arrived military personnel.

The unit commanders handed the tower keys to T-72B3 tanks and BTR-82AM armored personnel carriers to the drivers, and the drivers of KAMAZ, Ural, and UAZ cars were given the keys to the ignition lock and forms. The crews and crews were assigned armored vehicles "Tiger", reconnaissance chemical vehicles RHM-6, communications equipment" Auriga"," Azart " and complexes of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Military personnel of motorized rifle units received upgraded Dragunov sniper rifles, special weapons, Kalashnikov assault rifles and machine guns.

The solemn event dedicated to the beginning of the training period was attended by more than 1.5 thousand military personnel of the southern military DISTRICT, about 400 units of military equipment were involved.

NOTE: the MR brigade stationed in Stavropol territory is the 205th at Budyonnovsk. Up until now it has been equipped with MT-LB's, has anyone heard of it being re-equipped with the BTR-82AM. Great news if correct.

@hole

Don't want to be picky but do you have any online source for all those nice pictures you posted

thegopnik wrote:@hole

Don't want to be picky but do you have any online source for all those nice pictures you posted

Most of the pics are marked.

Russian troops to hold over 4800 drills next year:
https://tass.com/defense/1231421

It is necessary to make an instant decision: how the combat training of Russian snipers is being improved:
https://russian.rt.com/russia/article/810857-snaipery-rossiya-taktika-oruzhie

Supplies of armored vehicles to the Russian Armed Forces in 2020

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4211202.html

In 2021, the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation will receive more than 400 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers

Deliveries will be carried out within the framework of the state defense order

MOSCOW, January 3. / TASS /. Subdivisions of the Russian Ground Forces in 2021 will receive more than 400 units of armored vehicles, including the latest T-90M tanks. This was reported on Sunday by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

"In 2021, more than 400 units of armored vehicles are planned to enter the formations and military units of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," the department said.

The supplies will be carried out within the framework of the state defense order. "The Ground Forces will receive modern T-72B3M, T-80BVM, T-90M tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, upgraded BMP-2 with a Berezhok fighting compartment, as well as BTR-82A armored personnel carriers," the Defense Ministry said.

It is noted that the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the Ministry of Defense will transfer samples that have successfully proven themselves in operation in various climatic zones.

https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/10400945

The howitzer division "Coalition-SV" will enter service with the Taman division in 2021

https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=0&nid=544088&lang=RU

The Western military district will receive a batch of Proryv tanks and Terminator fire support combat vehicles in 2021."

https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=544100&lang=RU

For eight years, more than 2.5 thousand units of armored weapons, including more than 1 thousand T-72B3, T-73B3M, T-80 BVM and T-90M tanks have been delivered to tank formations and military units of the Land Forces. The motorized infantry troops received more than 1.5 thousand units of infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3, upgraded BMP-2 and armored personnel carriers BTR-82A (AM).

Missile troops and artillery of the Russian Land Forces from 2012 to 2020 received more than 1.5 thousand units of military equipment-operational and tactical missile systems "Iskander-M" , multiple rocket launchers of the family "Tornado", self-propelled howitzers "Msta-SM".

Air defense forces of the Ground Forces - over 900 units of military equipment – long-range anti-aircraft missile systems S300V4, short-and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor-M2" and "Buk-M3", portable anti-aircraft missile systems "Verba".

The anti-tank units receive anti-tank missile systems "Chrysanthemum-SP", the intelligence units purchase complexes with unmanned aerial vehicles, intelligence, control and communication "Sagittarius", as well as protected vehicles"Typhoon-K".

NOTE: these numbers do not reflect deliveries to Coastal or Airborne Troops.

Tank armor was proposed to be made of wire


Scientists of Bryansk state technical University have developed a new method of making armor for military equipment.

"According to the new technology, armor is grown by an additive method by fusing wire and then strengthened using wave shock," the Foundation for advanced research told RIA Novosti. They noted that a number of enterprises of the military-industrial complex showed interest in the development.

The technology was developed by BSTU together with FPI and transferred to Russian factories that produce armored vehicles. The protection grown by the new method is 15-30 percent lighter than homogeneous, and its strength is higher. In addition, the creation of armor from wire can significantly reduce the consumption of high-quality steel.

https://translate.yandex.com/translate?lang=ru-en&url=https%3A%2F%2Frg.ru%2Fsila%2F

The Russian military conducted network-centric exercises for the first time

MOSCOW, January 19-RIA Novosti. For the first time, the Russian military conducted net-metric exercises involving self-propelled artillery units (self-propelled guns) "Msta".
"For the first time, the gunners worked out the use of the MTSA-S-M2 self-propelled self-propelled gun division in the unified fire control system inThe Bryansk region. Calculations of self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S-M2" used the equipment of the unified tactical control system (ESU TK), installed for data exchange and fire correction in real time, " the Western military district command said in a press release.

The maneuvers were conducted by gunners of the Yelninsk motorized rifle division of the combined-arms army. About 500 people participated, 25 weapons were used.
The concept of network-centric warfare implies that all participants in the battle are United in an information network, collect intelligence data and coordinate the management of troops and weapons. Proponents of this approach consider it critically important to achieve information superiority over the enemy.

The press service of the Western military district clarified that the new equipment of tactical control systems allows transmitting information from guidance and control devices, due to which the division command is able to solve tasks faster. The fire of the howitzers adjusted with the help of drones and reconnaissance systems.
"Together with the automated removal of the spent cartridge case and the navigation system, the servicemen were able to achieve a rate of fire of up to ten rounds per minute," the report says.
ESU TK equipment was developed by Sozvezdie concern (part of the holding "Ruselectronics" state Corporation "Rostec"). Such systems, in addition to the Msta howitzers, are equipped with new t-90M Proryv tanks.

https://ria.ru/20210119/ucheniya-1593656809.html

Old and new laser stuff for simulated battles

No idea where to put this source, probably here. https://naukatehnika.com/novyij-kompleks-artillerijskoj-razvedki-%C2%ABpeniczillin%C2%BB-postupil-na-vooruzhenie-rossijskoj-armii.html

"The Russian armed forces received the first batch of new Penicillin artillery reconnaissance systems. This is reported by RIA Novosti. According to Vyacheslav Mikheev, CEO of Vega, the developer of the complex, the delivery of reconnaissance systems took place in December 2020. The number of complexes delivered to the troops is not specified.

Artillery reconnaissance systems are used to detect and refine enemy artillery positions. Several approaches can be used to do this. In particular, the positions of the guns can be calculated by the spread of the sound wave of the shot. There are also radar systems that are able to calculate the positions of firing guns on the trajectory of projectiles. The Russian Penicillin complex uses to calculate artillery positions on sound waves and thermal radiation from gunshots and explosions. This allows the system to be used in radar suppression conditions. The complex can be used to detect and refine the firing positions of barrel and rocket artillery, anti-aircraft and tactical missile systems.

The complex, located on the chassis "Kamaz, performs combat tasks in a strip up to 25 km wide and is able to conduct reconnaissance effectively at any time of the day. It consists of several sound receivers installed on the surface of the earth, as well as an optical-electronic module. The system receives and processes acoustic signals from shots (breaks) and gives information about the location of the munition rupture, the accuracy of the hit, as well as the location of the guns in less than 5 seconds. "Penicillin" is able to work at temperatures ranging from 40 to 50 degrees Celsius

The firing points of the conditional enemy were destroyed by the artillerymen of the Central Military District at the Roshchinsky training ground in the Samara region.

Combat firing from 122-mm mortars "Sani" was carried out in preparation for the competition "Masters of artillery fire."

The calculations carried out firing high-explosive shells at targets at distances from 800 to 1300 meters.

The military will not have to obtain licenses to test new weapons



The government Commission on legislative activity has considered a bill that removes, to put it mildly, an amazing administrative barrier to military units. Today, any army regiment or Regardie regiment must issue a license, for example, for maintenance of armored personnel carriers. And all the more so, it is necessary to draw up a special paper and pay a state fee in order to test some new submachine guns or cartridges. The prepared initiative saves people in uniform from such a bureaucratic duty.

Vladimir Gruzdev, Chairman of the Board of the Russian bar Association, explained that military units will not have to obtain licenses for testing new types of weapons, as well as maintenance and repair of military equipment.

"Today, to participate in the testing of new military equipment, weapons and ammunition, military units need to apply for a license. In addition, military units of both the Ministry of defense and the Rosgvardiya troops need to obtain licenses for the storage, installation, installation and repair of weapons, military equipment and ammunition," said Vladimir Gruzdev.

He noted that the law in this area of licensing actually equates military units with commercial organizations whose purpose is to extract profit.

"The main tasks of the military Department are to develop a state policy in the field of defense and security, as well as to maintain the Armed forces in the necessary readiness. Testing of new types of weapons, storage, maintenance and repair of inventory that is already in service - all this is part of the daily official activities of military units," explained Vladimir Gruzdev.

Thus, it turns out that in order to perform their main functions, military units need to issue licenses, paying a state fee.

"Every year, the total amount of duties paid to the budget by military units is more than 9.5 million rubles. Since the money for the payment of duties is taken from the Treasury, a cycle of budget funds for performing unnecessary procedures is obtained. The initiative introduces more reasonable regulation, removes administrative barriers where they should not be, " said the Chairman of the Board of Ayur.


Vladislav Kulikov

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Not new but... UR-83P mine-clearing device.

A truck won´t hurt to haul the thing around.


Other news: the new RKhM-9.