Russian Ground Forces: News #2

Why doesn't our army have a heat direction finder yet?

In recent years, Russia has regained its status as a world leader in the field of military-technical development. Nevertheless, there are whole layers of scientific knowledge that go unnoticed by the country's top leadership and heads of various departments of the defense department. One such area is thermal direction finding

https://zvezdaweekly.ru/news/2021291215-Mv7r3.html

So the people who developed the Phoenix air defence vehicle want funding... perhaps they should look to cooperate with a company that makes SAMs like the company making Pine.

All their fighter aircraft use IRST systems and all their anti tank and anti aircraft missile systems use thermal channels and optical channels...

And they are in the process of introducing the 9M100 IIR guided SAM and AAM and ASM which is part of the S-350 airdefence system for the Air Force, but will also likely be used in the Naval Redut SAM system as a CIWS missile but also in a dedicated launcher for the Army with totally passive detection and engagement equipment much like Pine/SOSNA-R.

I would think a 360 degree IIR sensor system passive target detection system would be useful for systems like Gibka and Pine and indeed Verba and Digit, as well as the upcoming 9M100.

More than 800 units of modern tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers will go to the units of the Ground Forces

By the end of this year, more than 800 units of armored vehicles are planned to be delivered to the formations and military units of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. As part of the execution of the state defense order, enterprises of the military-industrial complex will transfer to the Russian Defense Ministry modern and modernized samples of armored vehicles that have successfully proven themselves in operation in various climatic zones.

The troops will receive more than 90 modern T-72B3, T-72B3M tanks, about 80 T-80BVM units, with a gas turbine power plant, a batch of T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks, some of which will be transferred by the manufacturer to the Kazan Higher Tank Command School for training future tank officers.

In addition, more than 120 BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, more than 280 upgraded BMP-2s with the Berezhok combat compartment, as well as about 300 BTR-82A and BTR-82AM armored personnel carriers will be delivered to the formations and military units.

https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12345606@egNews

More than 35 Tornado-G MLRS and self-propelled howitzers with automatic control systems will be delivered to the missile and artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2021

As part of the execution of the state defense order, the manufacturers will transfer the Tornado-G multiple launch rocket systems and 152 mm self-propelled howitzers with the Msta-SM automated fire control system to the Russian Defense Ministry.

For reference, the Tornado-G multiple launch rocket system is a deeply modernized version of the Grad complex. The updated project involves the use of several types of rocket projectiles with improved accuracy characteristics and new combat units. At the same time, the possibility of using existing ammunition is fully preserved.

https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12345475@egNews

During a working trip to the troops of the Southern Military District, Deputy Defense Minister Lieutenant General Yu-B. B. Yevkurov checked the implementation of the plan for the construction of facilities for the Training Center for Junior Specialists at the Molkino training ground. There he inspected the headquarters, the barracks, the tank headmistress, and the military shooting range.

Also, the Deputy Defense Minister held a meeting with the leadership of the combat training department of the district and representatives of organizations that carry out the construction and equipping of the training center facilities. At the meeting, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov listened to the reports and set tasks to meet the deadlines and quality of construction and equipment of facilities.

"Training of junior specialists is an important task. Its solution on the latest educational and material base and modern training facilities will allow you to train modern military specialists more efficiently and quickly. This will undoubtedly increase the level of combat training of the Armed Forces as a whole, " Lieutenant General Yevkurov said.

NOTE: apparently a new Training Facility being built at Mol'kino. There used to be a couple of training battalions there at the FSU break-up. This base is presently home to the 10th Spetsnaz brigade and 1st Rocket brigade.

https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12346012@egNews

The military division of the company "Motovilikha Plants", which is under the management of "RT-Capital", closed its obligations for the supply of military equipment from the barrel and rocket artillery for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. All military equipment is accepted by the military missions, there are no complaints about the quality.

Under the program of the state defense order in 2020, the company repaired more than 30 units of towed howitzers "Msta-B" and self-propelled howitzers "Gvozdika", and also shipped modernized multiple rocket launchers "Tornado-G".

The delivered upgraded Tornado-G systems are characterized by increased firing efficiency and an automated control system. The vehicles are equipped with more powerful ammunition, an automated guidance system. Information about the enemy's location can be entered not manually, but received from drones, technical intelligence tools, or from the automated control system of a higher headquarters, which allows you to increase the accuracy of the use of the Tornado-G compared to the Grad MLRS. These characteristics make the Tornado-G one of the best examples of multiple rocket launchers in the world.

"The defense order regarding the shipments of the Tornado-G MLRS, as well as the overhaul of the Msta-B and Gvozdika howitzers, has been completed. This was made possible thanks to the well-coordinated work of the team and the professionalism of individual employees. At present, the military division has started implementing the 2021 program, " said Rinat Idrissov, Director of SKB CJSC.

"Today, the main vector of the military division's work is aimed at fulfilling the state defense order under a direct contract until 2024, the volume of which is quite large; increasing the export potential of the enterprise twice by 2025, as well as improving its economic indicators and reaching operational profitability by the end of 2021, "said Kirill Fedorov, General Director of RT – Capital LLC.

PJSC "Motovilikhinskie Zavody" is the developer and the only manufacturer in Russia of combat and transport-loading vehicles consisting of multiple launch rocket systems such as "Grad", "Smerch" and their modified versions "Tornado-G", "Tornado-S" and produces self-propelled artillery guns "Nona-SVK", "Vienna", towed howitzers" Msta-B", mortars" Nona-M1 " and other artillery systems.

At the moment, the State Corporation Rostec, represented by RT-Capital LLC, is implementing a comprehensive anti-crisis program for the Motovilikha Plants group of enterprises, which involves the preservation and development of the main production competencies of the enterprise on the existing premises.

https://rostec.ru/news/motovilikhinskie-zavody-vypolnili-obyazatelstva-po-postavkam-artillerii-dlya-minoborony-rf/

New armor for combat vehicles created in Russia


In Russia, combat vehicles will be "dressed" in new armor, which designers are working on creating. It will reduce their weight and increase their water capacity.

This was announced by the General Director of the "Military-industrial company" Alexander Krasovitsky, writes RIA Novosti. The work is carried out jointly with the Bardin Central research Institute of ferrous metallurgy. With new qualities, the armor will retain all its strength characteristics.

Experts have already clarified the key positions of the program for developing and mastering the production of new steel for armored vehicles. Samples from it will be made in the coming months. And then they will start testing.

As the General Director of MIC added, five research projects are being conducted in this area. The new armor will increase the level of protection and reduce weight, which is very important for ensuring the water-worthiness of military vehicles.

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When I first read that I thought they mean the new armour had internal cells that could be used to hold and store water, but it is pretty clear they are talking about armour that is lighter and allows vehicles to be more buoyant and therefore better able to overcome water obstacles which makes more sense.

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Balkan grenade launcher successfully passes state trials

Balkan is Russia’s newest automated grenade launcher designed to replace 30 mm AGLs



MOSCOW, March 9. /TASS/. Russia’s newest 40-mm caseless automatic grenade launcher (AGL) Balkan has successfully passed state trials, Executive Director of the Tecmash Research and Production Association (part of Technodinamika Group within the state tech corporation Rostec) Alexander Kochkin has told TASS.

"State trials of this piece of weaponry have been successfully completed, with recommendations to introduce it into service with the Russian armed forces," he said, adding that the weapon had earlier been adopted for operational evaluation by the Russian military.

Balkan is Russia’s newest automated grenade launcher designed to replace 30 mm AGLs (AGS-17 Plamya (Flame) and AGS-30) currently in service. According to Kochkin, its fire range is 25% wider and ammunition two times as powerful as that of AGS-17 and AGS-30.

https://tass.com/defense/1263693

That is good news.

I would suspect they might kept he AGS-30 in use because it is so light and portable, but for vehicle mounts the 40mm system offers a bigger grenade with greater range and power...

I would think the larger calibre offers potential for more interesting design options as well including a camera grenade and various exotic rounds like Flares for illumination or airburst with a laser triggering system like the system for the new 30mm cannon shells.

The latter would make them rather interesting for use against drones or infantry behind cover...

They will keep it in service because they got a few million rounds left.

Not sure where to post this. I'm sure the timing is co-incidental

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Over 2,000 servicemen and 500 units of military and special equipment from Russia's 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division are taking part in a large-scale command and staff exercise in Crimea.

Two ТДА-3 aerosol-dispenser vehicles, has been successfully tested in one of the most important tasks entrusted to those systems : the blocking (for 4-8 hours) of any radar, visual and infrared observation of in-field divisions of C-400.


https://vpk.name/news/493281_sistemy_pvo_s-400_vpervye_zamaskirovali_aerozolyami_na_kamchatke.html


As said several times ,the operation of those unique vehicles represent in the today modern aerospace offense-defense dynamic a true strategic asset capable to offer an unilateral, unmatcheable, advantage to the defending side that increase exponentially at the grow of the density and efficiency of the IADs systems covered.

In facts each hub of the domestic multi-layered IAD, even without taking into account the air force component, thanks to:


- The ever growing range of engagements of its unitary SAM elements.
- The capability to engage contemporanepusly an immense amount of incoming attacking elements.
- The capability to link and cross the sensor's data in an unitary picture to twart offensive jamming attempts and detect and insulate decoys of any kind.
- The capability to employ very different EW systems to attack any ring of the offensive "kill chain".


require from the attacking side a truly immense commitment in terms of amount of always heavier stand-off ammunitions , EW assets , and penetration aids to hope to achieve the saturation of a particular IAD' hub.

When the IAD's command compute that an aero-space attack is so big to significantly surpass the saturation's threshold of an hub of the IAD, this segment do not waste any interceptor and instead its elements begin to cover and disperse.

Here the role of division level masking system, such as ТДА-3, become crucial: in facts it completely deprive the incoming salvo of any terminal homing possibility (visual-IR-laser and radar) for several hours ,usually 5 or 6, trasforming the attacking missiles, gliders or UAV in WWII level precision bombs .

When used in conjuction with strategic level GPS and NAVSTAR suppressing systems also big fixed targets can be rendered terribly resilient to the most titanic aerospace attack.

District stage of the competitions ARMY-2021 "Engineering Formula" and "Safe Route" in the Southern Military District

@Mindstorm:

there is where your claims about how the ever smaller warheads on Western PGMs are a serious handicap for their real combat lethality come into play, got it

First rehearsal in St. Pete

Which variant of the BMP is this - at the 2 minute mark.

I've never seen it before. This was in Gori during the 2008 war.

The_Observer wrote:

Which variant of the BMP is this - at the 2 minute mark.

I've never seen it before. This was in Gori during the 2008 war.

BMP-1U (Ukrainian modernization of BMP-1) captured from Georgian army.

Victory Day 2021 rehearsals.

SIM-4, mine clearing vehicle

A special version of the armored car "Federal-M" appeared in Rosgvardiya
By order of the Rosgvardiya Engineering Department, development work is being carried out to ensure the actions of reconnaissance and mine clearance teams. As reported in the Federal service of the national guard of the Russian Federation, within their framework, the Krasnodar instrument plant Kaskad created a prototype of a special engineering vehicle SIM-4 based on the Federal-M armored bus.



This type of equipment is intended for engineering reconnaissance and escort of military columns. It is used to search for and detect explosive devices while driving.

On Board there is equipment capable of effectively blocking radio signals sent by the enemy to trigger remotely controlled explosive devices.

SIM-4 provides protection for the crew, the reconnaissance and mine clearance team from small arms fire, as well as from shrapnel and other damaging factors.

On the roof there is the possibility of installing an easel machine gun, located behind the armor personnel can fire through loopholes.

According to materials published at the international military-technical forums "Army", when developing the Federal-M, design elements of the Ural-4320 all-terrain vehicle, popular with the security forces, were used.

The armored car can accommodate up to 16 fully equipped military personnel. Engine - 270 HP Maximum speed on the highway up to 85 km/h. The power reserve is 1,100 kilometers.

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Very interesting.

Very very interesting

Unifying Rocket and tube artillery... very interesting... unifying command and control and target location etc etc... very nice.