The video shows the use of the Bishop transport platform by the Russian army to evacuate the wounded, the location of the shooting is not reported. The remotely controlled robotic platform Bishop is designed to evacuate the wounded and transport cargo. The platform has an inclined retractable ramp that allows a soldier to be loaded using a winch. The Bishop robotic platform has a night vision camera. The Bishop wheeled drone is equipped with a 9 hp internal combustion engine and develops a speed of up to 50 km / h, with a cruising range of 40 km. The robot can operate at a distance of up to 3 km and carry a load of up to 300 kg.
The new Russian FPV drone "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky" controlled by a fiber optic cable was shown up close for the first time. The video clearly shows the entire structure of the drone, from the very beginning of use, the drone has never been shown so close. The FPV drone "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky" was developed by the Novgorod Scientific and Production Center "Ushkuynik", but its characteristics have not yet been made public, the price is also unknown. The abbreviated name of the drone is "KVN". Of the features of using the drone, it is forbidden to take off sharply, turn strongly and fly backwards. It is advisable to fly in a straight line. This drone is used by the "Veterans" brigade, a volunteer corps. The drone "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky" has a reel with a fiber optic cable, allowing it to be used at a distance of presumably up to 20 km. Most likely, the cable reel can be changed to increase the flight range to 40 km, they are already used on Ukrainian drones. Accordingly, the flight time and warhead will be significantly shorter. In this version, the FPV drone "Vandal" is equipped with an enhanced cumulative munition PG-9S. The carrying capacity of the FPV drone "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky" is up to 6 kg.
An episode of the work of the rare Russian ZRPK 2K22M "Tunguska-M". The video shows two versions at once, the Tunguska-M air defense system and the Tunguska-M1 air defense system. The Tunguska air defense system is also used by the Ukrainian army.
Russian servicemen have equipped a Soviet-made BMP-1 with a homemade "Tsar-mangal" protection. In this case, instead of bars, hedgehogs made of wire are welded to the sides of the BMP-1, and the front of the combat vehicle is protected by hanging steel cables. According to some, steel hedgehogs more effectively protect the combat vehicle from drones.
Footage of the strike of the Russian FPV drone "Prince Vandal of Novgorod", controlled via fiber optic cable, on the Ukrainian UAV H10 Poseidon II. These UAVs are valued by the Ukrainian troops, they are purchased by volunteers, at the time of the attack the UAV H10 Poseidon II was being prepared for takeoff. The H10 Poseidon II UAV is produced by the Cypriot company Swarmly, its main tasks are reconnaissance and artillery adjustment. The H10 Poseidon II UAV is poorly detected by air defense, it has a flight range of up to 150 km, with a communication range of up to 50 km, flight time of 2 hours. The speed of the UAV is up to 100 km / h, at a flight altitude of up to 4000 meters, with a payload of up to 3 kg. The cost of the H10 Poseidon II UAV with a control system is about 318 thousand euros.
The Russian military group was inspected by Defense Minister Andrey Belousov. During the inspection, the minister was shown Russian military robotic equipment; it is worth noting that many of the equipment are still being produced in small batches. The video shows various remotely controlled robotic platforms, mining robots, transport drones and other equipment. The video also shows a tracked all-terrain vehicle based on the UAZ-469 and a T-80BVM tank with drone protection in the form of steel cables; we showed this tank earlier.
The widely known 122-mm Russian self-propelled artillery unit 2S1 "Gvozdika" was equipped with homemade protection elements. The video is short, but it shows that the turret of the SAU "Gvozdika" is protected from drones by a circular lattice dome, the sides of the howitzer are covered with hinged protective sheets. The frontal lower armor plate of the self-propelled artillery unit 2S1 "Gvozdika" is covered with chains, which also protects drones. The protection was made by the military personnel themselves.
Footage of the conversion of the Russian T-72B3 tank into a transport APC with enhanced protection against drones. The APC will be designed to carry 6 paratroopers, the tank's turret has been removed and a capsule has been installed instead. The reasons for creating such equipment are that the Russian army, including the Ukrainian one, currently has no armored vehicles that can protect against drones. A serviceman from the repair unit explains how the protection of the Russian heavy transport APC with the "Tsar Mangal" protection is arranged.
More anti-drone cartridges are shown in Russia. In this case, 7.62x39 mm cartridges are shown, they are used on a self-loading carbine designed by Sergei Simonov. The cartridge uses a 3D-printed bullet loaded with shot. It is reported that anti-drone cartridges are currently undergoing testing, who will make them is currently unknown. Presumably, this will already be factory production.
A Russian serviceman from the Airborne Forces repair and evacuation group told how a captured M113 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian army was restored. The M113 armored personnel carrier was developed in the United States in 1959 and was produced until 2007. Despite its age, various modifications of the M113 armored personnel carrier are still used by many armies around the world. Now Russia has received many Ukrainian M113 armored personnel carriers, they are restored, used by some units and tested at training grounds.
Rare footage of the flight and explosion of a Russian cruise missile Kh-22 in the Lipetsk region of Russia has been published. The video, filmed on February 1, shows the force of the Kh-22 missile explosion and the crater that forms after the explosion. Presumably, the Kh-22 missile was launched from a Tu-22M3 aircraft and its engine failed. Kh-22 missiles were accepted into service by the USSR in 1971. In 2000, Ukraine returned 386 Kh-22 cruise missiles to Russia as a debt write-off. After that, Russia modernized the missiles almost to the level of Kh-32 missiles. By 2022, Russia had at least 400 Kh-22 missiles. It is believed that even now, the Kh-22 missile can overcome the Aegis air defense system. You can evaluate the characteristics of some types of Kh-22 missiles in the table. The missile has a liquid rocket engine R-201-300 and inertial guidance with subsequent final active radar homing on the target. New modifications of the Kh-22 missiles have a flight range of up to 600 kilometers, at a speed of up to 5600 kilometers per hour, at an altitude of up to 27 km, the mass of the warhead is 1000 kg. Deviation from the target is about 30 meters. The cost of the Kh-22 missile is about a million dollars.
Russian military personnel showed footage of the launch and landing of the new Russian reconnaissance UAV "Merlin-VR". The UAV "Merlin-VR" appeared in the Russian troops recently, technical information about it in the link to the video in the comments to the video. Currently, the UAV "Merlin-VR" is used mainly to adjust the work of Russian artillery and aviation.
