News and discussions of the Russian Army

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Russian high-precision projectiles Krasnopol-M are shown. The Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced the use of modernized Krasnopol-M high-precision projectiles. The 3OF39M projectile was seen on video while loading it into the Msta-S self-propelled guns. In the Krasnopol-M projectile, in order to achieve the maximum firing range, instead of an accelerating engine, a bottom gas generator was used; it is made in a monoblock version, which made it possible to reduce the length of the projectile. The number of retractable projectile stabilizers has been increased to 6 pieces. The Krasnopol projectile is designed to hit targets from the first shot at a distance of up to 26 km. The projectile has a higher probability of hitting the target up to 90%, in contrast to the basic Krasnopol 3OF39 projectiles, where the probability of hitting up to 80%. Projectile flight correction is carried out by aerodynamic rudders in the final flight segment according to the laser mark on the target.

 

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Campaign shells 9M27D MLRS "Hurricane" of Russia. Video of equipping with campaign materials 220 mm 9M27D shells used in the Russian Uragan MLRS.

 

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Checking Russian military factories in Tatarstan. As part of the verification of the implementation of the state defense order, Russia continues to check the military-industrial complex. Published footage with a check on the implementation of the state defense order at Russian military enterprises in Tatarstan. The Minister of Defense visited the Kazan Aviation Plant. Gorbunov, which manufactures and repairs Tu-160 strategic missile carriers, Mi-8 helicopters, and also modernizes Tu-22M3 long-range bombers. At the Remdiesel and KAMAZ enterprises, the Minister of Defense inspected various types of armored vehicles, in particular, KAMAZ trucks with an armored cab, a special medical vehicle Lens, as well as a line for the modernization of MT-LB armored personnel carriers and the production of a new Z-STS Akhmat armored vehicle. Based on the results of the audit, it is reported that the enterprises are working quite efficiently, everything is on schedule, something is ahead of schedule, if there is an opportunity, it is necessary to increase the pace of production.

 

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Russian attack UAV S-70 "Okhotnik" patrols the sky with a Su-30 fighter. The Russian heavy strike UAV S-70 "Okhotnik" was spotted in the skies of Russia. Of particular interest is the fact that the aircraft is not paired with a Su-57 fighter, but with a Su-30 fighter. That is, the S-70 Okhotnik UAV is being prepared for joint work with the Su-30. Previously, many argued that the S-70 "Hunter" UAVs do not fly, as we see, this is not the case. The S-70 Okhotnik UAV is being adapted to work in pairs and with other aircraft.

 

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Installation of anti-cumulative screens on the BTR-82 of Russia. During the field repair of military equipment, Russian servicemen showed the installation of lattice anti-cumulative screens on the BTR-82 and the installation of canopies from drones on the TOS-1A Solntsepek combat vehicles. Anti-cumulative grilles do not provide one hundred percent protection, but reduce the risk of hitting an armored vehicle, and in some cases divert the cumulative jet to the side.

 

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The work of the Russian electronic warfare complex Krasukha-4 in Ukraine, an overview. The crew of the Russian electronic warfare complex "Krasukha-4" spoke about his combat work in Ukraine. The Krasukha-4 electronic warfare complex was put into service in 2012, the data on it are all classified. The EW 1RL257 complex suppresses airborne radar stations of aviation and missiles, as well as UAV control channels at a distance, presumably up to 300 kilometers. EW Krasukha was also used to jam the Starlink signal, which was used by Ukrainian units to communicate with each other. One of the main tasks of the system is the neutralization of AWACS flying radars. Without their help, F-22 Raptor and F-35 aircraft are difficult to target and cannot fully use airborne radars. The Krasukha-4 electronic warfare complex consists of two machines, one contains the calculation of the installation, and the antennas are placed on the other. The Krasukha-4 electronic warfare complex is located on the KamAZ chassis and is constantly being upgraded, the calculation of the complex is up to 7 people.

 

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The work of Russian snipers with the Raptor BespokeGun rifle in Ukraine. The commander of the sniper group, with the call sign Yary, will talk about his combat work in Ukraine. The sniper uses the Russian name Raptor rifle in 8.6 mm from BespokeGun in his work. The Raptor rifle is designed for extreme durability and is capable of withstanding extreme loads. In the production of a rifle, for the first time in the world, a new technology for manufacturing a chamber has been successfully applied, this is the place where the cartridge fits. The rifle was created in the shortest possible time in close cooperation with Russian snipers. The high accuracy of manufacturing the rifle, triple thermal stabilization in the production of components, an aluminum stock, made it possible to achieve high accuracy of fire. The rifle is fitted with a "Picatinny" rail and has a 5-round magazine. The weight of the rifle is 7 kg, the effective range of the rifle is up to 2000 meters. The basic equipment of the rifle costs from 1,250,000 rubles or $15,000.

 

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Statistics and combat use of Russian Lancet kamikaze drones in Ukraine. The creators of the Russian Lancet kamikaze drones continue to share information about their drones and show their use. Approximate statistics of the combat work of Lancet drones in Ukraine has been published. At the moment, it is known that Lancet drones hit 32 air defense systems, 37 tanks, 87 self-propelled guns of various types, 15 MLRS, 114 guns and mortars, 35 radar stations in Ukraine. The scale of the use of the drone is such that at the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army, 60 pieces of equipment were hit by the Lancet drone in 4 days. The exact price of the Lancet drone is unknown, as is the degree of its localization, but according to the creator, one ruble invested is conditionally returned, 400 rubles of lost enemy equipment. Combat work of the calculation of the drone "Lancet" in Ukraine in the video.

 

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New Yak-130 aircraft received by the Russian Air Force, review. The Irkutsk Aviation Plant handed over a new batch of Yak-130 aircraft to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Yak-130 combat training aircraft was chosen as the base aircraft for training pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It allows you to train pilots of combat aircraft of the 4+ and fifth generation combat aircraft at the most modern level. The Russian turbojet combat training aircraft Yak-130 was put into service in 2011, Italy also participated in the development of the aircraft, but withdrew from the project, having received all the documentation, it is produced in Italy under the designation Aermacchi M-346. Also, with modifications, the aircraft is also produced in China under the Hongdu L-15 index, the Italian and Chinese version, after modifications it has better characteristics in some respects. A unique feature of the Yak-130 is that the aircraft, thanks to the KSU-130 digital integrated control system, can simulate the handling characteristics of many aircraft, including the F-16, F-15, Rafale, as well as the Eurofighter Typhoon, F-22 and F-35. Unlike foreign analogues, in order to improve maintainability, Russian aircraft manufacturers have completely abandoned composites in the aircraft, all airframe elements are made of light aluminum-magnesium-lithium alloys. Equipped with two Ukrainian-made AI-222-25 engines, but already localized in Russia, the aircraft has a speed of up to 960 km/h, with a flight altitude of up to 12,500 meters and a combat load of up to 3,000 kg. The flight range of the aircraft without external tanks is 2000 kilometers. The price of the Yak-130 aircraft for export is $15 million, for the domestic market it is $7 million, which is cheaper than the Italian aircraft, but more expensive than the Chinese one. In the future, it is planned to create a heavy UAV based on the aircraft.

 

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Russia is preparing new armored personnel carriers-82 with radar to combat UAVs. At the International Youth Industrial Forum "Engineers of the Future - 2023" held in Tula, an experienced Russian armored personnel carrier BTR-82A designed to combat UAVs was spotted. There is no information about the new armored vehicle, it is known that the BTR-82A has a module with two 23-mm 2A7 anti-aircraft guns, which were previously used on the tracked ZSU-23-4 Shilka. To detect air targets. The armored personnel carrier was equipped with a radar station, as well as an aiming, located in the front in the form of a sphere, panoramic and panoramic station of JSC "NTC Elins". It is assumed that the armored personnel carrier will be able to hit UAVs at a distance of up to 2500 meters, with a target flight altitude of up to 1500 meters.

 

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Russian FPV drone "Hortensia" began to be mass-produced. In Russia, many FPV drones are now being produced, most of them are assembled in small volumes from parts purchased in online stores, but few have reached large production volumes. One of the design bureaus in St. Petersburg began to produce them on an industrial scale. A new Russian FPV drone "Hortensia" is being assembled in the Design Bureau. Production volumes are quite large, up to 3,000 drones per month, drones are already being purchased by Russian units and volunteers. So far, little is known about the Hydrangea drone, the range of the drone is up to 3 kilometers, the flight time is up to 8 minutes, and the payload weight is up to 2 kilograms. The drone can fly in EW environments and uses gimbals for a variety of munitions.

 

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Russia reinforces fleet with project 22800 corvettes, review. Russia continues to reinforce its fleet with new ships; a new small missile ship "Cyclone" of project 22800 "Karakurt" has entered the Black Sea Fleet. The small rocket ship "Cyclone" of the new project 22800, although it is considered small, carries quite serious weapons. Project 22800 small corvettes are the newest ships in the Russian fleet, the first of which entered service in 2018. Now the fleet has four ships of this project, in total it is planned to build 16 ships. Ships of the 22800 series are designed to destroy enemy targets in the coastal zone and destroy warships in the near sea zone. The hull of the ship is made of an armored aluminum alloy, the ship was created using stealth technology and has a modular design, which makes it easy to upgrade it. The main weapon of the ship is the 3S14 universal shipborne rifle complex, designed for eight Caliber-NK sea-based cruise missiles, they can also be equipped with the same number of Onyx anti-ship missiles. The ships are equipped with AK-176 MA-01 artillery mounts with a firing range of up to 15 kilometers and AK-630 artillery mounts on the first ships of the project. They also have two pedestal machine-gun mounts with a caliber of 14.5 mm, air defense systems of the Pantsir-ME air defense system from the third ship of the series and Verba MANPADS. The ship has an Oralan-10 UAV on board. The displacement of the ship is up to 900 tons, the maximum speed is up to 65 km/h. The range is up to 2800 miles. The crew is 39 people. The approximate cost of the Project 22800 ship is 2 billion rubles, or $22 million.

 

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Uralvagonzavod has shipped a new batch of Russian T-90M Proryv tanks and modernized T-72B3M tanks of the Russian army. Over the past year, the company has increased the production of military equipment by more than three times. Manufactured armored vehicles, especially tanks, are now in demand by the Russian army. The plant is currently operating in three shifts. The upgraded T-72B3M tanks appeared in 2022, we talked about it, in fact, the tanks approached the T-90M Proryv tank in some characteristics.

 

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Russian soldiers began to use the Drozd drone detector. Russian military personnel began to use the Drozd drone detector. The Russian drone detector "Drozd" is a fairly simple device, it does not have a signal frequency indication scale level and instead emits an audible signal, the tone of which varies with the strength of the signal. When the drone detector is activated, the soldier simply points it in the direction of the suspected location of the drones and captures the sound signals of the device. After detecting the direction of the radiation source, devices against drones begin to work in this direction. It is worth noting that the drone detector is affected by the radiation of WI-FI routers and other active devices, so it is better to use it away from populated areas. The device captures analog and digital video transmission signals, radio remote controls at frequencies of 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz.
The signal reception distance is up to 3 km, the capture angle is 120 degrees in line-of-sight conditions, the continuous operation time is 33 hours. Drozd drone detector is available for sale, the price of the device is 25,000 rubles or $275.

 

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A Russian missile boat hits a corvette with a Moskit missile. The Russian Black Sea Fleet conducted exercises to destroy a target training vessel with an anti-ship missile system with 3M-80 Moskit missiles. The Mosquito anti-ship missile was fired from the Ivanovets small missile boat of project 12411-M, technical information about the ships of this project is in the link to the video in the comments to the video. A decommissioned corvette was used as a target ship. The P-270 "Mosquito" missile makes a "slide" after launch, and then descends to a cruising flight altitude of about 20 meters, when approaching the target, it drops to 7 meters. The missile has a range of up to 120 km and a mass of 3.95 tons, the mass of the warhead is 300 kg, even a cruiser can be sunk with a missile.