Russia Land Forces and Vehicles Programs

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Russian military personnel showed a homemade wheeled platform “Scorpion-M”, essentially an FPV drone, only on wheels. The Scorpion-M robotic platform can be used for reconnaissance of terrain, trawling breakage and pressure sensors used in anti-personnel mines and improvised explosive devices; the drone can be equipped with explosives weighing up to 40 kg. Weighing up to 20 kg, the Scorpion-M ground drone is capable of moving at speeds of up to 12 km/h, its battery life is about 4 hours, at a distance of up to 5000 meters. Interview in video.

 

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Operation of the Russian combat vehicle TOS-2 "Tosochka". A Russian serviceman told his impressions of the TOS-2 “Tosochka” heavy flamethrower machine and showed the work of its crew. The firing range of the TOS-2 "Tosochka" is up to 18 kilometers. New samples of TOS-2 “Tosochka” are also equipped with grilles for protection against drones. The developer of the TOS-2 “Tosochka” is the Tula research and production association “Splav” named after A. N. Ganichev; the combat vehicle is produced by the machine-building plant “Motovilikha Plants” in the city of Perm. Details in the video.

 

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Rostec has supplied the Russian troops with a batch of the latest 152 mm Malva self-propelled wheeled howitzers manufactured in 2024. Wheeled self-propelled guns "Malva" on the BAZ 8x8 chassis were put into mass production on October 26, 2023, technical information about them is in the link to the video in the comments to the video. The Malva 2S43 self-propelled gun has high maneuverability, a long service life and is economical to operate, in comparison with self-propelled guns on a tracked chassis, and they can also be quickly transferred by Il-76 aircraft.
The Malva self-propelled gun can fire all types of ammunition that are used on 152-mm gun mounts, such as Msta-B, 2 S19 Msta-S, D-20, 2S3 Akatsiya and ML-20. You can also use adjustable Krasnopol projectiles with laser illumination.

 

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The first footage of the 125-mm high-explosive fragmentation tank projectile 3OF82 “Telnik”, which appeared in the Russian army, has been published. The shells were produced under a contract dated 2021. Now the Telnik projectile can be used from the 2A82-1M gun mounted on Russian T-90M Poryv tanks. It is expected that the projectile will soon be adapted for the latest modifications of the Russian T-80BVM tanks with the 2A46M-4 gun and the T-72B3 tank with the 2A46M-5-01 gun. The Telnik projectile, weighing 23 kg and with a warhead weighing 3 kg, is equipped with a projectile trajectory detonation system, with induction input and temporary installation of a head fuse.

 

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Russian military personnel showed a homemade buggy "ZVeraBoy" for fighting drones. The servicemen independently welded the body of the buggy and assembled all the weapons that have recently been used to fight drones. The buggy is equipped with two turrets with a thermal imaging sight and a six-barreled shotgun. At the front of the vehicle there is a turret with two PKT machine guns, between which there is a homemade six-barreled muzzle-loading shotgun. There are also six short barrels installed around the perimeter of the buggy for firing homemade charges made from 7.62 mm bullets. The turret is controlled via a monitor from the passenger seat. The rear turret rotates 360 degrees and is equipped with six twin AK-12 assault rifles that fire simultaneously. The buggy's power reserve, engine and other technical details are not reported.

 

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In Nizhny Tagil, near the Uralvagonzavod buildings, a new Russian heavy infantry fighting vehicle was spotted. The BMP was created on the basis of the T-72 tank and has a large landing compartment; it is remotely similar to the BMO-T heavy combat vehicle. While the new heavy infantry fighting vehicle does not have a combat module, it is possible that the Berezhok combat module from the BMP-2M will be installed, information about it is on the channel.

 

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The Russian parachute platform "Atom" for landing robotic equipment and cargo was tested at the Ryazan Airborne Forces School. The transport system consists of a landing platform, a parachute with a controlled wing-type canopy, as well as equipment for automatic flight and guidance. The system is oriented using GLONASS or GPS coordinates. After the platform is dropped from the aircraft, folding panels in the form of wings open on it, and under the platform, shock-absorbing containers are filled with air, this softens the landing of the platform. Equipment installed on the platform is automatically disconnected upon landing and can immediately enter into battle. After the platform lands and the equipment is unloaded, it can be used as material for fortifications, swimming facilities, structures for establishing water crossings and for the construction of field life support facilities. The Atom platform is designed for landing from low altitudes - up to 200 meters.

 

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Long-range M-46 guns were noticed in the Russian army. Soviet 130-mm M-46 cannons, one of the eyewitnesses noted, on one of the railway trains in Russia, earlier M-46 cannons were noticed on the road near Novocherkassk. It is unknown whether the Russian army began to use these guns, but it was previously reported that the guns are used in Ukraine. Presumably, shells for them can be supplied to Russia from Iran and North Korea. M-46 guns entered service with the USSR in 1951; for its time it was one of the best artillery pieces. Despite their age, these guns under different indices and in a modernized video are now in service and storage in 40 countries; Ukraine uses them. The M-46 guns have a 55-caliber barrel and are capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 27 kilometers with a conventional projectile and active-missile projectiles at a range of up to 37 kilometers. When using Chinese and Iranian active missiles, the firing range reaches 44 kilometers. The gun's rate of fire is up to 8 rounds per minute, with separate cartridge loading. The gun crew consists of 9 people, the transfer time from traveling to firing position is 8 minutes. The weight of the gun in the stowed position is 8450 kg. According to some estimates, there are about 600-700 M-46 guns in the warehouses of the Russian army.

 

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Training of drivers of nuclear missile systems Yars of Russia, 161st school of technicians of the Russian Air Force. Personnel for the training of driver mechanics of the Russian Yars mobile ground missile systems. Before receiving permission to operate multi-axle military equipment, drivers are trained in driving using simulators at the 161st School of Technicians of the Strategic Missile Forces of Russia. The video shows the latest simulator for training driver mechanics of autonomous launchers of the Yars mobile missile system. The school trains driver mechanics for heavy military vehicles on the MAZ-543, MAZ-7917, MAZ-MZKT-79221 chassis, as well as support vehicles for mobile missile systems. Military simulators are designed in such a way that they allow you to simulate all possible situations with high accuracy. The leader of training sessions can not only control the actions of students in real time, but also correct them. After training on simulators, drivers are trained on real cars, but instead of rockets, water containers are installed on the truck chassis, outwardly indistinguishable from the original.
The 161st school of technicians of the RSVP was founded in 1983 and is located on the territory of the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region.

 

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Russian troops received T-62M tanks of 2024. A batch of modernized T-62M tanks from 2024 was spotted on one of the trains in Russia. The modernization of tanks is supposedly carried out by the 103rd Armored Repair Plant, more details about it and the tanks can be found in the link to the video in the comments to the video. The tanks are equipped with additional dynamic protection and “Barbecue” type canopies to protect against the dropping of ammunition from drones. It is worth noting that this protection is not enough now. Detailed characteristics of the tank on the screen. The updated T-62M tanks received an improved control and surveillance system, a new engine and other improvements. The target firing range of the T-62M tank is up to 4000 meters, the maximum firing range is up to 11000 meters.

 

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A homemade cheap ground drone made from hoverboards was demonstrated by Russian military personnel. This is currently the easiest ground drone to make, as its design is created from two hoverboards connected together. A radio-electronic module is used as a control module. According to the results of the first initial field tests, the drone is capable of traveling up to 3 kilometers over rough terrain without loss of signal. The drone can be used to transport cargo, and it can be equipped with explosives or aTM-62 anti-tank mine. Some of the advantages of ground-based drones are their high payload, camouflage, they can operate autonomously longer, and unlike UAVs, they cannot be shot down by air defenses. Technical details are not reported; the price of the drone is low and depends on the model of hoverboards used.

 

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Russia is increasing the production of gunpowder, solid rocket fuel and explosives, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev reported. In order for gunpowder production in Russia to operate at the limit of its capabilities, new plants are being created and old ones are being re-equipped. Now the plants regularly produce pyroxylin gunpowder for all types of weapons, artillery systems of all calibers, but there are problems with the supply of raw materials. The fact is that gunpowder production requires nitrocellulose produced from cotton, its production is concentrated in China and Uzbekistan. Since 2022, Russia has begun to actively buy nitrocellulose on world markets, but this was not enough, and China has also limited the supply of nitrocellulose to world markets. Since 2015, Russia has begun to decide to develop a new technology for the production of gunpowder from flax. As it turned out, new gunpowder from wood and flax cellulose is no worse than the usual one. The advantages of flax powder are higher energy than cotton, stability of characteristics, this allows to reduce the weight of the powder used to 8% and get the same values as when using nitrocellulose powder. The price of flax powder is up to 5 times lower, artillery shoots more accurately with shells with flax powder. Since the spread when shooting with the use of standard powders is 3-5 meters, and for flax powder this spread is 0.5 meters. It is worth noting that Russia grows flax in record quantities. In the future, the share of wood and flax cellulose in the production of gunpowder will reach 60-70%.

 

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Russian military personnel demonstrated the use of a robotic platform for cargo delivery, we showed it earlier. The robotic platform can also be used to evacuate the wounded, the platform's load capacity is up to 150 kg, the model name and other technical characteristics are still unknown.

 

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Production of Akhmat armored vehicles increased by Russia, review. Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov announced an increase in the production of Z-STS Akhmat armored vehicles; more than a thousand new armored vehicles have already been produced. The use of serial chassis and auto components made it possible to significantly increase the production rate of these armored vehicles. Earlier, we showed the Z-STS Akhmat armored vehicle with total protection against drones, more details about it in the link to the video in the comments to the video. The Russian Z-STS Akhmat armored vehicle was developed at Remdiesel in record time in 25 days, in April 2022, and the first 5 samples were created within 2 weeks. The Z-STS Akhmat is made on the KAMAZ-5350 chassis, it has high mobility and cross-country ability. The rejection of the monocoque body in favor of a simpler frame design allowed to reduce labor costs by 7-10 times compared to the armored vehicles of the Typhoon family, which are also produced by the Remdizel plant. The production of Akhmat armored vehicles takes 7-10 times less time, and they are also cheaper. The vehicle body is made of rolled and, according to some sources, ceramic armor. It is worth noting that the Akhmat armored vehicle cannot fully replace the Typhoon armored vehicles or other vehicles. The armored vehicle can be equipped with a remote-controlled Arbalet-DM module with a thermal imager and a Kord machine gun, a 30-mm grenade launcher, or a 12.7-mm machine gun. The armored vehicle can be converted into a medical module in two hours. The V-shaped bottom of the armored vehicle can withstand an explosion of 6 kg of TNT equivalent. The armored car has an armored capsule that protects the crew from 7.62 mm bullets. The total weight of the armored car is 18 tons, it is equipped with a 260 hp engine and develops a speed of up to 90 km/h. The armored car is designed for 10 people, including the crew.

 

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Kurganmashzavod sent the next batch of BMD-4M and BMP-3 combat vehicles with additional protection to the troops. In total, two batches were sent - one contained BMD-4M, and the other - BMP-3, the exact quantity is unknown. "The armored vehicles received standard sets of additional protection - armor and lattice screens from cumulative ammunition. BMP-3 received standard factory protection from drones, in the form of a visor above the turret, also called "Mangal". It is worth noting that this type of protection saves the BMP-3 crew only from drones dropping ammunition from above. Additional protection for armored vehicles is supplied complete with it and is installed in combat units, which allows for the prompt transportation of BMPs and BMDs on regular cargo platforms. As reported, Kurganmashzavod fully fulfills the plan for the delivery of equipment every month. Technical information about the equipment is available on the channel.

 

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Sample Top camouflage of the Russian mortar position. Footage of the engineering equipment of the Russian position for the 82-mm mortar 2B14 "Podnos", technical information about it is on the channel. The video shows one of the best examples of camouflage of the mortar firing position. With this method of underground camouflage, imitating the plant background, the position cannot be noticed from the air, even when using drones with high-quality optics. Judging by the video, the position is connected to the stronghold of the Russian army.

 

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An unusual hybrid of military equipment was noticed in the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet of Russia. The MT-LB armored transporter developed in 1964 was again used as a test subject. Servicemen of the repair units installed a 100-mm anti-tank gun MT-12 "Rapira" on the Russian military transporter MTLB, technical information about the gun MT-12 "Rapira" in the link to the video in the comments to the video. The approximate firing range of the hybrid MT-LB and the gun MT-12 "Rapira" will be about 8200 meters. It is worth noting that the Ukrainian army is also actively creating hybrids of military equipment

 

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Research Institute of Steel presented a new Russian modernized titanium armor helmet "Bars-M". The armor helmet has become the development of the line of titanium helmets "Bars" and was made to the requests of customers from the Russian army. The development differs from its predecessors in a new, more ergonomic form factor, now the helmet provides the ability to install low-profile active headphones. It was quite difficult to implement a special combined structure of the visor glass, now it can withstand two shots from a 9-mm Stechkin automatic pistol at temperatures ranging from -40 ° C to + 40 ° C. Helmet protection class Br2 - protection from a lead bullet 9x21 mm, visor protection class - Br1. The mass of the helmet assembled with a visor is 3.4 kg. Price not reported

 

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Russian T-80BVM tanks have been given enhanced protection against drones. The Russian tank plant Omsktransmash has shown the process of upgrading Russian tanks taken out of storage and upgrading them to the T-80BVM version. The video shows additional enhancement of the T-80BVM tank's protection. The plant has heard the wishes of tank crews, and in addition to the standard protection against drones, in the form of a "barbecue" and gratings, protection has been added to the engine-transmission compartment. The engine-transmission compartment of the tank and its rear part are equipped with additional protection, this was the weak point of the tank, it is worth noting that many tanks do not have protection. The video shows additional gratings and layers of reinforced rubber. The tanks also have continuous protection for the guide wheels. A batch of T-80BVM tanks with the new anti-drone protection has already been transferred to the troops.

 

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The Russian Army has received a new batch of upgraded 120-mm 2S12A Sani mobile mortar systems. The 2S12A Sani systems include a Ural transport vehicle and a 2B11 mortar. The mortar is unloaded from the vehicle using an electric winch. The upgraded Sani mortar system features improved materials, a sight, increased maneuverability, and improved ammunition. The mortar can fire KM-8 Gran' guided munitions. The upgraded 2B11 mortar plate allows for all-round fire. The maximum firing range of the 2S12 Sani system is 9,000 meters, and the sighting range is 7,100 meters. The sighting rate is up to 10 rounds per minute, the mortar crew is 5 people, and the deployment time is 2 minutes.