Russia Army Land Forces and Vehicles Programs

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Rosoboronexport has published a new episode of testing the Russian active protection system Arena-M on T-72B3M tanks. Initially, the Arena-M active protection system could only destroy horizontally flying ATGMs. But in the new footage, the upper part of the video, the Arena-M active protection system now protects the tank from ATGMs flying into the upper hemisphere of the tank. It is not yet known whether the Arena-M active protection system will be able to destroy FPV drones. It is worth noting that currently no active protection system for tanks, including the popular Israeli Trophy active protection, can protect a tank from FPV drones. The Arena-M active protection system has begun to be installed on Russian tanks; the first T-72 tanks have already been spotted in combat units. Earlier, the T-90MS Proryv tank with Arena-M active protection system was also shown at the test site.

 

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Servicemen of the Russian 1st separate guards motorized rifle "Slavyanskaya" brigade received a homemade tracked platform "Smelchak". The remote-controlled platform "Smelchak" can be armed with an RPG-7 grenade launcher, as well as large-caliber machine guns 12.7-mm "Utes" or 14.5-mm KPV. The robot "Smelchak" can support the work of assault groups of soldiers, carry out the delivery of provisions and evacuate the wounded. The work of the robotic platform "Smelchak" is adjusted from the UAV. The control range of the remote robot "Smelchak" is up to 7 km. Other technical details are still unknown.