Rare footage of military exercises, Russian small landing ships on an air cushion "Evgeny Kocheshkov" and "Mordovia", the Baltic Fleet. During the exercises, the ships landed marine equipment and fired artillery. Small landing ships on an air cushion, project 12322 "Zubr", were developed in the USSR in 1987. They are also used by Greece, China, and previously they were in Ukraine.
Project 12322 "Zubr" ships are the largest hovercraft in the world. Landing ships of the "Zubr" project can transport 3 tanks or 10 armored personnel carriers and 140 landing personnel, or 8 infantry fighting vehicles and 140 landing personnel, or 500 landing personnel. Loading and unloading is carried out through a ramp in the bow of the ship. The ships are armed with two AK-630M artillery mounts and two 140mm MS-227 MLRS of the A-22 Ogon complex. The ships' air defense is provided by the Igla MANPADS. The ship's displacement is 555 tons, and its speed is up to 111.12 km/h. Cruising range is 300 nautical miles. Endurance is 5 days. The crew is 27 people.
School textbooks on drones and UAVs have appeared in Russia, and now drones will be taught right in school lessons. The textbook "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" was developed for students in grades 8-9, as part of the federal program "Personnel for Unmanned Aerial Systems." At the moment, this is the only textbook for schoolchildren on the topic of unmanned aircraft systems that has successfully passed the state examination. The textbook "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Grades 8-9" has now received the status of a textbook. The textbook covers a variety of topics: from electrical engineering to drone design and basic manual control skills. It also contains a description of the development of programs for autonomous flights and the prospects for the development of the profession.
The Russian army has started using the Dan-M jet drone. The Dan-M drone was developed by the Sokol Design Bureau in 2020 and is an aerial target with a jet engine, it is designed to imitate cruise missiles and tactical aircraft during exercises. The drone can fly at altitudes from 50 meters to 9 kilometers, while developing a speed of up to 750 km / h. The range of the drone is estimated at 680 km, weight from 350 to 400 kg. The drone's flight duration is up to 70 minutes. The drone was modified by Russian military personnel and equipped with a warhead. It is unknown how effective the drone is, but it can complicate the operation of air defense systems.
Footage of testing new Russian IGLA cartridges designed to intercept drones. The tests were conducted by journalist Alexey Egorov. Anti-drone cartridges are already produced in a series, IGLA 30, 50, 100 and Tracer 75. The number in the name indicates the optimal target engagement range in meters. Each cartridge is made in a casing of a certain color, calibers 12/70 and 12/76 are produced. The cartridges are intended for the Russian Ministry of Defense and special forces, they will not be available for sale, whether the troops will receive them en masse is still unknown. It is optimal to use all the cartridges at once, loading the entire series, this allows you to hit the drone first at a distance and then close, as it flies up. The first to fire is the Tracer 75 cartridge, since it is a tracer. Igla 100 cartridges contain shot made of an alloy of tungsten, nickel and iron, they penetrate an aluminum plate and are the most effective. The accuracy of shooting with IGLA 100 cartridges is 80-90% when shooting into a circle with a diameter of 2 meters, at a distance of 100 meters. The video shows shooting with an IGLA 100 cartridge, a distance of about 60 meters.
An episode of testing a Russian homemade FPV interceptor drone, the model name and technical characteristics are not reported. The interceptor drone is armed with a double-barreled shotgun. The Russian Molniya UAV is presumably used as a target. It is worth noting that this is not the first model of Russian drones, the Ukrainian army also uses them.
More footage of the Russian mobile air defense group, part of the Nomad special forces unit, using laser weapons, has been published. We have already shown it before. As it turned out, Russian air defense units use the Chinese Low-Altitude Laser Defending System (LASS). The laser complex was first shown in 2021, it was presumably created by Poly arms marketing. The laser complex can be mounted on the chassis of Dongfeng vehicles, and there is also a stationary version. The power of the laser used in this complex is up to 20 kilowatts. This air defense system can hit targets at a range of up to 5 km, and the drone destruction time is up to 10 seconds. This laser complex was previously seen in Iran.
The Uralvagonzavod concern sent a batch of modernized T-80BVM tanks to the Russian troops, the size of the batch is not reported. To enhance the protection of the crew, many engineering solutions were implemented in the tank. In the video, you can see how the latest version of the T-80BVM tank's protection against drones is arranged, it is worth noting that the protection is constantly changing. Mine protection was also strengthened. The T-80BVM is a modern version of the T-80 tank, a review of it is on the channel. Thanks to the modernization, the main combat qualities of the tank have increased: firepower, protection, mobility and command control.
A Russian 170mm M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzer, made in the DPRK, was filmed by one of the drones, west of Kremennaya. We have shown them before. Presumably, the M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzer is used by the 73rd Artillery Brigade of the 25th Combined Arms Army of Russia. The M1989 self-propelled howitzer can fire rocket-propelled projectiles at a range of up to 60 km. Thanks to the M1989 self-propelled howitzer, Russian artillery units have expanded the range of ammunition used and increased the range of artillery.
North Korean 140-mm mortars M-1982 began to appear in service with the Russian army. The index M-1982 is unofficial, what the mortar is called in the DPRK is unknown. In the Western classification, the index is assigned as follows: the letter "M" is the DPRK's weapons, the numbers 1982 mean that in 1982 intelligence first recorded this weapon. It is worth noting that all the DPRK weapons that appeared in the Russian army have a non-standard caliber, therefore, all supplies of ammunition are provided by the DPRK. The 140-mm mortar M-1982 allows you to hit targets at a range of 500 meters to 8 kilometers, with a rate of fire of up to 12 rounds per minute. The mortar uses ammunition weighing up to 17.4 kg. The mortar crew is 5 people. The mass of the mortar M-1982 in the traveling position is up to 355 kg.
Protective reinforced concrete hangars have begun to be built at Russian airfields for Russian military aviation. There is no video yet, but there are already plenty of satellite photos. It is worth noting that the order to build hangars appeared back in 2021, but large-scale construction presumably began only this year. Previously, block-modular hangars for Tu-160 and Su-34 aircraft were shown to the new Russian Minister of Defense, but these structures can only protect against FPV drones. The construction of hangars for aviation is presumably underway at 14 Russian air bases, with a total of about 177 shelters being built. Construction is underway in the Kursk, Rostov, Belgorod regions, the Krasnodar Territory, Crimea and other regions of Russia. It cannot be determined from the satellite, but judging by Crimea, reinforced concrete hangars are being built.
In Russia, tests of promising small-sized combat laser systems for countering UAVs have been conducted. The names of the laser systems are not reported. The event was organized by the Board of the Military-Industrial Complex and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia with the participation of leading defense industry enterprises: companies that are part of the Rostec State Corporation and organizations of the Rosatom State Corporation. The tests were conducted with lasers with a power of 15 to 25 kW. In the video, you can see episodes of drone destruction, with destruction using laser air defense.
The first footage of the North Korean light 107-mm MLRS Type 75 used by the Russian army. The towed MLRS Type 75 was adopted by the DPRK in 1974. It is a licensed analogue of the Chinese MLRS Type 63. The MLRS is equipped with high-explosive fragmentation shells about 840 mm long and weighing about 18 kg, with a warhead weight of about 1.5 kg. The maximum firing range of the MLRS is about 8.5 km, the minimum is 1.5 km. A full complement of 12 missiles is fired in 7-10 seconds. The average price for a Type 75 MLRS launcher is about 20 thousand US dollars.
The Russian army has shown footage of the use of the robotic complex "Stalker" for demining the area in the Kursk region of Russia. The controlled robot-sapper "Stalker" was developed by the plant "DST-Ural", its tests were shown earlier. Despite the skepticism of many, the robot-sapper began to be used in reality by the Russian army.
Technical information about the robot-sapper "Stalker"
Sailors of one of the NATO ships showed footage of a Russian Su-24M frontline bomber flying at an extremely low altitude. The video was filmed in the Baltic Sea, the type of ship and the date of filming are unknown.
