Posted on 11/08/2017 7:49:12 PM PST by Rebelbase
The Russian military announced on Oct. 30, 2017 that it will begin acquiring the Nerekhta — a ground-combat robot armed with a slew of remotely-operated weapons such as machine guns and rocket launchers.
Col. Oleg Pomazuev, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense’s Department of Innovation Research, said the Nerekhtas “managed to prove themselves well at the Alabino testing ground,” and that the robots exceeded manned combat vehicles “in a number of parameters.”
The spartan-looking, mid-sized Nerekhta comes in three varieties — combat, transport and artillery reconnaissance – and can be equipped with a 12.7-millimeter or 7.62-millimeter machine gun, as well as a 30-millimeter AG-30M automatic grenade launcher.
The Russian Ministry of Defense views such machines as an important way to amplify the army’s combat power. Robots can go where human beings cannot.
Russia is in fact testing many unmanned ground vehicles, from small devices to tank-sized models equipped with a variety of ammunition. Going into 2018 and beyond, the Russian military will start acquiring more unmanned military systems for its air, land and naval forces.
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Automated kill zones... Or just scrap and free bullets?
A relative to the robot in “Closed Circuit”, but deadlier?
Soon available from south of the border.
Aww! That’s cute. It would be great for paintball.
These things and weaponized aerial drones are going to be a serious problem to our troops in the immediate future.
“Sarah Connor” is not amused and not taking this lightly.
True fact: Russia has 10 million more women than men. Comrade!
Cheap handheld updated hypervelocity rockets could make short work of small robots.
Dibs on Sharapova.
Dibs on Maria Kirilenko and Anna Kournikova
Wonder what the second variety will be...
You mean "Short Circuit" ?
This is the future of warfare. US is hopefully leading R&D in this area.
Seems to be a ground-based drone. Not so earth-shattering.
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