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| 'On batteries, like scooters.' Self-propelled mines are increasingly used in NWO |
| 2023-08-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov [REGNUM] The Armed Forces of Ukraine will use ground-based drones that act as self-propelled mines against Russian tanks and dugouts. The fact that the enemy uses such “motor-wheels” - small boxes equipped with explosives with wheels from scooters or gyro scooters, is reported by fighters of the Russian Armed Forces, whose words, in particular, are cited in his Telegram channel by a member of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia , chief editor of IA Regnum Marina Akhmedova . “You can’t throw a grenade under a tank, but the wheels drive in. The tank does not just come off the tracks, it spreads, ” said the military. According to IA Regnum sources , similar miniature "tank killers" are also adopted by our fighters. “Various types of such vehicles are used for hunting armored vehicles. They differ both in functionality and in their characteristics,” Sergey Ivanov, a retired military engineer of the 2nd Lugansk-Severodonetsk Army Corps, told IA Regnum (his name has been changed). - There are unmanned platforms that are used to mine the area. Such a machine is equipped with a mechanism for installing anti-tank mines TM-62 in a tank-hazardous direction. These ground-based drones can be used for "impudent mining" right under the noses of advancing armored vehicles, the source said. “For example, the area was cleared, gaps were made in the minefields, armored vehicles rushed there - and suddenly such a thing drops a mine right on the cleared area, on the route of the column. If everything is done according to the mind, it turns out extremely efficiently , ”explained the expert. The mass of the TM-62 anti-tank mine is from seven to eight kgs, its detonation allows you to disable the undercarriage of tanks, inflict serious wounds on the crew and more serious damage to light armored vehicles, both tracked and wheeled, Sergey Ivanov explained. At the same time, the small mass of the drone itself allows it to move freely through the minefield it has created, without fear of detonation. SHAHID MOBILES WITHOUT "SHAHEEDS" But, the military engineer continues, there are more sophisticated developments that allow small drones to attack heavy armored vehicles. “There have been rumors for a long time about the creation of a kind of analogue of “shahid-mobiles”, or, as they are called in the English-language press, SVBIED. An explosive device with a pressure detonator is installed on an unmanned platform. Simply put, such a thing accelerates and flies into a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle - into any target. The detonator fires, an explosion occurs , ”the source said. This tactic was used by militants in Syria - only they used mopeds, motorcycles with an explosive device built into the body. “ But there the presence of a suicide bomber was required, but here everything is automatic. It turns out such a mouse that makes even an elephant scared, ”the expert noted. FOUR WHEELS ARE BETTER THAN TWO Both our military technicians and the enemy are experimenting with unmanned platforms, attracting various developments that are used in the civilian market, the military engineer points out. To perform various tasks, drones made on different chassis options, as well as with different control systems, can be used. “If we are talking about the chassis, then there may be several options,” Ivanov explains. The first option really implies the location "a la hoverboard - two wheels, a platform between them." “The second option, more practical, by the way, is based on a four-wheeled chassis,” the expert explained. The third option is caterpillar. Such a machine moves better over rough terrain, but slower for a number of reasons. “As a rule, a module with a machine gun, an automatic grenade launcher or an anti-tank system is installed on a tracked platform ,” the source explained. The operator of such a "machine" sees the target through the camera, can work on targets while remaining safe. "RC CAR" OR "ROBOT COURIER" There are two approaches to how a drone should be used. The first is, conditionally, a machine in control. “That is, an operator is sitting somewhere, who controls with the help of a remote control. He can also work in conjunction with the guidance drone operator, who corrects the work from above,” the military expert explained. The second approach is to use for military purposes fully automatic systems that some courier services are implementing. “A program with a minefield map is loaded into the robot, and it drives and throws off mines. The only thing is that it needs to be supplied with them, but the task of mining is generally simplified because the drone is autonomous. In addition, it does not have a control signal by which it can be drowned out, ” the specialist explained. Autonomous drones can show the greatest effectiveness during urban battles, since it is possible to load the route of movement through the streets into the program, based on map data available in the public domain, making some changes to them. Also, such platforms can perform the tasks of evacuating the wounded, delivering ammunition to individual units, and not only, the interlocutor listed. WELL FORGOTTEN OLD According to experts, unmanned technologies - which, in conjunction with satellite navigation and artificial intelligence, are changing the nature of modern warfare - are by no means a new invention. This also applies to UAVs (whose prototypes began to be developed during the First World War), and ground-based drones. For the first time, radio-controlled tankettes were used by the army of the Third Reich on the fields of World War II. The first Borgward self-propelled guns were received by the Wehrmacht back in 1939. Their task was to throw themselves under the tracks of an enemy tank, putting combat vehicles out of action. Caterpillar tankette mines "Goliath", controlled by wire at a distance, were used by the Germans, including against Soviet tanks - starting from the battle on the Kursk Bulge. One of the "captured" in 1943 "Goliaths" was shown at the permanent exhibition of captured weapons in Moscow. Self-propelled mines, for all their cheapness (1,000 Reichsmarks per unit, while anti-tank guns cost more than 10,000 marks), were not popular due to their low speed, rather thin armor, and the vulnerability of the control wire. The wire also limited the range of movement of the "wedge-torpedo". As a result, the Goliaths did not have a great influence on the course of hostilities. With the development of unmanned technologies, various variations of drones began to play an increasingly active role in hostilities, in particular when clearing terrain. A drone equipped with a manipulator is capable of extracting mines and moving them to a safe distance for subsequent destruction. Combat self-propelled "drones" were developed in the days of the USSR. For example, radio-controlled teletanks of the TT series (TT-26 and others), which even “went into series” and were tested in action in 1939 during the Soviet-Finnish war, but the experience was unsuccessful, as the vehicles often lost radio contact. There were also projects of self-propelled mines themselves - for example, the "electric tank" engineer Bogun-Dobrovolsky, developed already in July 1941. But this and other projects remained on paper. The concept of a "self-propelled mine" gained a second life during the NWO. But despite the successful debut of aerial drones, their ground counterparts remain in the shadows. And there are good reasons for this. ROBOT WITH AN ACHILLES HEEL “In fact, there are many reasons,” Sergey Ivanov explains. - The first thing that was revealed back in the years of the Second World War was that unmanned platforms are easily lost. Especially in tall grass. This means that they are more difficult to control, even if there is a copter that works from above . Another point is low speed and vulnerability. “There are platforms on lithium batteries, like electric scooters,” points out a military engineer. “They have limited speed, plus they have to lug a heavy battery. If you want a higher speed, put a bigger battery, a well-known story.” Platforms on a gasoline engine are already better. But here there is such a moment as the terrain. “Some bump, pit, funnel, which is not visible from above, can disable such a machine,” says the source. - And let's not forget about things like puddles, mud, snow in the end. All this limits the capabilities of unmanned platforms . To protect a static position from a "self-propelled mine", it is enough to dig a minimal ditch or pour a shaft. So there remains work on moving targets, on armored vehicles, but here there is also such a moment as low speed. That is, the drone can be noticed and destroyed in advance, the expert notes. To increase the effectiveness of unmanned kamikaze platforms, the interlocutor of IA Regnum summarizes, it is necessary to use them in large numbers, from the ratio of “five drones per tank” or even higher. In this case, the probability of destroying the target will constantly increase. At the same time, the cost of one destroyed tank will pay for the production of dozens of drones. Therefore, in the near future, small drones will increasingly influence the course of hostilities. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-08-08 05:43 |
| #1 Guess I might have been a little late with the 'Screamers' pitch. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-08 03:49 |