New Russian combat robot Platform-M armed with assault rifle and grenade launchers 12407152
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Military Defense Industry Technology - Platform-M combat robot
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During the latest Russian naval defense exhibition in the city of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula,. Russian defense industry has showcased its new Platform-M combat robot which can be used both for patrolling and attacks.
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 The new Russian-made Platform-M combat robot |
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According to its developer, Progress Scientific Research Technological Institute of Izhevsk, Platform-M can be used “for gathering intelligence, for discovering and eliminating stationary and mobile targets, for firepower support, for patrolling and for guarding important sites. The unit's weapons can be guided, it can carry out supportive tasks and it can destroy targets in automatic or semiautomatic control systems.”
It’s equipped with optical-electronic and radio reconnaissance locators, which enable the Russian robot to perform combat tasks during the night without unmasking itself. Platform-M is a universal platform that can be supplies “with a variety of defensive chassis and weaponry,” the developer added. The Platform-M robot can perform tasks during the night and is armed with Kalashnikov assault rifle made in Izhevsk and four grenade launchers. Russia’s armed forces have conducted war games with the participation of new Platform-M combat robots. In the course of the exercises by the Baltic Fleet, which took place in mid-June near Kaliningrad, the robotic combat platforms, armed with grenade launchers and Kalashnikov rifles, saw their first action, executing their military missions alongside their live colleagues. |
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 The new Russian-made Platform-M combat was used by the Russian armed forces during military exercise. |
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