Russian Army

That is an early model BMP-3 as shown by the laser rangefinder above the main gun barrel. I like the newer model BMP-3M with the extra side armour and all internal improved electronics (includ...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t5002-bmp-3-in-russian-army

Any reason why Russians use a 152 mm Caliber Howitzer and not a 155 mm one like NATO ?

https://www.russiadefence.net/t1606-russian-gun-artillery-thread

Here is an interesting article that has been translated by Google. The original in Russian with nice photos can be found here: http://gurkhan.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/80_24.html Here is the text in...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t1791-the-t-80s-future-in-the-russian-army

I think its high time for such thread Kaliningrad will show the newest robotic systems "Platform-M"

https://www.russiadefence.net/t3117-russian-army-robots

Tank force reductions or statistical juggling MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - Russia is currently undergoing a controversial military reform. The entirely new troop stru...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t2-russia-tank-force-present-and-future-numbers

A nice upgrade for BMP-2 KBP-designed modernized fighting compartment of the BMP-2 - an efficient way of upgrading armoured vehicles KORNET-E ATGW ARMOUR PENETRATION INCREASE UP TO 1000-1200...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t5778-bmp-1-and-bmp-2-in-russian-army

The troops of the Southern Military District in the Kuban and the North Caucasus have strengthened a new RCB protection regiment ROSTOV-ON-DON, May 13. / TASS /. The combined arms formation of th...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t8527-russian-ground-forces-news-3

Russia to manufacture Iveco armored vehicles under Iveco license Russia will start manufacturing armored vehicles under a license from the Italian company Iveco in 2011, a first deputy Russian de...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t2469-infantry-mobility-vehicles

> miketheterrible wrote:What?  >  >  Mobility of the T-72B3 and modernized T-90A is rather fine. > Protection is too. As evident in Syria, even it's APS which T-90A > ...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t7295-t-90-main-battle-tank-2

Kalashnikov AK-12 Unveiled Izhmash has officially unveiled the final production model of the AK-12 Assault Rifle. According to Max Popenker there will be two models, a Light model (5.45x39mm, 5.5...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t4192-ak-12-rifle-discussion

So what is the standard in terms of Body armor and other protection systems?  I read about different class of body armor and how USA and UK have top notch body armor, and various countries do no...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t2985-body-armour-and-protection-systems

Russian Army to get new multiple rocket launchers RIA Novosti Russia's Ground Forces will start taking delivery of new Tornado-G multiple rocket launching systems (MRLS), replacing the current Gr...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t4810-russian-mrls-grad-uragan-smerch-tornado-g-s

Production of new APCs in Arzamas start in 2010 Arzamas Machine Building Plant, which is managed by LLC "Military-Industrial Company", will begin serial production of armored personnel carriers B...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t516-btr-80-82a-and-variants-news

Theres no mention of a faster reverse speed. Only faster change to reverse gear, therefore the reverse speed is of the original T-72,T-72A,T-72B, etc. How about you show reliable documentation...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t8888-t-72-modernisation-and-variants-2

RECENT EXCERCISE WITH TOS-1 AND BM-21

https://www.russiadefence.net/t8202-tos-1-2-heavy-flamethrowers

Check these US APFSDS rounds , Are Russian current APFSDS are more thicker but shorter then the US APFSDS ? http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/cv/weapon/M256.html

https://www.russiadefence.net/t6732-russian-tank-guns-ammunition

Any idea what this Gun is ? A unique 57mm artillery system for air defense to create in Russia РИА Новости http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20150715/1129692910.html#ixzz3fxYdr3I1 MOSCOW, Ju...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t7566-2s38-derivatsiya-pvo-57-mm-spaag

Russia to draft 320,000 conscripts in fall 2009 - General Staff RIA Novosti 16:1321/07/2009 MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - About 320,000 young men are to be drafted into the Russian Armed Forces...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t3677-russian-armed-forces-personnel

Kupyansk direction - stretches from the Russian - Ukrainian border at the junction of the Oskil River to around the area of Svatove. (~53,000) REGULAR UNITS: -2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division -18t...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t8990-russian-orbat-in-the-so

Is there any new replacement for the handheld Igla-S under development or on the drawing board ?

https://www.russiadefence.net/t5761-russian-vshorads-thread

Regarding the cutting of the BMPT programme: With the move to light, medium, and heavy brigades, and the medium being described as BMP level protection I think the Russian military will  face a ...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t1613-bmpt-terminator

Did K6 or Kaktus doubled the performance figures of K5 or Kontact ? Do we have some basic performance figures for both ? Where does NERA stand in the over all picture along with ERA ? Do Russi...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t6862-russian-tanks-era-and-aps

http://ria.ru/arms_news/20120703/690810666.html Over the confirmation of the numbers already known for some of the weapon systems expected for the 2020 Army's procurement plan (about 2300 new MBT...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t5990-ground-troops-air-defense-pvo

Can some one identify these guns and scope ,found at mp.net Sniper Sniper Rifle Again some sniper The New Russian Army outfit looks cool Soldier with new outfit

https://www.russiadefence.net/t5415-russian-sniper-rifles-and-units

Not sure if there is a thread, tried searching but the search engine seems to be....less than performing. Anyways, new test pic: http://s004.radikal.ru/i207/1108/cb/ccf5a1ffea7e.jpg http://s016.r...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t1734-2s35-koalitsiya-sv-152mm

Land Forces of the Russian Federation will buy advanced howitzer "MSTA-S (rian.ru) Army of Russia bought in 2011 for equipment and units of missile troops and an army artillery modern self-propel...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t4133-2s19-msta-s-152mm

Nice Sergei Shoigu has started the reconstruction of Tula Suvorov Military School

https://www.russiadefence.net/t7932-russian-military-academies-schools

   Discussion for ground forces and multiple services of Russian Federation

https://www.russiadefence.net/t843-tor-air-defence-system

I've only seen 3 examples of Russian rations and none of them look a bit as appetizing as our MREs. The first one is a review from a guy who has apparently bought some Russian rations. "I would n...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t1127-russian-army-rations-food

Russia to start production of French’s licensed thermal imaging cameras for T-90 tanks Posted by ThunderBolt on May 21st, 2010 MOSCOW,, Russia will launch in July the licensed production of the...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t5826-russian-made-scopes-and-optics

flamming_python wrote:Yep I agree, the APC's carrying capacity is amoebic, if the report of a 8-man capacity is true then nothing justifies it. The turret doesn't (or shouldn't) go into the hull;...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t4074-kurganets-boomerang-discussions-thread-2

Since Russian presented the concept of BUK M3 missile 2 years back with inservice date of 2010 , any idea what happened to BUK-M3 ? Any specs of the system it was suppose to have new missile w...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t1715-buk-sam-system-thread

According to Industrial Director of cluster group " Ростех" ,Бекхан Оздоев, the new structure of the polymer fiber armor of " Сотник" ,the composition of which is unique p...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t8460-sotnik-next-gen-combat-armor-ratnik-iii

To start with let me explain where this came from. If you read about western experience in Iraq and Afghanistan it seems that the 5.56mm calibre just doesn't cut it in the types of warfare they a...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t3465-ammo-calibres-for-russian-army-rifles

I've heard that during the war in south ossetia the russians still used T-62s yet they were quite succesful against the modernized georgian T-72Bs. Have these tanks been decomissioned or will the...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t2090-t-62s-in-russian-army

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/11/russia-unveils/ Russia Unveils ‘Abrams Killer’ Rocket The RPG-30 has 105mm tandem warhead reckoned to be capable of penetrating over 650mm of steel arm...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t4596-rpg-rpo-thread

New wheeled 152mm design, 2S43 'MALVA', seems to be a compromise between Msta-S and Koalitsiya, and uses the BAZ-6010-027 chassis:

https://www.russiadefence.net/t7969-2s43-malva-152-mm-sp-howitzer

hi all, I was looking to see what peoples views are on the ZSU 23-4. designed in 1957-1962 In service in 1962 Produced intill 1982 6,500 built adopted by many countries, with 1,000's of vehicles ...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t3824-zsu-23-4-and-zu-23-2-aa-guns-views

S-300VM

https://www.russiadefence.net/t5303-s-300v-army-sam-system

Russian scientists have created a super-weapons that bring down the electronics 06.08.2009 Russian scientists have created a device the size of a small suitcase that can instantly put out of acti...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t3442-russian-emp-weapons

Russian robotic soldier revealed Edited 28 October, 2009, 20:41 A prototype track-mounted combat platform tailored to use Russian weapons has been unveiled at an arms show in Moscow. Producers sa...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t3273-russia-s-future-technology-weapons

Does Fire and Forget Kornet exists ? An old Article from Janes JANE'S MISSILES AND ROCKETS - DECEMBER 01, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ]Ru...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t2511-russian-army-atgm-thread

It all starts with a Bullet ... 16.07.2009 It's no secret that the development of small arms ammunition (PSO), the equipment for their production and utilization of technically and physically obs...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t4583-small-arms-ammunition-production-in-russia

Does anybody know about the status of these 2 vehicles, namely the 2s7 an 2s4 with regards to the "revamping" of the equipment, and will we see them when the Coalition series gets implemented?

https://www.russiadefence.net/t2041-2s4-tyulpan-and-2s7-pion

Inside the Russian Nikonov AN94:

https://www.russiadefence.net/t7361-russian-assault-rifles-carbines-machine-guns-thread-2

The missile complex "Hermes" will replace "Attack" - the developer 26.08.2009 Flight tests of a new missile system "Hermes" will be held in 2010, after which it will be adopted for Russia's army,...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t339-hermes-multi-purpose-guided-missile

K-5 =/= Relikt. RHAe figures against a DU APFSDS is rather supreme (500 mm RHAe against APFSDS), however, the science would make it a more even bout. Kontakt-5, Kaktus, nor Relikt has been triall...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t5066-tank-warfare-russian-armour-vs-western-armour

Hi all, I am looking to engage in peoples views on the T-55 and BTR-T. First off the T-55 tank, being the most produced tank of all time and with many still in use around the world today, and wit...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t2820-t-55-and-btr-t-your-views

when people think of soviet hero's (in terms of equipment etc) most will automatically think T-55, T-72, BMP-1, BM-21, Mig-21 and Mig-25 etc etc, But one piece of equipment that often gets forgot...

https://www.russiadefence.net/t7351-mt-lb-another-soviet-hero

In the last day I heard a lot about problems with "Yudashkin" uniform. Somebody have experience whith this uniform? The problem is real o is a b****t of press? Thanks

https://www.russiadefence.net/t1295-russian-military-uniforms-and-clothing