📝On Unmanned Tanks📝 Not all drones fly: Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov announced the possible emergence of unmanned tank units in the Russian Armed Forces. Their trials took place at a training ground in Chelyabinsk Region. The discussion apparently concerns recent footage from exercises showing remotely-controlled "assault" T-72B3s with shortened barrels and the "Arena-M" active protection anti-drone system, already used in the SMO zone. At that time, these vehicles faced well-reasoned criticism from frontline troops, who pointed out their insufficient adaptation to modern combat operations. However, the overall direction of design thinking is correct. 🖍We have repeatedly written that the future of tanks and armored vehicles in general lies precisely in the unmanned sphere — this is the path that any weapons samples will follow. Companies of unmanned tanks will soon become as common as today's drone units. 🚩Communications become the key issue — without "Rassvet" you won't be able to properly drive such tanks and infantry fighting vehicles into battle. And in the long term, they should become practically fully autonomous, capable of moving and fighting with minimal operator involvement. And if the design of the vehicles implies maximum use of commercial components, this opens up the possibility of mass production. And then tanks may experience another renaissance. #Russia ✉️ MAX 💸Support us Original msg