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 Earlier NII Stali announcement .  Video created by NII Stali for the showcase of 4S24 ERA.  Individually picked frames from the video.  Individual 4S24 ERA plates ERA package demonstration Live fire demonstration using 4S24 container, located at a cedent distance from an armour plate creating a large air gap. The plate represents the side armour of an MBT. NII Stali confirms that the ERA package can be used as an all-around protective package on BTRs, BMPs and MBTs.  The ERA block functionality was tested using a standard RPG-7 firing a PG-7VS HEAT charge with an approximate penetration value of 400mm against steel.  Snippets slowed down for a better understanding of how the charge is countered by the ERA container. A reverse layer added.  Post detonation effects on main armour plate.  The ERA container and the large air gap almost nullified the potential chemical penetration of the HEAT charge. Resulting in small craters ranging from 2mm-5mm.  Effectively the container holding the ER

It has been confirmed that 26 new government contracts have been signed and 7 awarded during the "Army-2022" expo. The total sum of 36 contracts exceeds 552 billion Rubbles (9.2 billion euros or  9.3 billion Dollars as of the 20th of August ).  There is a large variety of contracts ranging from air, ground, and navy-related contracts. Contract for a batch of new RS-28 "Sarmat" intercontinental ballistic missiles has been signed with Academician V.P. Makeev State Missile Center JSC. Contract for the supply of BTR-82A armoured personnel carriers was awarded to LLC "Military Industrial Company. Contract for the supply of Tiger-M armoured vehicles was awarded to LLC "Military Industrial Company". LLC "Armory Workshops" - awarded a contract for the supply of "Tiger-M" armoured vehicles with a remote-controlled combat module "Arbalet". Contract for the supply of supersonic anti-ship missiles "Onyx" was awarded to JSC

 The holding company "High-Precision Complexes" part of the Rostec State Corporation presented at the Army-2022 forum, a joint development program between Kurgan Machine-Building Plant and the Signal Research Institute. A robotic BMP-3 with the "Sinitsa" combat module. This was announced in an interview with RIA Novosti on the eve of the international military-technical forum "Army" by the first deputy head of the Rostec state Corporation Vladimir Artyakov. Taken from: RIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Alexander Potapov, CEO of Uralvagonzavod Concern, was awarded state contracts for the supply of T-90M tanks, as well as for the overhaul of T-80BV tanks on Tuesday at the Army-2022 forum. "State contracts are being awarded for the manufacture and supply of T-90M tanks, for major repairs with the modernization of T-80BV tanks," it was announced during the ceremony.  Taken from: UVZ VK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Uralvagonzavod has started production of a pilot batch of a new self-propelled artillery gun (SPG) 2S43 "Malva". Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Concern  s pecialists are working on the creation of the first experimental batch of the newest self-propelled artillery guns "Malva". "The prototype has been finalized and submitted to the Ministry of Defence to undergo state trials, the planned completion date is scheduled for the end of 2022. Simultaneously with the tests, the production of a pilot batch of new SPGs was started. The gun confirmed its effectiveness and compliance with the requirements of the tactical and technical task in 2021 as part of tests under the chief designer's program". Engineers of the Nizhny Novgorod Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" were engaged in the creation of a new self-propelled gun as part of the experimental design work "Nabrosok". Taken from: ANNA-News

 The Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Concern told about the beginning of serial production of the latest 120-mm self-propelled guns "Phlox" and "Magnolia", which were created by the company's specialists as part of the experimental design work "Nabrosok". 120-mm automated gun "Phlox" is made on an armoured wheeled chassis "Ural-VV" (6x6). The ammunition is 60 shells with a range of up to 10 km. The mass of the combat vehicle is 20 tons and contains a crew of 4 people. A remote-controlled combat module with a 12.7 mm Kord machine gun is located on the roof of the armoured cabin. Protection from guided weapons is provided by a laser radiation detection and jamming system. The 120-mm self-propelled artillery gun "Magnolia", designed to work in the Arctic region, uses a modernized combat compartment of the 120-mm self-propelled gun 2S31 "Vena", mounted on the chassis of a two-link tracked armoured transporter

  During the visit of Sergei Shoigu to the Tula region on August 11, a new "Kornet" ATGM variant was shown. The latest version of the "Kornet" with a thermal imaging homing head got into the frame during a TV report about the visit of JSC "Instrument Design Bureau" (KBP). So far, this is the first and only image of a new Russian anti-tank missile. Taken from: BMPD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Vladimir Artyakov, first deputy head of Rostec State Corporation, has confirmed in an interview that the MoD has finished state trials for the modernized 125-mm self-propelled anti-tank gun 2S25 on the eve of the "Army-2022" expo.  Taken from: RIA

 A new Sprut-SDM1 variant was spotted being hauled to Kubinka in preparation for the "Army-2022" expo. The vehicle has received additional armour protection on the hull and turret. 

Original video source T-90M with a new CITV cover protecting the optics. Taken from: UVZ Telegram ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------