"They will never be hungry, never retreat, never disappoint their mission, and never mind the fall of their comrades around them."
The form of war always changes with the advancement of military technology. The design and development of weapon systems are developing rapidly towards automation. Unmanned combat systems have begun to be applied and passed battlefield inspection. This development trend will inevitably lead to the emergence of a new unmanned combat form.
Military ground unmanned platform is such an autonomous, semi-autonomous and artificial remote-controlled robot used to complete military tasks. It aims to complete predetermined tactical or strategic tasks and is centered on intelligent information processing technology and communication technology.
US military test combat robot
Military ground unmanned platform can replace soldiers to complete special and dangerous military tasks under various extreme conditions, so that soldiers are protected from harm in war. A large number of unmanned platforms are widely used in the modern battlefield and play an increasingly important role.
Early unmanned ground vehicles
From the outbreak of World War II, the Soviet army changed a small number of light tanks into remote-controlled tanks. The remote-controlled tank can be equipped with time bombs, machine guns, flamethrowers and other equipment to destroy the enemy's trench system or bunker. The Soviet Union's remote-controlled tank was first used in the 1939 Soviet Union and Finland Winter War. During the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union, at least two battalion-level units equipped with remote-controlled tanks were sent to participate in the battle, and achieved good results.
Early Soviet remote-controlled tanks
In 1941, the British army planned to develop a radio-controlled version of the Matilda II infantry fighting vehicle, called the Black Prince remote-controlled tank. The task of the Black Prince remote-controlled tank includes attracting enemy artillery fire on the battlefield to make the hidden anti-chariot guns of friendly forces discover the enemy's location, destroying enemy artillery fire or performing blasting tasks, but this kind of remote-controlled tank has not formed equipment due to the high R&D cost.
British army developed the Black Prince remote-controlled combat vehicle based on Matilda II infantry fighting vehicle
. Although Germany, which had strong armored technology, developed and produced a "Golia" remote-controlled crawler-controlled blasting vehicle, was the most widely used and the longest-lasting one in the battlefield. During the entire World War II, the German army produced more than 7,000 unmanned remote-controlled vehicles,
. The German army "light explosives transport vehicle" (Leichter) during World War II. Ladungsträger): "Golia" remotely controlled small tank
Goliath is one of the famous giants in legend. According to the Bible, Goliath is the chief warrior of the Philippine people. Because of his height and infinite power, everyone must retreat and dare not respond to the battle when they see him.
During World War II, Germany named its own remote-controlled tank after the giant Goliath
On the battlefield of World War II, the strong reinforced concrete fortifications and dense minefields were the biggest obstacles for the attacking party to advance. In order to remove these "nails", the attacking side often has to adopt many methods such as shelling, blasting, fire attack, etc., and blasting, whether it is to send explosive packs or blasting tubes, is a very dangerous operation. The offensive side often has to pay a heavy price to conquer these fortifications due to personnel losses.
To this end, the German army instructed an automobile manufacturer to develop a vehicle similar to it, carrying at least 50 kilograms of explosives. In 1940, Borgward of Bremen, Germany undertook the German Weapons Bureau design mission. The Giant Series Model SdKfz. 302 brand new tracked wire-controlled blasting vehicle was developed.
"Sonderkraftfahrzeug 302, referred to as "SdKfz. 302"), it is called "Light Explosive Transporter" (Leichter Ladungsträger), or directly commonly known as "Golia".
"Light Explosive Transporter" (Leichter Ladungsträger)
"Golia" is small in size, with a total length of only 1.5 meters, a width of 0.85 meters, and a height of only 0.5 meters. "Golia" can carry about 60 kilograms of explosives, and the car can be controlled by a remote control joystick. The control box is connected by three cables, two are controlled to drive and one is detonated.Each Goliath remotely controlled small tank has a cable up to 800 meters long.
"Golia" family is divided into two branches. One is E-Motor, developed code-named Sdkfz.302, driven by two 12-volt batteries and two 25-kilowatt motors, a 60-kilogram explosive box is installed in the front of the car body, the body armor thickness is 5 mm, wired remote control, and the cable length is 800 meters. It can achieve six functions: forward, backward, left turn, right turn, stop, and blasting. Its total weight is only 370 kilograms, and it is worthy of being the "Nazi Steel Elf". Between April 1942 and January 1944, a total of 2,650 E-Motors were produced. The process of this model is relatively simple, and it can only travel close to 800 meters at most. If this distance exceeds, the remote control will lose its effect.
Sdkfz.303 is powered by a twin-cylinder gasoline engine, with a maximum power of 12.5 horsepower, the total weight of the vehicle is 430 kg, the cable length is 650 meters, the body armor thickness is 10 mm, and the maximum speed is 10 kilometers per hour. The early model was equipped with 75 kilograms of explosives, and a total of 4,604 vehicles were produced between April 1943 and September 1944; the later model was equipped with 100 kilograms of explosives, and a total of 325 vehicles were produced between November 1944 and January 1945. The difference in appearance of the two types of "giant" blasting vehicles is that the motor drive type is 4 large-diameter load-bearing wheels, and the engine drive type is 5 small-diameter load-bearing wheels and 2 pulleys. The
303 model has improved a lot of places, with the armor strength increased to 10 mm, enough to block enemy submachine gun bullets for long-range shooting. The explosives delivered by "Golia" have also increased to 100 kilograms, improving the maneuverability in severe cold climates, and the travel distance has also been increased to 7-12 kilometers.
Starting from the spring of 1942, the "Golia" remote-controlled bomb was used on both the east and west fronts. They are mainly used by specialized armored units and combat engineer units.
1944, "Golia" was used to suppress the Warsaw Uprising. The National Defense Forces and the Armia Krajowa together attacked the Polish hometown army (Armia Krajowa). Since Poland had only a few anti-tank weapons at the time, Soviet volunteers were often instructed to cut off their long cables before Goliath arrived at their destination. A few "Golia" were also used in the Battle of Normandy, but most of them lost their function due to the cut-off of the cable.
became the "Golia" of the Allied Robbery
Although "Golia" did not achieve much success during World War II, its manufacturing cost was high, low speed, unable to cross road trenches above 11.4 cm, fragile cables and thin armor that could not resist anti-tank weapons.
Despite all the shortcomings, the birth of Goliath promoted the advancement of remote remote control vehicle technology after World War II.
On the other hand, unmanned tank remote control technology lags behind during World War II, and the remote control method is very primitive. At that time, the receiver and control circuit on the radio remote-controlled tank used electronic tubes, unlike today's transistors or integrated circuits. The electron tube is not only large in size and easy to damage, but also difficult to adjust and unstable in performance.
Giant blasting vehicle in the Warsaw Museum in Poland
During World War II, unmanned ground vehicles exposed a variety of basic technical problems that were not solved, and the research and development of unmanned ground vehicles has temporarily remained silent.
Information technology and the battlefield new star spawned by the War on Terror: New ground unmanned vehicle
After the end of World War II, with the rapid development of technologies such as remote detection, remote control, microelectronics, servo, computer technology, artificial intelligence, etc., it has given new development opportunities for unmanned ground vehicles. Especially after the Gulf War and the Afghan War, the US Department of Defense will merge the advanced technology research plan related to ground unmanned vehicle into the Joint Robot Project Master Plan (JRPMP) under the head of the Secretary of Defense's Office. Since then, the ground unmanned vehicles and battlefield robots have begun to develop rapidly.
"Hunter Wolf" unmanned combat vehicle developed by the American HDT company
Since the ground combat of the Afghan War in 2001, the US military has continuously put unmanned ground combat vehicles on the battlefield for battlefield demand.
Military ground unmanned platform has greatly helped the US military complete various special dangerous military tasks
Unmanned ground fighting vehicles have been more widely used on the battlefield, especially in recent local wars, which have proved the practicality of a series of unmanned ground vehicle systems through harsh actual combat, and highlighted the advantages and weaknesses of military robots in the modern battlefield. There are many models of unmanned ground vehicles in the world, mainly from the United States and Russia.
The US military converted the Hummer into an unmanned combat vehicle and equipped it with an M134 rotary machine gun to provide firepower support for infantry
The remote-controlled ground unmanned vehicles used by the US military in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars mainly replace soldiers to perform tasks in dangerous environments, such as special vehicles that deal with explosives, etc.
US military reconnaissance robots and micro unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
Ground unmanned vehicles participate in international peacekeeping operations, ground surveillance, base gate inspection and post security inspection, city street patrol and other tasks. They can attract militants to first attack and reduce casualties.
US military "Claw" crawler military robot has carried out a large number of high-risk operations to remove improvised explosive devices and landmines
"Claw" multi-purpose military robot
"Claw" multi-purpose military robot is a military robot provided by Foster Miller, a North American branch of QinetiQ, a British company. Its total weight is about 36KG. The battery it is equipped with can ensure that it can walk continuously for about 32 kilometers at a speed of 8.4 kilometers per hour. In standby or monitoring state, its own fully charged battery can be guaranteed to be used continuously for one week. It is equipped with a tracked chassis, so it has certain off-road maneuverability. Its chassis can be equipped with equipment such as the M249 5.56mm machine gun, the M240 7.62mm machine gun, the M16 series assault rifle, the M202-A rocket launcher, explosion-removal device, reconnaissance device, etc. according to different types of tasks.
US military "Claw" (TALON) robot
"Claw" first participated in military operations in Bosnia in 2000, and then participated in the Afghanistan operation in early 2002 and the Iraq War in 2003. The main tasks were explosive detection and treatment. Several tasks were carried out in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars.
The armed version of "Claws" that even his own people beat: "Sharp Sword"
In 2006, Foster Miller Company took out the armed version of "Claws": "Sharp Sword". Based on the "Talon", the company is equipped with a remote weapon control station, a remote remote control fast aiming platform, which is manufactured by the Remote Observation Precision Instrument Company. The "Sword" can carry the 5.56mm caliber M249 automatic weapon, the 7.62mm caliber M240 machine gun, or the M109 "Barrett" sniper rifle. Its shooting accuracy is said to be 300 meters away and hit only a target with a size of 5 cents.
There is news that the company made a terrible mistake during the development process and did not replace the software for the "Sharp Sword" in time. In October 2007, a "Sharp Sword" that did not replace the software in time actually aimed at the US military operators. No matter how the operator issued the "Cancel Action" command, the crazy "Sharp Sword" could not stop, and then it was considered as a safe escape by blowing the robot with a rocket launcher from the side.
"Claw" operator
After Foster Miller installed a "modular advanced weapon robot error correction system" for the robot, minimizing the chance of "no matter how you fight with each other, no matter how you fight with each other" again. "Sword" robot. Due to the strong firepower and the previous "friendly accidental injury incident", this military robot now requires soldiers to operate and control it half a mile away, otherwise if there is a judgment error, the losses will be irreversible.
The fastest unmanned vehicle in the world: the United States "bold serrated" unmanned tank
United States "bold serrated" unmanned tank. This car is currently the fastest unmanned combat vehicle in the world, and can travel through complex areas such as swamps, jungles, snow fields, etc. at a speed of 97 kilometers per hour.The special design of the "coarse-toothed saw" is that the track plate is very light and is placed in a differential power transmission system controlled by a microcomputer chip. The transmission system will automatically transmit appropriate power of varying sizes to each track plate according to the chip instructions. It is a veritable completely informative unmanned combat vehicle.
"Coarse-toothed saw" is remotely controlled by a driver sitting in another car using a modular operating platform. Once damaged, each track of the "Coarse-toothed saw" can be removed separately and replaced in time. This modular design has a positive effect on improving combat damage repair in a fierce battlefield.
"Coarse-toothed saw" is equipped with a remote-controlled M-240 machine gun, but it is mainly suitable for performing reconnaissance and chemical defense tasks. During reconnaissance, the cameras and new sensors on the car can easily sniff out whether there are bombs or ambush on the roadside.
Ripsaw "Coarse Sawtooth" M5
Ripsaw "Coarse Sawtooth" M5 is the latest model of "Coarse Saw". It is a multi-task combat platform equipped with 360-degree sensing capabilities. While the car has a top speed of about 80 km/h, it has the ability to approach the target quietly. What's unique about the Ripsaw M5 is that it can deploy other drones, namely the cable-tipped FLIR R80D SkyRaider drone and the foundation FLIR SUGV drone.
Ripsaw M5 is equipped with an MCT-30 turret designed by Consberg, Norway (the same turret for the US Dragoon) and is equipped with a 30mm automatic cannon. According to the Textron system, the Ripsaw M5 can be equipped with other weapon systems, including the General Range Weapon Station (CROWS) and Javelin missiles.
The Russian army mainly attacks combat unmanned tanks
Uranus-9Uranus-9Uranus chariot
In recent years, the Russian army has accumulated rich practical experience in unmanned tanks. Russia has tested and used a number of unmanned tanks on the Syrian battlefield. In addition, Russia's unmanned tanks have also appeared in the conflict areas in the eastern Ukraine.
It is said that Uranus-9
It is said that the Uranus-9 unmanned tank equipped by the Russian army has been put into battle in the Latakia region of Syria. Uranus-9 in Latakia was unveiled in a desert yellow painted painted with the body of the car being painted with the Transformers Bopai logo by Russian soldiers.
In addition, in the battle initiated by the Russian-Syrian coalition against a 754.5 highland dominated by the "Islamic State" extremist forces in Latakia Province, Syria, the Russian army invested 4 crawler "Platform-M" combat robots, 2 wheeled "Argo" combat robots and drones.
Russian Udar Unmanned Fighting Tank
These unmanned combat vehicles and drones are remotely controlled by the Russian army. The "Andromeda-D" automated command system deployed in the war zone has become the central nerve to command robot wars. The system uses a personal laptop as a working unit and is small and flexible. It can be installed in a temporary command post or in an infantry combat vehicle. In addition to directly commanding combat robots, the system can also transmit combat information to Moscow, which is 5,000 kilometers away.
"Uranus-9" multi-function reconnaissance and fire support vehicle
"Uranus-9" was first released at the 2016 Russian Army "Army" Armed Forces Exhibition. This type of unmanned combat vehicle weighs 10 tons, has a total length of 5.12 meters, a total width of 2.53 meters, and a total height of 2.5 meters. The Uranus-9 has the strongest firepower configuration among the Russian unmanned combat vehicles. Its main weapons include a 2A72 30mm automatic cannon, a 7.62mm PKTM universal machine gun, 4 9M120 "assault" anti-tank missiles and 6 "needle" portable air defense missiles, which can fight against various targets including enemy infantry, tanks, armored vehicles and armed helicopters, comparable to a light tank.
Russian "Uran"-9 (Uran) multi-functional unmanned combat vehicle
The unmanned combat vehicle is full of name "Uran-9" reconnaissance and fire support vehicle, and is also equipped with a laser irradiation warning system and equipment to discover, identify and track targets.
It includes two reconnaissance and fire support robotic tanks, trailers for transporting them and mobile podiums.Long-range reconnaissance, intelligence collection and fire strikes can be carried out to support combat forces in intelligence reconnaissance, combat and counter-terrorism operations.
"Car Car Carrying Cannon" crawler-type "Platform-M" universal combat platform
"Platform-M" is a crawler-type universal combat platform, mainly used for patrol and reconnaissance, can eliminate fixed and mobile targets, is 1.6 meters long and 1.2 meters high, can climb 25° steep slopes, and cross obstacles that are 21 cm high. The robot is equipped with a famous Kalashnikov automatic rifle produced by Izhevsk, as well as four grenade launchers, which can be said to be a car carrying a cannon.
"Platform-M" general combat platform
Israeli "vanguard" unmanned combat vehicle with a sci-fi color
Israeli "vanguard" unmanned combat vehicle has various capabilities such as all-terrain mobility, real-time autonomous obstacle detection and avoidance, remote control or semi-autonomous control, easy operation and command control, built-in Q&A and aiming. "Avant-garde" unmanned ground combat vehicles have various capabilities such as all-terrain mobility, real-time autonomous obstacle detection and avoidance, remote control or semi-autonomous control, easy operation and command control, built-in Q&A and aiming.
modular design is a prominent feature of the "vanguard" unmanned ground combat vehicle. The vehicle can be equipped with photoelectric/infrared cameras, remote control weapon systems, electronic countermeasures, enemy firepower indicators, radio frequency identification devices and other effective carriers and various wireless communication systems. According to the changes in the task, one or more mission modules will be replaced in a short time to meet the needs of performing different tasks such as obstacle clearance, explosion removal, armed sentinels, logistical support and wounded evacuation during combat.
"Avant-garde" unmanned ground combat vehicles adopt semi-autonomous operation, using maneuverable or portable control station remote operation, and have strong situational awareness capabilities. They can generate three-dimensional cloud point data and vehicle surrounding environment views with the help of two laser rangefinders and two video cameras, effectively improving their ability to automatically prevent collisions and autonomous maneuver.
The "vanguard" unmanned ground combat vehicle that combines various advanced technologies and components not only adopts the R&D technology of the "Guardian" unmanned vehicle, but also uses a variety of components such as the bomb electronic jammer of Israel Electronic Systems Corporation.
The future development direction of unmanned combat vehicles
First, the development of more advanced intelligent unmanned combat vehicles
This kind of combat vehicles tend to adopt the latest generation of computers, that is, use computers or other devices to automatically identify objects, environments, languages, characters and other information on the battlefield, so that it can not only clearly recognize the nature of the target and the relationship between the targets, but also realize language communication between people and machines.
The second is to improve the rapid response ability of unmanned combat vehicles
Now most unmanned combat vehicles only have internal sensors, and have poor perception of external conditions and are slow to respond. In the future, unmanned combat vehicles will focus on the development of external sensor systems, such as using advanced chemical sensors, tactile sensors, etc. This kind of unmanned war chariot can "think, see, listen, touch, speak, and write", and can feel the enemy situation around it and possible dangers, and take timely preventive measures.
The third is to standardize, generalize and modularize
conducts a comparative study of various types of unmanned combat vehicles, comprehensively select the best functions, so that the future "steel tanks" can be multi-powered, so as to reduce the number of dedicated unmanned combat vehicles. Its components will be standardized, generalized and modular. For example, the unmanned combat vehicle in the future will be an artillery combat platform with computers, which can carry any shells or missiles, and can also undertake certain tasks of logistics support.
Practical combat is to promote the development of unmanned combat vehicles and optimize the most effective environment
From the perspective of the application requirements of the new military transformation on the future battlefield for military ground unmanned platforms, the future development trend of military ground unmanned platforms is intelligence, generalization and integration. Intelligence requires that the ground unmanned platform has a higher level of intelligence. In addition to tactical intelligence, it also has strategic intelligence, gradually reducing the proportion of people in future wars, and even completely replacing people with combat tasks. Generalization requires that the ground unmanned platform can be equipped with enough mission loads to meet the needs of multiple tactics.Integration refers to the development of ground unmanned platforms in the direction of multi-unit collaboration and multi-system collaboration. It can perform tasks independently and cooperate in combat, while ensuring sufficient autonomy, sufficient reliability and sufficient destruction resistance.
The future war situation will leap from informatization to intelligence stage. The main force of the battlefield will be a group of unmanned combat platforms with artificial intelligence, which will greatly change the current combat mode and strategic situation.
At present, unmanned combat vehicles technology in major countries in the world is developing rapidly, and it has the ability to support and combat in rapid maneuver, long-range reconnaissance, intelligence processing, mine clearance and barrier breaking and fire strike. This new type of combat force has huge development potential and will surely become the main combat equipment for the future land battlefield.
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infringementEach Goliath remotely controlled small tank has a cable up to 800 meters long."Golia" family is divided into two branches. One is E-Motor, developed code-named Sdkfz.302, driven by two 12-volt batteries and two 25-kilowatt motors, a 60-kilogram explosive box is installed in the front of the car body, the body armor thickness is 5 mm, wired remote control, and the cable length is 800 meters. It can achieve six functions: forward, backward, left turn, right turn, stop, and blasting. Its total weight is only 370 kilograms, and it is worthy of being the "Nazi Steel Elf". Between April 1942 and January 1944, a total of 2,650 E-Motors were produced. The process of this model is relatively simple, and it can only travel close to 800 meters at most. If this distance exceeds, the remote control will lose its effect.
Sdkfz.303 is powered by a twin-cylinder gasoline engine, with a maximum power of 12.5 horsepower, the total weight of the vehicle is 430 kg, the cable length is 650 meters, the body armor thickness is 10 mm, and the maximum speed is 10 kilometers per hour. The early model was equipped with 75 kilograms of explosives, and a total of 4,604 vehicles were produced between April 1943 and September 1944; the later model was equipped with 100 kilograms of explosives, and a total of 325 vehicles were produced between November 1944 and January 1945. The difference in appearance of the two types of "giant" blasting vehicles is that the motor drive type is 4 large-diameter load-bearing wheels, and the engine drive type is 5 small-diameter load-bearing wheels and 2 pulleys. The
303 model has improved a lot of places, with the armor strength increased to 10 mm, enough to block enemy submachine gun bullets for long-range shooting. The explosives delivered by "Golia" have also increased to 100 kilograms, improving the maneuverability in severe cold climates, and the travel distance has also been increased to 7-12 kilometers.
Starting from the spring of 1942, the "Golia" remote-controlled bomb was used on both the east and west fronts. They are mainly used by specialized armored units and combat engineer units.
1944, "Golia" was used to suppress the Warsaw Uprising. The National Defense Forces and the Armia Krajowa together attacked the Polish hometown army (Armia Krajowa). Since Poland had only a few anti-tank weapons at the time, Soviet volunteers were often instructed to cut off their long cables before Goliath arrived at their destination. A few "Golia" were also used in the Battle of Normandy, but most of them lost their function due to the cut-off of the cable.
became the "Golia" of the Allied Robbery
Although "Golia" did not achieve much success during World War II, its manufacturing cost was high, low speed, unable to cross road trenches above 11.4 cm, fragile cables and thin armor that could not resist anti-tank weapons.
Despite all the shortcomings, the birth of Goliath promoted the advancement of remote remote control vehicle technology after World War II.
On the other hand, unmanned tank remote control technology lags behind during World War II, and the remote control method is very primitive. At that time, the receiver and control circuit on the radio remote-controlled tank used electronic tubes, unlike today's transistors or integrated circuits. The electron tube is not only large in size and easy to damage, but also difficult to adjust and unstable in performance.
Giant blasting vehicle in the Warsaw Museum in Poland
During World War II, unmanned ground vehicles exposed a variety of basic technical problems that were not solved, and the research and development of unmanned ground vehicles has temporarily remained silent.
Information technology and the battlefield new star spawned by the War on Terror: New ground unmanned vehicle
After the end of World War II, with the rapid development of technologies such as remote detection, remote control, microelectronics, servo, computer technology, artificial intelligence, etc., it has given new development opportunities for unmanned ground vehicles. Especially after the Gulf War and the Afghan War, the US Department of Defense will merge the advanced technology research plan related to ground unmanned vehicle into the Joint Robot Project Master Plan (JRPMP) under the head of the Secretary of Defense's Office. Since then, the ground unmanned vehicles and battlefield robots have begun to develop rapidly.
"Hunter Wolf" unmanned combat vehicle developed by the American HDT company
Since the ground combat of the Afghan War in 2001, the US military has continuously put unmanned ground combat vehicles on the battlefield for battlefield demand.
Military ground unmanned platform has greatly helped the US military complete various special dangerous military tasks
Unmanned ground fighting vehicles have been more widely used on the battlefield, especially in recent local wars, which have proved the practicality of a series of unmanned ground vehicle systems through harsh actual combat, and highlighted the advantages and weaknesses of military robots in the modern battlefield. There are many models of unmanned ground vehicles in the world, mainly from the United States and Russia.
The US military converted the Hummer into an unmanned combat vehicle and equipped it with an M134 rotary machine gun to provide firepower support for infantry
The remote-controlled ground unmanned vehicles used by the US military in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars mainly replace soldiers to perform tasks in dangerous environments, such as special vehicles that deal with explosives, etc.
US military reconnaissance robots and micro unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
Ground unmanned vehicles participate in international peacekeeping operations, ground surveillance, base gate inspection and post security inspection, city street patrol and other tasks. They can attract militants to first attack and reduce casualties.
US military "Claw" crawler military robot has carried out a large number of high-risk operations to remove improvised explosive devices and landmines
"Claw" multi-purpose military robot
"Claw" multi-purpose military robot is a military robot provided by Foster Miller, a North American branch of QinetiQ, a British company. Its total weight is about 36KG. The battery it is equipped with can ensure that it can walk continuously for about 32 kilometers at a speed of 8.4 kilometers per hour. In standby or monitoring state, its own fully charged battery can be guaranteed to be used continuously for one week. It is equipped with a tracked chassis, so it has certain off-road maneuverability. Its chassis can be equipped with equipment such as the M249 5.56mm machine gun, the M240 7.62mm machine gun, the M16 series assault rifle, the M202-A rocket launcher, explosion-removal device, reconnaissance device, etc. according to different types of tasks.
US military "Claw" (TALON) robot
"Claw" first participated in military operations in Bosnia in 2000, and then participated in the Afghanistan operation in early 2002 and the Iraq War in 2003. The main tasks were explosive detection and treatment. Several tasks were carried out in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars.
The armed version of "Claws" that even his own people beat: "Sharp Sword"
In 2006, Foster Miller Company took out the armed version of "Claws": "Sharp Sword". Based on the "Talon", the company is equipped with a remote weapon control station, a remote remote control fast aiming platform, which is manufactured by the Remote Observation Precision Instrument Company. The "Sword" can carry the 5.56mm caliber M249 automatic weapon, the 7.62mm caliber M240 machine gun, or the M109 "Barrett" sniper rifle. Its shooting accuracy is said to be 300 meters away and hit only a target with a size of 5 cents.
There is news that the company made a terrible mistake during the development process and did not replace the software for the "Sharp Sword" in time. In October 2007, a "Sharp Sword" that did not replace the software in time actually aimed at the US military operators. No matter how the operator issued the "Cancel Action" command, the crazy "Sharp Sword" could not stop, and then it was considered as a safe escape by blowing the robot with a rocket launcher from the side.
"Claw" operator
After Foster Miller installed a "modular advanced weapon robot error correction system" for the robot, minimizing the chance of "no matter how you fight with each other, no matter how you fight with each other" again. "Sword" robot. Due to the strong firepower and the previous "friendly accidental injury incident", this military robot now requires soldiers to operate and control it half a mile away, otherwise if there is a judgment error, the losses will be irreversible.
The fastest unmanned vehicle in the world: the United States "bold serrated" unmanned tank
United States "bold serrated" unmanned tank. This car is currently the fastest unmanned combat vehicle in the world, and can travel through complex areas such as swamps, jungles, snow fields, etc. at a speed of 97 kilometers per hour.The special design of the "coarse-toothed saw" is that the track plate is very light and is placed in a differential power transmission system controlled by a microcomputer chip. The transmission system will automatically transmit appropriate power of varying sizes to each track plate according to the chip instructions. It is a veritable completely informative unmanned combat vehicle.
"Coarse-toothed saw" is remotely controlled by a driver sitting in another car using a modular operating platform. Once damaged, each track of the "Coarse-toothed saw" can be removed separately and replaced in time. This modular design has a positive effect on improving combat damage repair in a fierce battlefield.
"Coarse-toothed saw" is equipped with a remote-controlled M-240 machine gun, but it is mainly suitable for performing reconnaissance and chemical defense tasks. During reconnaissance, the cameras and new sensors on the car can easily sniff out whether there are bombs or ambush on the roadside.
Ripsaw "Coarse Sawtooth" M5
Ripsaw "Coarse Sawtooth" M5 is the latest model of "Coarse Saw". It is a multi-task combat platform equipped with 360-degree sensing capabilities. While the car has a top speed of about 80 km/h, it has the ability to approach the target quietly. What's unique about the Ripsaw M5 is that it can deploy other drones, namely the cable-tipped FLIR R80D SkyRaider drone and the foundation FLIR SUGV drone.
Ripsaw M5 is equipped with an MCT-30 turret designed by Consberg, Norway (the same turret for the US Dragoon) and is equipped with a 30mm automatic cannon. According to the Textron system, the Ripsaw M5 can be equipped with other weapon systems, including the General Range Weapon Station (CROWS) and Javelin missiles.
The Russian army mainly attacks combat unmanned tanks
Uranus-9Uranus-9Uranus chariot
In recent years, the Russian army has accumulated rich practical experience in unmanned tanks. Russia has tested and used a number of unmanned tanks on the Syrian battlefield. In addition, Russia's unmanned tanks have also appeared in the conflict areas in the eastern Ukraine.
It is said that Uranus-9
It is said that the Uranus-9 unmanned tank equipped by the Russian army has been put into battle in the Latakia region of Syria. Uranus-9 in Latakia was unveiled in a desert yellow painted painted with the body of the car being painted with the Transformers Bopai logo by Russian soldiers.
In addition, in the battle initiated by the Russian-Syrian coalition against a 754.5 highland dominated by the "Islamic State" extremist forces in Latakia Province, Syria, the Russian army invested 4 crawler "Platform-M" combat robots, 2 wheeled "Argo" combat robots and drones.
Russian Udar Unmanned Fighting Tank
These unmanned combat vehicles and drones are remotely controlled by the Russian army. The "Andromeda-D" automated command system deployed in the war zone has become the central nerve to command robot wars. The system uses a personal laptop as a working unit and is small and flexible. It can be installed in a temporary command post or in an infantry combat vehicle. In addition to directly commanding combat robots, the system can also transmit combat information to Moscow, which is 5,000 kilometers away.
"Uranus-9" multi-function reconnaissance and fire support vehicle
"Uranus-9" was first released at the 2016 Russian Army "Army" Armed Forces Exhibition. This type of unmanned combat vehicle weighs 10 tons, has a total length of 5.12 meters, a total width of 2.53 meters, and a total height of 2.5 meters. The Uranus-9 has the strongest firepower configuration among the Russian unmanned combat vehicles. Its main weapons include a 2A72 30mm automatic cannon, a 7.62mm PKTM universal machine gun, 4 9M120 "assault" anti-tank missiles and 6 "needle" portable air defense missiles, which can fight against various targets including enemy infantry, tanks, armored vehicles and armed helicopters, comparable to a light tank.
Russian "Uran"-9 (Uran) multi-functional unmanned combat vehicle
The unmanned combat vehicle is full of name "Uran-9" reconnaissance and fire support vehicle, and is also equipped with a laser irradiation warning system and equipment to discover, identify and track targets.
It includes two reconnaissance and fire support robotic tanks, trailers for transporting them and mobile podiums.Long-range reconnaissance, intelligence collection and fire strikes can be carried out to support combat forces in intelligence reconnaissance, combat and counter-terrorism operations.
"Car Car Carrying Cannon" crawler-type "Platform-M" universal combat platform
"Platform-M" is a crawler-type universal combat platform, mainly used for patrol and reconnaissance, can eliminate fixed and mobile targets, is 1.6 meters long and 1.2 meters high, can climb 25° steep slopes, and cross obstacles that are 21 cm high. The robot is equipped with a famous Kalashnikov automatic rifle produced by Izhevsk, as well as four grenade launchers, which can be said to be a car carrying a cannon.
"Platform-M" general combat platform
Israeli "vanguard" unmanned combat vehicle with a sci-fi color
Israeli "vanguard" unmanned combat vehicle has various capabilities such as all-terrain mobility, real-time autonomous obstacle detection and avoidance, remote control or semi-autonomous control, easy operation and command control, built-in Q&A and aiming. "Avant-garde" unmanned ground combat vehicles have various capabilities such as all-terrain mobility, real-time autonomous obstacle detection and avoidance, remote control or semi-autonomous control, easy operation and command control, built-in Q&A and aiming.
modular design is a prominent feature of the "vanguard" unmanned ground combat vehicle. The vehicle can be equipped with photoelectric/infrared cameras, remote control weapon systems, electronic countermeasures, enemy firepower indicators, radio frequency identification devices and other effective carriers and various wireless communication systems. According to the changes in the task, one or more mission modules will be replaced in a short time to meet the needs of performing different tasks such as obstacle clearance, explosion removal, armed sentinels, logistical support and wounded evacuation during combat.
"Avant-garde" unmanned ground combat vehicles adopt semi-autonomous operation, using maneuverable or portable control station remote operation, and have strong situational awareness capabilities. They can generate three-dimensional cloud point data and vehicle surrounding environment views with the help of two laser rangefinders and two video cameras, effectively improving their ability to automatically prevent collisions and autonomous maneuver.
The "vanguard" unmanned ground combat vehicle that combines various advanced technologies and components not only adopts the R&D technology of the "Guardian" unmanned vehicle, but also uses a variety of components such as the bomb electronic jammer of Israel Electronic Systems Corporation.
The future development direction of unmanned combat vehicles
First, the development of more advanced intelligent unmanned combat vehicles
This kind of combat vehicles tend to adopt the latest generation of computers, that is, use computers or other devices to automatically identify objects, environments, languages, characters and other information on the battlefield, so that it can not only clearly recognize the nature of the target and the relationship between the targets, but also realize language communication between people and machines.
The second is to improve the rapid response ability of unmanned combat vehicles
Now most unmanned combat vehicles only have internal sensors, and have poor perception of external conditions and are slow to respond. In the future, unmanned combat vehicles will focus on the development of external sensor systems, such as using advanced chemical sensors, tactile sensors, etc. This kind of unmanned war chariot can "think, see, listen, touch, speak, and write", and can feel the enemy situation around it and possible dangers, and take timely preventive measures.
The third is to standardize, generalize and modularize
conducts a comparative study of various types of unmanned combat vehicles, comprehensively select the best functions, so that the future "steel tanks" can be multi-powered, so as to reduce the number of dedicated unmanned combat vehicles. Its components will be standardized, generalized and modular. For example, the unmanned combat vehicle in the future will be an artillery combat platform with computers, which can carry any shells or missiles, and can also undertake certain tasks of logistics support.
Practical combat is to promote the development of unmanned combat vehicles and optimize the most effective environment
From the perspective of the application requirements of the new military transformation on the future battlefield for military ground unmanned platforms, the future development trend of military ground unmanned platforms is intelligence, generalization and integration. Intelligence requires that the ground unmanned platform has a higher level of intelligence. In addition to tactical intelligence, it also has strategic intelligence, gradually reducing the proportion of people in future wars, and even completely replacing people with combat tasks. Generalization requires that the ground unmanned platform can be equipped with enough mission loads to meet the needs of multiple tactics.Integration refers to the development of ground unmanned platforms in the direction of multi-unit collaboration and multi-system collaboration. It can perform tasks independently and cooperate in combat, while ensuring sufficient autonomy, sufficient reliability and sufficient destruction resistance.
The future war situation will leap from informatization to intelligence stage. The main force of the battlefield will be a group of unmanned combat platforms with artificial intelligence, which will greatly change the current combat mode and strategic situation.
At present, unmanned combat vehicles technology in major countries in the world is developing rapidly, and it has the ability to support and combat in rapid maneuver, long-range reconnaissance, intelligence processing, mine clearance and barrier breaking and fire strike. This new type of combat force has huge development potential and will surely become the main combat equipment for the future land battlefield.
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