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Before Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' in the 13th century, a Rus' prince would be accompanied by his druzhina, a small retinue of heavy cavalry, [1] who would often fight dismounted (eq. Battle on the Ice). Massively heavy armor was used, mostly Scandinavian-style. [2]
They are located on the chest, back and sides. The 6B23-1 configuration has a steel chest armor plate, and the 6B23-2 uses a Granit-4M ceramic plate on the chest and steel on the back. Weight, depending on the panels used, ranges from 4 to 10.2 kg. [3] [1] The cover comes in several camouflage patterns, mainly VSR-98 Flora pattern and EMR ...
The kit was first presented at the Army 2023 exhibition. [2] Kalashnikov Concern started deliveries of KBS Strelok to the Army of Russian Federation in early December 2023, [3] with a goal of delivering 25,000 sets by the end of the year. [1] [4] On 11 January 2024, Kalasnikov reported that all 25,000 sets of equipment were delivered to the ...
As of 10 May 2024 at least 1 has been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [44] 1L122 Garmony: Air surveillance radar: Unknown Russia: Portable version is supplied. [217] Nebo-SV/S Nebo-M Air surveillance radar Soviet Union Russia: As of 10 May 2024 at least 2 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [44] 9S18 Kupol: Target ...
The basic issued variant of 6B45 has a weight of approximately 8 kg. The basic issued variant of the body armor includes: a body armor cover (with MOLLE system on front sides and back), a collar protecting against fragments, anti-fragmentation bags on the sides with a fairly large protection area, rear and front class 5A armor plates, an emergency release device and a removable ventilation and ...
Steel breastplate, or Stalnoi Nagrudnik (Russian: Стальной нагрудник) is a type of body armor similar to a cuirass developed by the Red Army in World War II. The native Cyrillic abbreviation for the vest was "СН", the Cyrillic letters Es and En. It consisted of two pressed steel plates that protected the front torso and groin.
[12] The 1994 uniform reforms included a new army and air force cockade which had connection to both the Imperial era, through the orange and black St George ovals, and Soviet-era, through the retention of a star. Heraldically, the cockade was not a symbol of the Russian Federation, but rather the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.
The Kurganets-25 (Russian: Курганец-25) is a tracked amphibious, 25-ton modular infantry fighting vehicle and armored personnel carrier being developed for the Russian Army. The Kurganets-25 is planned to evolve into various models, gradually replacing BMP , BMD , MT-LB and other types of tracked Soviet armored platforms.