"Ukraine's New Unmanned 'Phantom' Ground Vehicle..." Topic
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Tango01  | 23 Feb 2017 9:57 p.m. PST |
…Aims To Bust Russian Tanks . "The Ukrainian military hopes it can keep more of its soldiers alive when its new unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) hits the battlefield. This is the Phantom. It's designed to help minimize the number of soldiers required to fight against the heavily-armed rebels backed by Russia in the Dombass region, where a nearly three-year civil war has claimed the lives of more than 3,100 Ukrainian troops. One of the key features of the Phantom is its anti-tank missile system, called Barrier, and its 12.7 mm caliber machine gun. The machine gun and Barrier are capable of engaging light and heavily-armored targets from 100 to 5,000 meters, according to Ukroboronprom, the Ukrainian company that makes the Phantom…"
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 Waco Joe | 24 Feb 2017 11:10 a.m. PST |
So we marry the technology of Uber, Google driverless cars, and Mad Max. Then give it a review on Yelp. |
| Tango01 | 24 Feb 2017 12:58 p.m. PST |
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| CorpCommander | 24 Feb 2017 1:07 p.m. PST |
Barrier looks like TOW. They need EFOG-M type missiles to take out the more frontline stuff should it start to show up. |
| Jcfrog | 25 Feb 2017 9:46 a.m. PST |
Phantom as will never be seen, only the money into the local oligarch pockets. |
| ITALWARS | 26 Feb 2017 4:43 p.m. PST |
despite the interview appearing in this article..i imagine that , at the end, the decisive fights will have to be carried on urban contexts…where i can see any great advantage with using this toy |
| Charlie 12 | 26 Feb 2017 8:52 p.m. PST |
Its probably meant more for the export market than anything else. |
| goragrad | 01 Mar 2017 2:58 p.m. PST |
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