They will beat from the ambush: the Armed Forces showed a machine gun with remote control "Tarantul" (video)
At the same time, the Ukrainian military will be in full security due to the connection of remote control to a regular machine gun. Video from the test of the new device, the soldiers posted on the Facebook page. The video shows how the fighters install the machine gun and prepare it for work: charge, attach cables to communicate with the operator. After that, they show how a few meters sitting a operator, who sees the terrain in front of the machine gun on the monitor.
The operator has a joystick, which can be directed by the machine gun in the direction where the opponent is. It is noted that the invention was designed by engineers from Cherkasy region. The device is called - Turel with remote control "Tarantul". Soon Turel will be sent to the battle line. "The design has been tested, fired and will be sent to the combat sector in the near future," the post reads. The details of the new design in the post are not provided.
However, one of the military publications indicates that the Turel was attached to an anti -tank machine gun Kalashnikov caliber 7. 62 mm. Such a machine gun is able to shoot at a speed of 650-750 posts/min. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Atony Blinken spoke about a new package of assistance that Ukraine will receive. The total amount of assistance is more than $ 1 billion, with part of the funds - a new weapon: air defense systems and the territories for demining.
The new package does not yet have a long -range ATACMS missiles, but there is a hope that US President Joe Biden has almost agreed to provide Ukraine with this type of weapons. Blinken was hinted at this opportunity during a briefing with Germany Minister Annalen Berb. The American official explained that rockets will come when they need military leadership. Meanwhile, the Defense Ministry of Defense assures that Ukraine has its own weapons.
In particular, intelligence representative Andriy Yusov stated that successful trials have taken place and the new weapons would impress targets in the enemy. We remind you that on the night of September 19, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with three dozen Shahhed drones and one Iskander missile. In the air forces, 27 drones were confirmed, three flew to Lviv region, and the rocket caused harm to Kryvyi Rih.