In Britain presented the work "Dragon": why it needs an Armed Forces to break Russian defense

The new machine will receive protection against mines, artillery and anti -tank missiles so that they do not interfere with the task. Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems (ABBS) from the UK came up with the work of Dragon UGV designed to mine. The developers showed the concept at the Sae Media Group Future Armored Vehicles Survability (FAVS) 2023 in London, November 13-15, Janes reports. They described Dragon ("Dragon") as "Autonomous Land vehicle" - Unmanned Ground Vehicle or abbreviated UGV.

The work is planned to equip dozens of wheels, which will fit on mines and blow them up, destroying themselves. The military will probably be able to quickly replace them. According to Janes, British engineers came up with a concept in 2023, when they learned about the problems of defense forces of Ukraine with overcoming Russian minefields during a counter -offensive.

Dragon should be lighter and more protected from mines, as well as strokes of artillery and anti -tank guided missile systems (PTKR) than other machines used by Ukraine and its allies to mine. While ABBS introduced only a render - a computer model Dragon UGV, and does not reveal at what stage of development the project is.

Defense Express believes that such a machine would be useful for the Armed Forces for breakthrough on the front line, as Russian troops created 6000 km of fortifications in the occupied territories. Earlier it was reported that the army of Russia built several lines of barriers from 10 to 40 km, which consist of anti -tank moats, "hedgehogs", concrete pyramids of "Dragon teeth", wire, and gaps fill the miners of the highest density.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, 2-3 mines may lie on one square meter-this was not the case in any war. That is why the demining has become a very complex and dangerous task for the Armed Forces. The Allies have supplied Ukraine with many engineering and sapling equipment, in particular: most often such equipment is moving on mines with traumas with explosives or digging the land, throwing them away from the passage.