The Defense Ministry's armament development department presented on Tuesday, September 5, a series of developments that will soon be adopted by the IDF.
In a number of cases, we are talking about revolutionary inventions, analogues of which do not exist in the world. It is likely that the introduction of new weapons into the system will lead to drastic changes in the traditional formats of combat operations.
The "unmanned" submarine Submarine, developed in conjunction with the Ben-Gurion University, mostly performs reconnaissance missions. The device, which can be launched both from the shore, and from a surface or underwater swimming device, scans and maps.
As noted in the Ministry of Defense, unmanned submarines exist in the world, but the Israeli analogue is three times superior in quality to foreign analogs.
In addition, in the development - an enhanced version of the submarine, which will be able to perform including combat missions without crew on board.
"Carmel" - the tank of the future The legendary "Merkava" will be replaced by the "Carmel" tank, the prototype of which, according to plan, should be ready in three years. The platform of the new tank is being developed taking into account that it would be suitable for mounting an APC or heavy engineering equipment on it.
The crew of "Carmel" will consist of 2 people, not 4, as in the current "Merkava". Control of the tank is like a pilot's work. In the cockpit of the car, touch panels will be installed, with one finger movement a heavy machine is activated, maneuvers are carried out; The charging of shells and firing from guns and machine guns are carried out by means of a joystick. The tank will have target recognition systems.
The new tank will be equipped with active protection on the principle of "Windbreaker" ("Meil Ruach"). In addition, all machines are connected to each other in a single network, so that one tank can protect another.
"Carmel" will have the opportunity to "become invisible" thanks to a hybrid engine, the electrical part of which is almost silent.
In development also an unmanned version of the tank "Carmel".
Quadrocopter-sniper Field tests are carried out by a quadrocopter, presumably, it will come into service in a year. The UAV is equipped with light infantry weapons (pistol or rifle), which thanks to the guidance system accurately affects the enemy's living force. Quadrocopter of relatively small size. Currently, the developers are trying to make the UAV become silent.
Clever rifle beats without a miss "Clever policeman" - this name was given to the system, which will be installed on rifles M-16. The purpose of technological development is to significantly increase the impact from the first time.
The principle of the system is that it "concentrates" on the target, which is guided by the barrel of the weapon, and "blocks" the trigger if the shot at the moment does not reach the target.
In addition, the guidance system shows the soldier when the object is exactly on the fly.
Burevestnik - unmanned helicopter Successfully passed field tests of two unmanned helicopters.
The light version has an internal combustion engine. UAV can fly at a distance of up to 8 kilometers.
The heavier version works on electric batteries, develops speeds up to 75 km / h and has a carrying capacity of 90 kilograms.
Both helicopters are designed to deliver cargo to the combat zones.
Jeeps-robots on the protection of the border The IDF already received prototypes of unmanned jeeps for testing in real conditions.
Small arms are fitted to the vehicles with a high degree of accuracy of fire, but they can perform not only combat missions, but also transport cargo.
Jeeps are already used for patrolling on the protection of borders.
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