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The Russian Federation developed a grenade launcher with remote control for combat work

The AGS-17 grenade launcher will be fixed to a robotic armored vehicle and operated by both devices from one remote control. Engineers from the Military Academy of Logistics. OV Khrulyov received a patent for a new device. OV Khrulyov received a patent for a new device that will allow you to equip a combat robotic platform with a grenade launcher with a remote control module, TASS reports.

According to the developers, the robotic platform will be equipped with a system of remote guidance and shooting, as well as a system for controlling the platform itself, engine, transmission, running part. The platform is expected to be an armored car, but which is not specified. The upper part of the work will be equipped with a special frame, to which the grenade launcher of the model AGS-17 will be fixed directly.

The tower is not provided by designers, because in this case the grenade launcher would need to be upgraded. The AGS-17 guidance will be done with a small power plant. The system has a special engine connection with the transmission and the descent block. It will be possible to manage a combat robot and a grenade launcher with a single remote. Earlier, we reported that hackers have found out about the use of Russia's smart firms to buy western equipment for the production of military products.