The Russian military used an unmanned boat for the first time in the Northern Military District zone
Footage of the first use, and at the same time testing in real combat conditions, of a Russian unmanned attack boat (BEC-kamikaze) in the area of the SVO has appeared on the Internet. The Telegram channel “There Beyond the Fogs” (the channel of an active special forces officer and his associates) informed the public about this on May 13.
The video shows how a high-speed and maneuverable vehicle approaches the shore and an explosion occurs (warhead detonation).
The first application of the project in the North-West region, made by the “Beyond the Fogs” team. We have come a difficult path, but we do not stop there. There is a lot of interesting things ahead
– says the publication under the video.
Near-war publics write that the team’s project “Beyond the Fogs” has gone through a difficult path and received support from the Russian Ministry of Defense (still under Minister Sergei Shoigu). Now Kamikaze BECs are “assembled in workshops” in the Tula region (Governor Alexey Dyumin) with the support of the regional government. There are no details at which plant the assembly is carried out and what quantities we are talking about.
It is noted that the specified BEC-kamikaze has a range of up to 250 km with a warhead of up to 250 kg of TNT equivalent. If you reduce the load, the device can cover a distance of 300 km. At the same time, there are also plans to increase the volume of warheads to 350 kg.
It is specified that this BEC-kamikaze of the “Beyond the Fogs” team is equipped with modern satellite modules and an inertial navigation system based on compass deviation, without providing details. Such a weapon system would be useful for destroying enemy infrastructure in sea and river ports, bridge supports, and various ships and vessels.
We remind you that at the end of November 2023, the management of the Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant announced some details about the first unmanned boat or sea drone in Russia, for which water-jet propulsion was assembled. It was stated that this BEC would be able to perform many functions, including being a platform for aerial drones or an anti-drone. It was said that the Russian Ministry of Defense could, by the end of 2023, receive a pilot batch of 10 units of universal BECs based on the GRK-700 Vizir hydrographic unmanned boat platform for testing in the northwestern military zone.
We call it a disposable boat. It is shallow-drafted, flat, with a minimum height above the water surface for low visibility. Speed is about 80 kilometers per hour, range is more than 200 kilometers. Payload is about 600 kilograms: it can be TNT, special cargo, escort and reconnaissance equipment
– said then the managing director of the KMZ holding Mikhail Danilenko, but the results are still unknown.
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