Equipment "Legionnaire". Future replacement for the promising Sotnik

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Equipment "Legionnaire". Future replacement for the promising Sotnik
Fighters in BEV "Warrior"


Currently, the Russian army uses combat equipment of a serviceman (BEV) of the Ratnik type. In order to re-equip the troops in the future, the industry is developing next-generation equipment called the Centurion. In the near future, work will begin on the next BEV. This complex will appear in the long term and will receive the designation "Legionary".



Big plans


Over the past few years, the state corporation "Rostec" and organizations from its structure regularly show various developments on the BEV "Sotnik" project. Such equipment, which combines the most advanced ideas and components, is still under development and should be supplied to the supply only in a few years. The transition to Sotnik will only be completed in the indefinite future.

In January 2021, Rostec announced that it had received an assignment from the Ministry of Defense to develop a new BEV, which would replace Sotnik in the long term. In the coming years, it was planned to carry out the necessary research work. The main result of this stage was to be the formation of a comprehensive target program for the development of equipment for the period up to 2035.

It was reported that domestic and foreign experience will be studied within the framework of the new R&D. In particular, it was planned to analyze modern and promising foreign BEVs. Based on the collected data, they planned to draw up requirements for the equipment of the future and then begin its development.


The military personnel of the RKhBZ troops have their own version of the "Warrior"

For obvious reasons, the technical aspects of the new project were not disclosed at that time. However, the management of Rostec noted that this is a fundamentally new BEV, the creation of which requires a look into the future. During its creation, the most modern developments and technologies will be used. In particular, solutions in the field of life support, robotics, information systems, etc. will find application.

Project Legionnaire


Now it has become known that the development of a promising BEV will soon move to a new stage. This was reported on October 3 by RIA News citing an unnamed source in the military-industrial complex. The source revealed the prerequisites for the emergence of the future project and called it a code.

The source recalled that the Ratnik project was implemented about 10 years ago. It was successful, but over time, new materials and technologies have appeared, and the specifics of hostilities have also changed. All this leads to the need to develop a new generation of BEVs.

It is noted that two well-known BEV projects received "primordially Russian" names - "Warrior" and "Sotnik". The next type of equipment has already been assigned the Legionnaire cipher. This time we decided to use the "international" term.


Set "Warrior" for the crews of combat vehicles

Literally a few hours after the reports from RIA Novosti, new details of the future project became known. They were announced by the Gazeta.ru publication with reference to representatives of the Rostec corporation. In particular, the terms for carrying out part of the work are named, as well as some features of the future equipment.

A source in Rostec said that research work on the Legionnaire topic will take place next year. By the beginning of 2024, the required appearance of such a BEV and the terms of reference for it will be formed. This will allow you to move on to development work. How soon it will be possible to complete all the following steps is unknown.

New generation


The existing serial BEV "Warrior" is a complex multi-component complex, including all the means necessary for a soldier. It includes uniforms, protective equipment, communication and data processing systems, weapons, etc. In total, there are several dozen components, products and devices, divided into a number of subsystems.

The complete set of equipment and the composition of products is determined in accordance with the affiliation and specialty of the fighter, his tasks and needs on the battlefield. There are several options for the infantry kit, equipment for the crews of combat vehicles, gunners, etc. is provided.


Early concept of a promising BEV

Currently, Rostec enterprises are developing a new BEV, designated as Sotnik. According to known data, this project can be considered as a deep modernization of existing equipment. The existing architecture with multiple subsystems and multiple components will be retained. It will also remain possible to build kits for the needs of certain troops and units.

It was reported that a deep modernization of the existing BEV provides for the simultaneous use of ready-made and new components. So, some of the elements will be transferred to the new equipment without changes, while others will be modernized. Some appliances will be replaced. Their place will be taken by new products on a modern component base and with updated functions.

The promising Legionnaire equipment will be fundamentally new, it will be developed practically from scratch. At the same time, well-proven solutions in the field of architecture and construction are used. To improve all the main characteristics and achieve other benefits, it is planned to introduce new designs and systems.

Gazeta.ru, citing a source in Rostec, reports that the army is already making its proposals. So, the customer would like to reduce the weight of the equipment. At the same time, it is desirable not only to maintain, but also to increase the level of protection. Such problems can be solved with the help of new materials and technologies that have appeared recently. In addition, they will improve ergonomics and manufacturability.


They also report that Rostec considers it necessary to introduce fundamentally new subsystems. So, taking into account the requirements of the time, Legionnaire should include elements related to robotics and artificial intelligence. Probably, due to such technologies, they will ensure interaction with modern and promising RTK or UAVs, as well as improve the control systems of units.

Armament plays a key role in equipment. For the "Warrior" in the recent past, a new line of small arms was being developed. weapons; some of these samples entered service. New sighting devices and other aids were also created. Whether the Legionnaire will receive a new weapon is unknown. This project is being created with an eye to the distant future, and by that time there may be a need for new weapons.

In the process of improvement


In the recent past, the industry has mastered the production of BEV "Warrior" and is now engaged in its production for the needs of the army. In addition, by order of the Ministry of Defense, improved Sotnik equipment is being developed, which is expected in the troops in the near future. Now, full-fledged research and design work on the next generation of BEV in the form of the Legionnaire project is beginning.

The details of such a project are still unknown, and there are only a few reports or assumptions. However, the goals and objectives are quite clear. "Legionary" is created to improve all the main indicators of protection, firepower, situational awareness, etc. - as an individual fighter, and entire units. How exactly such goals will be achieved will become known later, when the industry will carry out the necessary work and be able to show finished products.

Completed and starting projects show that the Ministry of Defense understands the importance of the equipment of military personnel and takes measures to create and develop them. Moreover, work in this direction is acquiring features of a continuous process. The development of the new "Sotnik" has not yet been completed, but research is already beginning on the next "Legionary". This allows us to count on the fact that in the future the army will be able to regularly receive modernized or new BEVs, while maintaining the necessary potential and getting the capabilities it needs.
  • Ryabov Kirill
  • Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, "Rostec"
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  1. +39
    5 October 2022 05: 03
    wash simple pants at least mobilized ...
    1. +11
      5 October 2022 05: 51
      It's very cheap, you won't earn much. And then there are contracts for billions! hi
    2. +5
      5 October 2022 06: 07
      Quote: Aerodrome
      wash simple pants at least mobilized ...

      Yeah, and rename "Warrior" to "Zradnik" - it will be closer to the truth!
    3. +8
      5 October 2022 06: 49
      Just curious, are those mobilized specifically in Ratnik dressed up?
      That's why I doubt...
      1. +8
        5 October 2022 08: 32
        What the mobilized bought in, they change clothes if they don’t take it away / steal it.
      2. +6
        5 October 2022 10: 21
        It is clear that not in "Warrior", but what's wrong with properly dressing a person ... all the more, GDP constantly talks about the absolute value of life.
    4. +7
      5 October 2022 07: 44
      I doubt that Rostec personally sews pants. Let them develop. The question is different - the example of a warrior shows how saturated the army is with him. And he has been in service for many years. And this wunderwafer can generally be seen only at exhibitions, and, given the access to Western technologies, also in the form of mock-ups.
      1. +9
        5 October 2022 09: 01
        Quote: Lykases1
        The question is different - the example of a warrior shows how saturated the army is with him. And he has been in service for many years

        In November 2020, the media wrote that 300 kits had been delivered to the army in eight years.

        Presumably, while maintaining the pace at the moment, this figure should have reached 370-380 thousand.

        That is, theoretically, absolutely all servicemen fighting on the Ukrainian front should be provided with them.
        And if this is not so, then a question arises for the support services.
        1. +3
          5 October 2022 09: 08
          Quote: Flood
          In November 2020, the media wrote that 300 kits had been delivered to the army in eight years.

          everything can be written,
          she will endure paper,
          how do we endure?
          and where are these kits, in warehouses, or is it still on paper?
          live, on reports from the front - they are not visible ...
        2. +4
          5 October 2022 09: 29
          "The media wrote that in eight years 300 thousand sets were delivered to the army."

          A lot of things are also written on the fence.
          According to the papers, we had 1,5 million sets of uniforms and SIBZ in storage. And where are they really?
          1. +3
            5 October 2022 09: 33
            Quote from N3onMiami
            A lot of things are also written on the fence

            Do not confuse the inscriptions on the fence and the figure voiced by the federal media from the Moscow Region.
            There are no complaints about the inscriptions on the fence.
            And here is the big question.
            If there is not enough equipment for all contract soldiers in the database zone, then where are these Warriors?
            1. +6
              5 October 2022 09: 35
              In the same place as 1,5 million sets of equipment. On papers.
              1. 0
                5 October 2022 09: 37
                Quote from N3onMiami
                In the same place as 1,5 million sets of equipment. On papers.

                I would like to believe not.
                After all, they were supposed to go not to warehouses, but directly to the troops.
                There is a question.
                No answer.
            2. -4
              7 October 2022 11: 22
              More truth is written on the fence than the figures of the Moscow Region in the federal media
        3. +4
          5 October 2022 10: 59
          Quote: Flood
          That is, theoretically, absolutely all servicemen fighting on the Ukrainian front should be provided with them.

          Our Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are not 300 thousand people, but about a million. So even the regular army is not provided with them. And how many volunteers, and LDNR fighters? We have more and more cool projectors. I think that the provision of new weapons and "prichindala" to him, at the same level. You rarely even see a collimator sight with them. We are fighting as before on the BMP-1 and BMP-2. Have we gone through something similar before?
          1. +2
            5 October 2022 11: 05
            Quote: SKVichyakow
            Our strength of the RF Armed Forces is not 300 thousand people, but about a million

            It goes without saying that the Ground Forces should be provided with them in the first place.
            And priority should be given to the fighting contractors.

            Thanks for reporting the million.
            I didn’t even know where to look for this secret figure.
        4. +2
          5 October 2022 13: 45
          That is, theoretically, absolutely all servicemen fighting on the Ukrainian front should be provided with them.

          They were issued to the troops. What is the service life of a warrior?
          1. +2
            5 October 2022 16: 18
            Quote: bk316
            What is the service life of a warrior?

            you need to ask the military
            1. +6
              5 October 2022 16: 29
              you need to ask the military

              Do you understand what I mean?
              - for 8 years, 300000 sets were delivered to the army;
              - Where are they;
              - used;

              Nobody even thought of it.
              3 pairs, 2 kirzaches, overcoat - worn out in a year of service.
              forgotten, not known, ignored?
        5. +1
          5 October 2022 17: 41
          In November 2020, the media wrote that 300 kits had been delivered to the army in eight years.

          Is there a link?
          Kits of what? The warrior is different. There is 1 generation, there are 2, there are 3. In the article in the photo, Ratnik 3.
          1. +1
            5 October 2022 18: 25
            Quote from stelltok
            Is there a link?

            And more. That's why he didn't bother.

            https://rostec.ru/news/rostekh-postavil-pochti-300-000-komplektov-boevoy-ekipirovki-ratnik/

            https://tvzvezda.ru/news/202012101436-Rz4G1.html
        6. +3
          5 October 2022 18: 26
          What is the lifespan of the kit? I strongly doubt that with proper combat training, the set will last 8 years. I can hardly believe even at 5 years old.
          1. +1
            5 October 2022 18: 29
            Quote: garri-lin
            What is the lifespan of the kit? I strongly doubt that with proper combat training, the set will last 8 years. I can hardly believe even at 5 years old.

            The question is correct.
            Camrad bk316 already mentioned above.
            Who would answer.
            1. -1
              5 October 2022 19: 51
              I wrote a comment and only then saw his messages. But I decided not to delete it.
              And I can speculate on the timing. Good shoes if used constantly live 3 years. I'm not talking about asphalt and not about impenetrable jungle. Middle intersection.
              Shmot differently. The tunic is longer, the pants are smaller. About one to two. But also 3-5 years. If done properly and on time.
              Belts, backpacks and other haberdashery should last 8 years.
              1. +1
                5 October 2022 20: 02
                Like it or not, the kit needs to be updated during its service life.
                Its various components - with different periodicity.
                Not to mention that in combat conditions, the service life is even more shortened.
          2. -4
            7 October 2022 11: 26
            The service life of bulletproof vests in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is 5 years, after which they must be written off, in actual operation 2-3 years and the cover from the armored vehicles turns into a rag
            1. 0
              8 October 2022 19: 51
              Thanks for the clarification. Not special on armor. He spoke about the usual gear.
              1. -4
                8 October 2022 22: 57
                ordinary gear lives even less, it’s not for nothing that even in peacetime, uniforms should be issued twice a year
    5. +1
      5 October 2022 09: 52
      Plain pants are too easy for them.
  2. +19
    5 October 2022 05: 25
    Mats with sleeping bags where on mobile phones? Normal shoes like fishing for bates and danners when will it be? Is it difficult to come up with a normal pattern? Is it difficult to copy a cut like that of the edge of the Presidency? Yes, Rostec invented everything for you a long time ago, stupidly copy at least in normal quality !! All the damn wheel they reinvent
    1. +7
      5 October 2022 08: 11
      They are at one stage of coming up with a name, they will cut more than 1,5 million pants in tailoring
    2. -4
      7 October 2022 11: 30
      Why, when Yudashkin sewed his uniform, he traveled around quite a few firms that produced it and sewed his own uniform, but this uniform seemed expensive to the Moscow Region and began to buy materials not those that were indicated by Yudashkin, but those that were cheaper, the result is known to everyone, but they put the blame on fashion designer, and not the Moscow Region and the government, who sewed - an overcoat made of low-quality cloth, but for a good fur coat
  3. -5
    5 October 2022 08: 08
    It would be better if they kept silent, they passed for a smart one ...
  4. +14
    5 October 2022 08: 15
    Already the second article in a week written by three-ruble patriots on the salary of Rostec. Normal shoes cannot be sewn, but when to sew? People are busy with business - they are making regular cardboard models for the exhibition "unparalleled"
  5. +3
    5 October 2022 08: 20
    Even in the photo you can see how wonderfully the pattern contrasts with the background. Terribly stupid coloring and pattern
    1. +3
      5 October 2022 08: 57
      Everything is complicated here. In order not to differ from the background, at least 2 types of colors/patterns per season are required, i.e. You need to change 8 sets of uniforms during the year. Moreover, inside these sets there should be at least clear/cloudy/night modifiers and city/forest/field submodifiers. wassat
      1. +1
        5 October 2022 17: 57
        I think you can do without a "wardrobe", if you move away from the vicious tradition of having the entire set of uniforms of the same color. Pants and tunic (conditional layer - "summer") one color. Moisture and wind protection - "spring-autumn" another color, more withered. Layer "winter" -
        even lighter. The most neutral shades should work well day and night.
  6. +2
    5 October 2022 08: 51
    Have you already found where to buy Leica tablets?
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  9. 0
    5 October 2022 11: 00
    I can’t imagine what new can be added to modern equipment. Surely they will not develop any advanced materials.
    It's like the AK story. They hung on 74 picatinny rails, plastic parts and called it AK 12, they say, a completely new machine laughing
  10. 0
    5 October 2022 12: 08
    All this sounds epically cool, but will it happen? Rearmament in "non-homeopathic numbers" is always $$$. A lot of bobble cut off from the economy. In words and papers, it will be so cool that pink drool will flow - "robotic systems", "AI", "active exoskeleton", "combat control system", "nano-pilot", just "uuurrrr!" .
    Then they count. How much money do you need for each. And it turns out that the soldier will be straight golden - both in production and in operation. But he still has to pay, darling. And teach under all these charms of life.
    So all this magnificence can remain at the level of "Armata" - in several (-tens, - hundreds) small-scale copies made, frighten potential opponents and excite the minds of enthusiastic inhabitants. If a. If we do not finally take up the growth of our economy.
    I have said many times here - expensive toys love a fat wallet.
  11. +1
    5 October 2022 12: 39
    again the old man Che draws cartoons. disgusting.
  12. +2
    5 October 2022 13: 50
    The author has a rare talent to write a lot and about nothing.
  13. for
    0
    5 October 2022 18: 57
    “We invest our warmth and love”: craftswomen from Tolyatti sew clothes for the military in the Donbass
    Togliatti craftswomen sew clothes for the heroes participating in the special operation in Ukraine

    Read on WWW.SAMARA.KP.RU: https://www.samara.kp.ru/daily/27454/4657705/

    "These clothes will keep soldiers warm even in the most severe cold, as they are saturated with warmth and love." This is how craftswomen from Tolyatti speak about their products. The girls are actively implementing the project “We sew for ours”. They produce things with their own hands, which are sent to the heroes fighting for peace in the Donbass.

    Read on WWW.SAMARA.KP.RU: https://www.samara.kp.ru/daily/27454/4657705/
  14. +1
    5 October 2022 19: 02
    The war well opened all the abscesses on the body.
  15. 0
    6 October 2022 22: 01
    Yes, this Rostec went with his projects ... Roskakbablaspilit ... I have been listening to this crap for 8 years, and the result is, where are all these developments, where are the soldiers in Rostec products, all lies.
  16. 0
    7 October 2022 02: 34
    How will it be with "Sagittarius"? Which was shown, shown in commercials about the network-centric war. And which is not in the troops ...
    1. 0
      4 November 2022 04: 47
      there are troops in the warehouses, it’s just that especially smart comrades decided that why they need it, they’ll break it down, but it will be safer in the warehouses ... there’s not enough evil
  17. 0
    4 November 2022 04: 46
    yeah, only for some reason most of them are dressed in uniform number eight ...
    By the way, what is the profit of a hexagon over a number? just a futuristic look, or are there any practical benefits?

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