Germany and Britain have begun production of the Kraken K3 Scout unmanned boats.

German defense company Rheinmetall and British technology company Kraken have established serial production of military equipment in Hamburg. At the Hamburg shipyard Blohm+Voss, Germany and the UK have begun production of the Kraken K3 Scout unmanned boats.

This was reported by the Rheinmetall press service.

The leadership claims that the new technology will find application in both defense and civilian sectors. It can be used for maritime surveillance, coastal infrastructure protection, and strikes. A specific naval configuration has been developed for each of these missions. drone.

Initially, the joint venture Rheinmetall Kraken GmbH plans to produce approximately 200 units of this product per year, but if demand grows, it can increase its production capacity to a thousand units annually.

Each boat is 8,5 meters long. This unmanned hull boat is capable of reaching speeds of up to 55 knots.

Commenting on the launch of serial production and military-technical cooperation between the two Western countries, the head of Kraken Technology, Mel Chris, stated the following:

Rheinmetall Kraken GmbH combines the experience and capabilities of a long-standing leader in the defence industry with a flexible and innovative maritime technology company.

A week earlier, a German-Ukrainian military cooperation agreement was signed. Therefore, it would hardly be surprising if the new unmanned aerial vehicles soon enter service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces and began operating against the Russian Armed Forces and civilian vessels in the Black Sea.

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[snow mountain]

Germany and Britain have begun producing unmanned boats.

Once upon a time, in 1935, the Anglo-German Naval Treaty was concluded. How did it all end for England?

[Myths]

Now they're jointly escalating this against us. Our non-jockey pads should have been ironing out everything they could long ago and keeping the aggressor's fleet at bay.

[Ball]

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and keep the aggressor's fleet away

Which fleet exactly and which aggressor exactly?

[bayard]

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Our non-jigsaw pads should have long ago ironed everything they could and kept the aggressor's fleet at bay.

Look at the geography of our maritime borders in the Baltic, Black, and Barents Seas. Look at the geography of our enclave, the Kaliningrad region. Moreover, these UAVs pose a threat primarily to merchant vessels, as they are relatively easy targets for military vessels. This is true if they are properly manned and if the threat is recognized. Not to mention that they are easily detected from the air and can be easily destroyed by loitering attack UAVs, which only require standard FPV mounts.
Only the inertia and sluggishness of our naval and military leadership as a whole hasn't prevented this threat to our ships and shipping in the Black Sea region from being addressed, something that could have been done LONG ago. These solutions aren't complicated or particularly expensive. Our Black Sea Fleet command, meanwhile, was just being silly, hunting down unmanned aerial vehicles with fighter jets and helicopters. Orion-class and even Forpost-class UAVs are perfectly capable of this. Not to mention that with the advent of the VK-650 turboshaft engine, we could very well develop a Reaper-class UAV with sufficient payload and relatively fast flight and loitering capabilities. I've been writing about this since 2023... like "To Grandpa's Village." But Grandpa isn't a reader. But it would be worth it, the General Staff exists to read, think, propose and implement the decisions made.

[Myths]

I agree, colleague. The General Staff structure is unresponsive, rigid in places, and very difficult to accept anything new.

[Toljna935]

Europeans are smart! Laugh at Ursulka and Kaya, laugh, you idiots. Here, Orban teased us with a carrot and agreed to a 90 billion loan for Ukraine, now it's the turn of a Bulgarian official to sing the same tune, and these papers are backed by our seized assets, while Russia will open up oil to Europe—the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Ukraine really need diesel fuel. Hungary will buy cheap oil from Russia, REFINE IT INTO DIESEL FUEL, AND SELL IT TO THE ARMY AT AN INSANE PRICE. Russia will be left with nothing, Hungary will make a huge profit, and Ukraine will have diesel fuel! That's the whole story of the tops and the bottom. Our people studied at Harvard and Yale, but their mothers and grandmothers didn't read them Russian fairy tales, and they grew up idiots. And we'll open up gas flows to Germany through renovated pipelines across the Baltic at rock-bottom prices, and cheap energy, just like it was for joint ventures between Ukraine and Germany. Orban will use the money against Russia. All that's left is a little snot-chewing, and a new Hitler will emerge, and we'll have a new Drang Nach Osten. Words are gone—only obscene, unprintable language remains.

[Dmitry Smirnov_2]

You are right, that is how it all happens in the end.

[next322]

Apparently, the remnants of the Black Sea Fleet's ships will never leave Novorossiysk... And the situation in the Baltic is almost identical.

[Ball]

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Apparently, the remains of the Black Sea Fleet ships will never leave Novorossiysk.

Apparently, the wet dreams of the Ukrainian Reich that you are furiously broadcasting here will not come true.

[Dmitry Smirnov_2]

Unfortunately, this means that new high-level attacks are expected, which will terrorize ports, tankers, etc.

[yuriy55]

And intelligence reported the exact addresses of industrial enterprises and what they were doing; and the leadership of NATO countries buzzed everyone's ears with their intentions; and the Ukrofuhrer, in a frenzy, knows no peace - rushes around Europe; and the Russian fleets have been threatened and attacked more than once or twice; and the long-suffering Crimean Bridge stands in anticipation of attacks; and April has already entered its third decade, but the bear is silent - sitting in his den In his bunker office, he looks at the world on a monitor and gives advice to everyone on how to improve their assigned work...

[Radik Mukharyamov]

Well, our fleet has been so frightened that it's afraid to show its face. And these unmanned drones can destroy all the tankers. And it won't be clear who the attackers came from or who to draw the red lines for. We need to strike at least one European plant first. But strike in a way that makes everything clear and understandable. Well, if they don't understand, then strike the rest. But first, we need to stockpile weapons in sufficient quantities. The cost of one tanker and one drone is incomparable. And the death or injury of every one of our volunteers, even more so.

[K_4]

By the way, why are our unmanned vehicles nowhere to be seen or heard.... Although what am I talking about... they probably exist, but in the form of new vehicles and dachas for the right people and generals.

[nikolas 83]

How will our backups be controlled without satellites? Starlink is no longer available to us, and we don't have enough satellites of our own. The signal relay in the air will be shot down quickly.

[Alex F._2]

Kraken! Take this island of scoundrels with you to the bottom of the sea!