Der Feind schläft nicht: Aufnahmen von den Tests des russischen UGV „Kurier“ in einer Modifikation mit einem 82-mm-Mörser mit Selbstlademechanismus. Der Komplex ist angeblich in der Lage, 10–12 Schuss pro Minute abzufeuern, und die Nachladezeit beträgt 5 Sekunden.

From China, like the cars with Russian brands? The Chinese keep testing the ground.

So?

An ~80mm mortar has a range of ~6000m under optimal conditions (*unless booster-assisted rounds are fired, but this reduces ordnance delivered to target*).

This means even if this demonstrator was mobilized on an armored plattform, it would have to „shoot & scoot“ from areas near the front lines which are saturated with sUAS where survival of armored vehicles is extremely unlikely.

For this very reasons, Russia has mostly stopped to use mobile mid-range fire support systems like the [TOS-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOS-1) due to their high vulnerability to counter-artillery and sUAS attacks. Instead, it is relying on simplified vintage WW2 designs like the „[Sani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2S12_Sani)“ that are fired out of fortified entrenchments (*production has been resumed since ~2024*).

Besides, automated mortars aren’t exactly an orcish novelty, Poland is fielding the „[RAK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M120_Rak)“ since ~2018 (*which can also shoot direct fire*). Self-loading mortar designs have been around since the 1970s.

TL/DR: Just another orcish concept study that will never be fielded in sufficient #s. Where Armata?

What on the Super Earth is the mortar turret doing here?

1. the “hand” seems to be programmed by someone who doesn’t give a shit: it could have been doing it all in one smooth motion but it does not (hell, it could have been a pure mechanical mechanism (not digital))
2. Look how the whole thing jumps after firing – I bet it does not have any way to correct for how much it gets shifted after firing (especially with Russian GPS being shit

Conclusion: just something to show off while the storm troopers are riding horses into battle

So serious question, how accurate is something like this?

If it’s Russian it should work for a good 15-20 minutes

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It looks a lot more expensive than an fpv drone

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They cant mass produce them and they will break down all the time. Anything russia does is half assed unless they import

Robot arm to wave the white flag when the drones come.

Breaks in 3…2…1…

Won’t the washing machine PCB it uses make it spin round in a raining death whitewash .

Russians love to build experimental weapon systems and then post footage of them in “action” I.e. test conditions. There’s a good reason many military designed weapons are made to be as simple to use as possible cause they need to train 18 yr olds to be able to shoot them.

The more complex the weapon the more time it takes to train a young adult who has just finished high school to use it. Russia seems to have an obsession creating over the top weapons that look impressive but have massive design flaws or require constant maintenance to maintain them. It’s all just one huge propaganda machine made to make the look strong but under battle field conditions this thing would be taken out on a heart beat by Ukrainian drones or HIMARs

Why does the arm move like ED-209?

I mean this thing on its own isn’t a war winner, but I can see the utility, and it can be done relatively cheaply.

A UGV doesn’t necessarily have to be fully automated, or even wireless (a few hundred meters of wire would be decent for creating some standoff between the weapon and the crew, to give them some defense against counter-bwttery fire or drones). Take a basic chassis, stick an existing, basic muzzle-loading mortar on it, a robotic arm with a limited, preprogrammed range of motions, have the magazine setup so the round is in the same location every time, and I can see how this could be used to deploy light mortar fire quickly. It doesn’t have to be super capable or sexy. This looks like a decent way to lay down some mortar fire while increasing crew survival.

It still has vulnerabilities, especially if the arm gets bent/damaged even slightly by a drunken orc operator, but still – the concept is sound.

I would hope that Ukraine and the West take note – simple platforms still have their use, it doesn’t always have to be the best. Good enough is good enough.

Why is it too loaded?
Would it not be easier to be a breach loaded small artillery?
Looks weirdly overcomplicated with that arm loading it from the top.

Is it not possible to fire mortar shells like those in any kind of breach?

Edit: seemingly not the only one thinking this, pls ignore this I’ll just look at the other comments