![]() Multiple Remote Controlled Weapon Station (RCWS) integration options give flexibility in proximity and drone defence. A 12.7 mm co-axial machine gun complements the main gun. The Future Gun System, developed by Rheinmetall, enables a 50 per cent longer kill range to be achieved (than 120 mm) with an unrivalled rate of fire due to the autoloader performance. Rarely has the sheer power of an MBT gun been more impressive. With the Rheinmetall Future Gun System consisting of a 130 mm cannon, a fully automated ammunition handling system and the additional armament options of the HERO 120 loitering ammunition, the Panther has concentrated firepower for long-range strikes in multi-target engagements. Army and other ground forces will eventually need to offload some fighting capabilities to unmanned ground systems just to afford the ballooning costs of manned warfare.The Panther fulfils the core capability of “dominate and destroy”. Just as the Air Force plans to supplement $90 million dollar F-35A fighters with $3 million unmanned warplanes and the Navy plans to supplement $2 billion guided missile destroyers with unmanned warships, the U.S. A vehicle like the Army’s new AMPV, an all-purpose troop and cargo carrier could seat several RCV operators, each controlling several vehicles.Īll of this eventually will be sorted out, because like many unmanned weapon systems, they hold the key to making warfare affordable in an age of eye-watering weapons costs. Finally, space is at a premium on the armored battlefield and it’s not clear where human RCV operators would sit. Onboard computers, digital communications, and networking will also make RCVs vulnerable to hacking. Ground forces that rely heavily on RCVs could, thanks to jamming, become combat ineffective without a single shot fired. Armies will need jam-proof, unbreakable communications to control remotely operated vehicles. RCVs hold a lot of promise but there are things that need to be sorted out. The Army’s new AMPV mulitpurpose vehicle could give remote combat vehicle operators a place to sit on the battlefield. Milrem also released its new Intelligent Functions Kit, which it claims can “turn any vehicle into a self-driving or remote controlled one.” Coupled together the result could be completely unmanned convoys, “driven” and defended by human crews hundreds of miles away. Army in Iraq and NATO forces in Afghanistan, both of whom faced ambushes on truck convoys by insurgents with anti-tank weapons. This is largely due to the experience of the U.S. Milrem is positioning Type X as a convoy escort vehicle, capable of riding shotgun with supply convoys and providing the firepower to repel an attack. ![]() Uran-9 bristles with more firepower than its Western equivalents but has proven difficult to control under combat conditions in Syria. ![]() Over in Russia, the Uran-9 RCV has so far been a disappointment. The Ripsaw even comes equipped with a quadcopter drone that takes off and lands from the rear of the vehicle. In 2019 Textron Systems revealed the M5 Ripsaw, a similar vehicle with the same 30-millimeter autocannon used on the Stryker Dragoon infantry carrier. Sergei Savostyanov // Getty Imagesīut the Type X isn’t the only remote combat vehicle out there. Russia’s Uran-9 robotic combat vehicle performed poorly in Syria. 50-caliber machine gun in support of dismounted infantry. Unlike THeMIS, which is more of a robotic mule, Type X resembles a scaled down main battle tank. The Type X builds upon Milrem’s experience with robotic combat vehicles, including the THeMIS multipurpose vehicle. Milrem, an Estonian robotics company, introduced the Type X combat vehicle earlier this month. Cheap and easy to operate, unmanned combat vehicles like Type X are likely the future of armored warfare as manned vehicles grow increasingly expensive. The Type X robotic combat vehicle (RCV) is a heavily armed, unmanned mini-tank that could act both independently and alongside manned vehicles. In the future, Army ground forces will consist of human/RCV vehicles and even some unmanned RCV formations.Ī new unmanned ground combat vehicle represents the best look yet at the future of unmanned warfare.Inexpensive and semi-expendable, RCVs hold the key to the future of land warfare.The Type X drone is a new robotic combat vehicle (RCV) equipped with either an 25 or 30-millimeter auto cannon or anti-tank missiles.
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