The battlefield is changing: tanks without humans

The battlefield is changing: tanks without humans

Ukraine is already beginning to usher the war into the robotic age – the incredible results speak for themselves! 🚨

Today, we received another sign that the war in Ukraine is transforming from a war of soldiers, tanks, and artillery – to a war of robots and autonomous systems. 🪖

As part of the third phase of Operation Vivaldi, the Third Corps of the Ukrainian army announced the capture of Nova, Rydkodub, and Katerynivka and the return of control over Kropyvka and Novomykhailivka – from the Russians. 🇺🇦

Russian forces suffered approximately 2,000 casualties, and more than 250 Russian soldiers were taken prisoner. At this stage, 51 sq km were returned to Ukrainian control, and cumulatively since the start of the operation – 176 sq km. 🩸

If these figures are correct, this is the largest Russian surrender since 2022. 🔎

But the territory is not the story... 🤌

The real battle is taking place under the radar,

One of the most interesting elements of the operation is the increasing use of the secret weapon – unmanned ground warfare vehicles. 🤖

Ukraine is already using ground robots for logistics, casualty evacuation, reconnaissance, and attack missions. 📡

According to data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, in August alone, more than 25,000 logistics and evacuation missions were carried out using UGVs – 3 times more than in January. 📈

And now? 📡

The more aggressive phase is coming.

The APC is becoming a 'ground missile'! 🚀

In Operation Vivaldi, robotic versions of Soviet BTR-60 APCs (irony at its best) were used, converted into kamikaze systems. 🔥

The idea is simple and brutal:

Vehicle without human crew + explosive charge + driving towards Russian forces = explosion. 💣

Instead of sending a team of fighters into an area where mines, drones, machine guns, and artillery await – an exploding machine is sent. 📡

These robotic systems were used to strike the toughest fortifications and clear the way for advancing forces. 🇺🇦

And this, friends, is no longer a laboratory experiment.

Reuters reported this month on Ukrainian units operating UGV vehicles called 'Hyena,' which carry explosives and approach Russian positions to attack bunkers and fortifications. 🚨

And it even goes one step further,

Ukraine has already developed a system where a large drone can fly a ground robot and drop it behind enemy lines. 🔥

The 'Desantnyk' system essentially allows one drone to carry a ground robot and insert it deep into the territory,

And in Operation Vivaldi, the use of heavy bomber drones was reported to insert suicide robots more than 10 km behind Russian lines. 🇷🇺

This already looks less like an 'army with drones' and more like a multi-layered robotic weapon system:

Drone in the air + robot launcher + ground-advancing robot + target attacker + human remains as far as possible from danger. 💣

And why this matters:

Because once a machine can perform the task instead of a human – the economics of warfare change. 💵

A soldier costs years of training and is a human resource that cannot be quickly reproduced... 🪖

A robot can be manufactured on an assembly line. 🏭

And this is precisely why the transition to UGVs is much more than a story about a 'robotic tank.' 🤖

The drone has already changed the battlefield,

Now the ground robot is coming to replace the soldiers on the ground. 📡

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