Last May, Ukraine revealed a new armed terrestrial robot named Lyut, Rage in Spanish. Four months later, a robot Fury has entered combat and emerged victorious in a skirmish against entrenched Russian soldiersin the Oblast of Kursk in Russiaaccording to the video shared on social networks by the drone team of the 8th Independent Special Operations Regiment. Dodging mines and firing its machine gun in coordination with explosive drones and mortars, the robot defeated a small group of Russian soldiers.
‘The result: part of the enemy was destroyed, the rest fled. He (robot) received several hits from RPG and FPV (rocket-propelled grenades and first-person view drones), but he persevered, completed the mission and returned to be recovered‘, the military unit has noted on its Telegram channel.
The video shows a small four-wheeled robot advancing towards Russian positions, dodging anti-tank mines and withstanding enemy fire. You can see how mortar rounds and possible FPV drones impact around himbut the UGV or unmanned ground vehicle is still operational. Finally, an explosion hits the Russian position, what makes soldiers flee.
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Fury is one of several armed unmanned ground vehicles that Ukrainian engineers have developed since the invasion of Ukraine began and one of the first of whom there is a record of his participation in combat.
This UGV is built for high stress military activities. It has four-wheel drive, radio to communicate with the operator, video cameras and a 7.62mm PKT machine gun which is controlled remotely. It is built to be durable, with armor plates that protect its most vulnerable components. As a mobile weapons platform, it can carry out distraction operations and precisely locate enemy positionsimproving the operability of Ukrainian troops on the battlefield.
While aerial drones can maneuver freelyUGVs must fight with many obstacles when movingeven on paved surfaces: potholes and sinkholes, fallen branches, steep slopes. And unpaved surfaces are even more difficult to traverse. Just getting to the battlefield is a challenge for a UGV. Fury’s developers focused on mobility and gave their robot large wheels, a low center of gravity and a high chassis, with wide ground clearance.
Its wheels are designed to resist damageensuring operational continuity under enemy fire. Although Fury is protected against standard small arms fireis vulnerable to armor-piercing projectiles. The 7.62mm PKT machine gun has an ammunition capacity of 550 shells.
Its firing accuracy, maneuverability, battery life and communication effectiveness in electronic warfare situations were evaluated in more than thirty tests. With obstacles, the UGV’s direct line-of-sight communication range is reduced from 2 kilometers to 700 meters. Cameras in its weapon system allow it to engage targets with precision up to 800 meters away. When integrated with electronic warfare systems Bukovel of Ukraine, demonstrates efficient operational capability within a radius of 700 metersas published by Army Recognition when Fury was revealed.