Ratnik is Russia's latest upgrade to its combat infantry attire. It has expanded space to carry equipment, a reduced weight, with armor dropping from 36 kilograms to 20 kilograms, and, according ...

In 2018, Ratnik kits as issued to soldiers mostly consist of new uniforms, load bearing equipment, armor, and radios. The 6Sh117 load-bearing vest, 6B45 armor, and 6B47 helmet that were part of ...

Back in 2017 the Russian army proudly announced that it had received 200,000 sets of advanced Ratnik-2 (“Warrior-2”) body armor, and that by 2020 deliveries had reached over 300,000 sets ...

The Ratnik gear comprises more than 40 components, including firearms, body armor, and optical, communication and navigation devices, as well as life support and power supply systems. Russia is trying ...

It’s worth noting that the new Legionnaire armor isn’t the only integrated combat suit that might potentially replace the Ratnik as the Russian military’s battle suit of choice: Rostec ...

The Ratnik suit, which consists of 10 subsystems and 59 individual components, includes modernized body armor designed to withstand 7.62mm rounds, a helmet with a special eye monitor outfitted ...

Ramil Sitdikov/RIA Novosti The “Ratnik” body armor system is one of the most prominent modernization projects of the Russian army. Finally, its developers have announced the price of each kit ...

In mid-September, Russia Beyond’s team tested armor plates from the Ratnik combat suit at a shooting range in Moscow. The goal of the test was to see just how tough it actually is and to see ...

In the wake of another U.S. attempt to build Iron Man-style powered armor that crashed and burned, some commentators have concluded that military exoskeletons will always be science fiction ...

The entire Ratnik collection underwent final acceptance tests in late 2013. All the items of Ratnik; firearms, body armor, optic, communication and navigation devices, medical gear and power supply ...

According to TsNIITochMash, the Russian state-sponsored design bureau responsible for the Ratnik program, the suit itself, known as Ratnik-2, can protect up to 90% of a soldier's body, using armor ...

Russia has tested a battlefield exoskeleton that will turn its soldiers into an army of Iron Men. The battery-powered “Robocop” suits allow squaddies to fire machine guns one-handed wit… ...