The 2020 Russian military kit is dubbed ‘Ratnik’ (old Russian word for “warrior”). It is suited for survival in both woodland conditions and for taking on the enemy on most front lines.

The Russian Defense Ministry has released video footage of ground units and various military hardware in training, including film of troops using the new advanced Ratnik infantry kit. The footage ...

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 ...

The Major Armor and Uniform Upgrade the Russian Military Wanted Is Here In 2018, Ratnik kits as issued to soldiers mostly consist of new uniforms, load bearing equipment, armor, and radios.

Ratnik is a kit for infantry soldiers. Russia has denied sending ground troops into combat in Syria. Officially Russia's operation in Syria launched in 2015 as an air force support mission for the ...

ROSTOV-ON-DON, January 27 /TASS/. Russian troops will get more than 50,000 Ratnik-2 personal combat uniform kits in 2017, Land Force commander Col. Gen. Oleg Salyukov has said.

The Russian Defense Ministry is designing and building new combat equipment for the average soldier, which includes an exoskeleton and 'active protection' measures. The third generation of Ratnik ...

The Ratnik kit comprises five integrated systems that include life support, command and communication, engaging, protection and energy saving subsystems. It is designed to be used round-the-clock ...

Russian developers are creating plans for Ratnik-2, a future-soldier gear system, as the successor to Ratnik, its most recent form of advanced combat gear which was completed in 2015.

A high-tech, Russian "soldier of the future" combat suit just got a gear upgrade, with a wristwatch capable of withstanding nuclear blasts. Newly added to the "Ratnik" military kit — a complex ...

Russian minister of Industry and Trade inspects a Ratnik-3 infantry combat suit at Rostec's pavilion at the ARMY-2017 International Military-Tech Forum in Moscow, on August 22.