Troops demonstrate the Ratnik ("Warrior") combat gear during a military exercise at the Alabino range, Moscow Region, 2012. Source: Alexey Filippov / RIA Novosti ...

Ratnik Tactical, the Russian military equipment maker, said on Telegram: “The best warriors of humanity applied scrolls with prayers and promises to their armour before the battle.

The sources told Izvestia that the same person previously illegally shipped “two general-purpose 6B45 bulletproof vests, two more Ratnik modular transport vests, combat backpacks and other military ...

The Russian suit, Ratnik-3, is an imposing web of hexagonal armor plates, black webbing, and small joint motors called actuators. Oleg Faustov, an engineer working with weapons maker TsNiiTochMash ...

The armor is stated to withstand up to 10 direct hits of armor-piercing rounds, but is it true or not? In mid-September, Russia Beyond’s team tested armor plates from the Ratnik combat suit at a ...

The 'Superman suit' is part of the Russian military's Ratnik combat gear The aim is to create body armour that dramatically boosts strength and stamina It is made of material that withstands 30 ...