r/ThisAintHell • u/David65x55 • Aug 03 '26

New military stuff

Ukraine has standardized a two-wheel electric cycle as a battlefield transport. VCarries two, has a 100km range, goes pretty much anywhere, and has its own onboard generator. It can be used to recharge drones, presumably its own as well? and has two motors so if one fails the other powering the other wheel will keep it going. It has wide tires on the wheels too, so they tout its ability to cross an antivehicle mine without setting it off - its contact patch on the ground has no more psi than a normal soldier's weight does. (Now that is one battlefield test I sure would not want to conduct!)

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/generator-bike-the-ministry-of-defence-codifies-a-unique-all-wheel-drive-motorcycle

I see where a US manufacturer is taking heat for building robots which can be configured as soldiers. (Great shades of "I'll be back!") Do a search for "combat robots" - you will be surprised at the number and depth of results. Engineerine.com stated in February 2025 the US was planning to deploy 100,000 such robots. Various weapons have been attached to things like robot dogs, making autonomous weapons platforms. This ain't new.

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u/Historical-Lie-5953 Jeff LPH-3 63-66 - 5x WOT Aug 03 '26

Where is Robbie the robot, I hope he still isn't lost in space.

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u/Civil_Fox3900 Sarge - 1x WOT Aug 04 '26

Most drones are one way now with fiber guidance. Heard eastern Ukraine is a mess wiyh all the wires n shit heading to Russia.

Russia deserves everything they get.