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Ratnik Combat Gear Testing

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Servicemen participating in military exercises at Alabino near Moscow tested the new Ratnik personal combat gear and equipment.

Servicemen participating in military exercises at Alabino near Moscow tested the new Ratnik personal combat gear and equipment.

© Sputnik / Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankServicemen participating in military exercises at Alabino near Moscow tested the new Ratnik personal combat gear and equipment.
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Servicemen participating in military exercises at Alabino near Moscow tested the new Ratnik personal combat gear and equipment.
© Sputnik / Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe test is to decide whether the new gear will equip the armed forces.
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The test is to decide whether the new gear will equip the armed forces.
© Sputnik / Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe new combat gear and equipment is intended for the ground forces.
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The new combat gear and equipment is intended for the ground forces.
© RIA Novosti . Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe gear includes up to 40 elements to facilitate combat missions.
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The gear includes up to 40 elements to facilitate combat missions.
© RIA Novosti . Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe elements include weapons, protective gear, and communications equipment.
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The elements include weapons, protective gear, and communications equipment.
© Sputnik / Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe standard set comprising a camouflage smock and body armor weighs about 10 kilograms; together with a helmet and more protective assault vest with armor plates for shoulders and hips, the total weight is 20 kg.
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The standard set comprising a camouflage smock and body armor weighs about 10 kilograms; together with a helmet and more protective assault vest with armor plates for shoulders and hips, the total weight is 20 kg.
© Sputnik / Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe new combat garment is made of Alutex aramid fiber.
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The new combat garment is made of Alutex aramid fiber.
© Sputnik / Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe smock can withstand shrapnel from hand-grenades, mines and artillery rounds as well as, for a while, flame.
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The smock can withstand shrapnel from hand-grenades, mines and artillery rounds as well as, for a while, flame.
© RIA Novosti . Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe set includes a multilayer helmet and an armor vest with ceramic armor plates capable of stopping AK-74 and sniper rifle rounds.
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The set includes a multilayer helmet and an armor vest with ceramic armor plates capable of stopping AK-74 and sniper rifle rounds.
© Sputnik / Alexei Filippov / Go to the mediabankThe Ratnik gear was first presented at the MAKS-2011 air show.
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The Ratnik gear was first presented at the MAKS-2011 air show.
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