{"id":145248,"date":"2019-10-14T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=145248"},"modified":"2024-09-23T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:41:54","slug":"iran-shows-off-new-killer-wheeled-robots-designed-to-take-on-tanks-infantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/10\/iran-shows-off-new-killer-wheeled-robots-designed-to-take-on-tanks-infantry\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Shows Off New Killer Wheeled Robots Designed to Take on Tanks, Infantry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heidar 1 Project’s Uncrewed Ground Vehicles Shoot Guns, Roll under Tanks, Blow Up<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A Heidar-1 UGV gets busy with its assault rifle in a demonstration by the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces NEZAJA (NEZAJA)<\/p><\/div>\n

10 Oct 2019 – <\/em>The Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces (NEZAJA) recently revealed the Heidar-1 project, a group of small, networked robotic ground vehicles developed by the Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization of the Iranian Army. The proclaimed “network-connected anti-infantry and armor smart UGVs” (unmanned ground vehicles) prototypes were on display at an Army weapons expo in Tehran.<\/p>\n

The six-wheeled boxy bots, according to images and videos released by NEZAJA, come in six versions\u2014including two that carry assault rifles mounted to their tops and one that is essentially a mobile anti-tank mine. The vehicles are topped with pairs of ruggedized antennae and small cameras; the assault-rifle equipped versions also appear to have a telescopic optic sensor for weapons aiming.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iran_Military\/status\/1180141680370049025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1180141680370049025&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Finformation-technology%2F2019%2F10%2Firan-shows-off-new-killer-wheeled-robots-designed-to-take-on-tanks-infantry%2F<\/p>\n

In the video released in the Twitter post above, the UGVs fire their guns, and one rolls toward a tank-like target before exploding.<\/p>\n

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The use of remote-controlled uncrewed ground vehicles is not uncommon in the Middle East\u2014ISIS and other non-state organizations have built their own from commercially available parts. And the concept of remote-controlled moving weapons dates back to World War I with the French Army’s use of radio-controlled “land torpedoes”<\/a>; the Germans would use the cable-tethered Goliath tracked mine<\/a> against tanks in World War II.<\/p>\n

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A prototype anti-tank bot rolls under a target…<\/p><\/div>\n

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…and explodes.<\/p><\/div>\n

But as Samuel Bendett, an adviser at the Center for Naval Analyses,\u00a0told C4ISRNet’s Kelsey Atherton,<\/a> this is the first time that Iran has publicly displayed armed UGVs.” Equally interesting is their claim that this will be a \u2018networked\u2019 system of vehicles that can presumably function in more or less autonomous mode,” Bendett added. But the prototypes displayed are still essentially remote-controlled vehicles.<\/p>\n

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Sean Gallagher<\/a> is <\/em>Ars Technica‘s IT and National Security Editor. A former Navy officer, systems administrator, and network systems integrator with 20 years of IT journalism experience, he lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland. Email<\/strong> sean.gallagher@arstechnica.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 arstechnica.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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