The Russian army has already received more than 200,000 sets and the military will be fully equipped with “Ratnik-2” body armor by 2020,” Dmitry Semizorov, chief executive of Russia’s ...

The Russian military will get about 80,000 sets of the Ratnik-2 “future soldier” gear before the end of 2015. The Ratnik gear comprises more than 40 components, including firearms, body armor, and ...

Back in 2017 the Russian army proudly announced that it had received 200,000 sets of advanced Ratnik-2 (“Warrior-2”) body armor, and that by 2020 deliveries had reached over 300,000 sets ...

Ratnik-3 is a fundamentally new set of equipment in terms protection, combat capabilities, life support, control and power supply. The armor plates of the current version of the gear, ...

February 23, 2015: The Russian government has agreed to pay for new AK-12 assault rifles as part of its new “future soldier” (Ratnik) set of gear for its infantry. The government is also increasing ...

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 ...

Some say Sotnik is simply Ratnik 4, The government, after years of pressure and complaints from combat commanders, agreed in 2015 to make the AK-12 part of the new “future soldier” (Ratnik) set of ...

In mid-September, Russia Beyond’s team tested armor plates from the Ratnik combat suit at a shooting range in Moscow. The goal of the test was to see just how tough it actually is and to see ...

In the wake of another U.S. attempt to build Iron Man-style powered armor that crashed and burned, some commentators have concluded that military exoskeletons will always be science fiction ...

More than 300,000 sets of the various iterations of the Ratnik combat gear have already been delivered to the Russian Ministry of Defense in the last eight years, according to the corporation.

This is despite the fact that 300,000 sets of Ratnik body armor had been supplied to the Russian military, British intelligence cited Russian authorities as saying two years ago.

Ratnik is Russia's latest upgrade to its combat infantry attire. It has expanded space to carry equipment, a reduced weight, with armor dropping from 36 kilograms to 20 kilograms, and, according ...