Sotnik or sotnyk (Russian: сотник; Ukrainian: сотник; Bulgarian: стотник) was a military rank among the Cossack starshyna (military officers), the Russian streltsy and Cossack cavalry, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, the Ukrainian Galician Army, and the Ukrainian People's Army.

Feb 2, 2021 · Russia has begun first phase development of its next-generation battle armor for field soldiers. The Sotnik is expected to replace the Ratnik in 2025.

Feb 2, 2021 · State-owned defense giant Rostec announced on Friday that the corporation was leading the charge to develop the fourth generation of its vaunted Sotnik, or ‘Centurion,’ battle armor.

Mar 7, 2022 · Sotnik: Russian troops' latest nuke-proof armor will be ready by 2025 The Sotnik armor, earlier called Ratnik-3, will have a built-in exoskeleton designed to boost strength and stamina, body armor, a target designation system on the visor, and a …

Feb 18, 2021 · Russia-owned tech corporation Rostec announced on Wednesday that its “Sotnik” next generation battle gear may be outfitted with autonomous electric heat systems, state-run news agency TASS reported.

Feb 3, 2021 · Russia’s Ground Forces plans to distribute its upcoming Sotnik (“Centurion”) soldier equipment system to troops sometime in 2025, per Task & Purpose. Sotnik will supplement and eventually...

Jul 16, 2020 · The current Ratnik (“Warrior”) ICS will be replaced, by 2025, with the new Sotnik (“Centurion”) modernized version, marking a further advance for the Russian military toward futuristic network-enabled warfare capabilities (Bg.rbth.com, June 18).

August 9, 2020: In mid-2020 Russia revealed it was working on a new generation of infantry equipment called Sotnik (Centurion) to replace the current Ratnik (warrior) ensemble. Russia plans have the first Sotnik equipment delivered to special operations troops by 2025 and to everyone else five years after that.

Feb 12, 2021 · Russia's new Sotnik combat suit will be able to survive a direct shot from 50 caliber bullets. Learn more about this body armor.

In late January, Russian state corporation Rostech announced details of the battle gear that’s meant to replace ‘Ratnik-2’ (click the link to find all the info about the latest Russian...