Russia's uncrewed robot tank fails during debut military display in front of President Putin
Its defining feature — and the primary source of failure during its debut demonstration — is its control system, which allows the tank to be remotely operated from a separate crewed command vehicle within a radio link range of roughly 3 kilometers. It also has provision for a manual, on-board human driver.Latest Videos FromTom's HardwareWatch full video here: According to Defense Blog, the Russian Defense Ministry initially said on Oct. 2 that Putin had been shown the new uncrewed combat vehicles, and that they provided fire support to assault units during the main stage of the drills.
- ▪Its defining feature — and the primary source of failure during its debut demonstration — is its control system, which allows the tank to be remotely operated from a separate crewed command vehicle within a radio link range of roughly 3 kil
- ▪It also has provision for a manual, on-board human driver.Latest Videos FromTom's HardwareWatch full video here: According to Defense Blog, the Russian Defense Ministry initially said on Oct.
- ▪2 that Putin had been shown the new uncrewed combat vehicles, and that they provided fire support to assault units during the main stage of the drills.
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Tech Industry Russia's uncrewed robot tank fails during debut military display in front of President Putin — vehicle repeatedly lost control links and eventually got stuck in the mud despite the switch to a human driver News By Etiido Uko Published 5 October 2026 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Office of the President of Russia) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Russia’s new Shturm uncrewed tank failed during its debut display at Tsentr-2026, a Russia-led strategic military exercise held from September 28 to October 3, 2026, losing its…
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