Russian media has revealed the 'Afalina' uncrewed surface vessel to rival the Ukrainian Sea Baby and Magura types. The Russian version, actually a sub-scale prototype, is shown being put through its paces on a calm lake.
The prototype actually bears a striking resemblance to a remote control model of one of Ocke Mannerfelt's famous 'bat boats'. Swede Ocke Mannerfelt designed his iconic bat boats for racing. They are so-named because of the distinctive wings at the stern which resemble the classic batmobile. These aid stability on tight turns. Overall the designs have a reputation for seakeeping.
http://www.hisutton.com/Russia-Afalina-USV.html
Previously: BBKN Dandelion
https://desuarchive.org/k/thread/60394896
Video with sound: https://files.catbox.moe/g29m7n.mp4
Mash:
The first naval kamikaze drones with artificial intelligence were made for the Russian army. According to Mash, mass production is planned to start this summer.
The 3.5-meter domestic surface UAV was named Afalina. Recently, experts have been testing its draft sample on reservoirs and rivers. They say that all that remains is to improve the software and tinker with a couple of details. But we can already say that it will carry up to 200 kilograms of explosives or any other load.
In addition to this, there is a maximum speed of 60 km/h, a range of 500 km, as well as the ability to control both using VR glasses and a joystick (FPV), and using the autopilot setting. One unit of such beauty will cost only a million rubles. A possible area for use of the "Afalina" could be the Black Sea, since its functionality is wide - it can patrol, collect and conduct reconnaissance. The advantage is to carry out search and evacuation activities.
Just the thing by itself
why does it have a wienerpit? they just bought a scale model off wish didn't they?
>The 'prototype' does appear to be a modified remote control toy boat. Even the wienerpit has windows which are unnecessary in this application. Remote control models of the bat boat are available on EBay and other online market places.
haha so they don't even have a real prototype
it's the bazooka dog again
Did someone say bazooka dog?
How else is the little Putin GI Joe meant to see?
Russian fiscal sensibility strikes again
They're going to scale it up and put infantry in it.
This is just the model.
I think you're on to something. They should put sailors on it instead cause they know how to handle ships better
Cant jam sailors, unless your a chechen back at base
This thing would flip over immediately in the sea if it tried to move a speed, the draft is far too shallow.
Ukraine's navy watch out...oh wait
Clearly Russian Navy needs high-tech low-drag drone boats to sink those pesky grain haulers.
Stale meme, Ukraine has, unironically, one of the most powerful naval forces on the planet.
Of what, Anon?
>got fricking sunk the first day
>powerful
Wut.
Moskava status?
>moskava
>https://www.ebay.com/itm/123647407194
Cool
>BLACK STEALTH LARGE
truly russia's dream for the russian world
Fake News, it's not black or stealthy.
>returns accepted
>171 sold
They just painted them black, put a mortar grenade in it and called it a day while siphoning the money didn't they?
really reminds me this
>make self driving 5G tractor
>the 3D model is from a kit that costs 7 dollars
>slap cheap modern looking plastic shell over it so you can't see the chink inside driving
>speeding up the video of it driving like crazy to make it look decent
>can't even plow straight
russia is just becoming china(west)
china is all fake.
101% fake
Prove that china exists at all
monke see, monke do
does this work on turdies?
do they see this and actually think
>haha, we are strong!
I'm genuinely curious.
yes, they push it out, people eat it up, move on to the next topic and never mention it again
their target audience thinks "that's a neat thing to have, we must be strong" and then move on a few days or a week later they show of an other "invention"
it creates a feeling that you are an advanced nation with tons of new gear without one thing you can point at to show them they aren't (armata never entering service)
That being said it would work on a western audience to.
It's like coca cola adds, they show happy people so you associate them with happy people. You never bother to ask if coca cola actually makes you happy because it's a 30second commercial and then you get distracted by something else only the "coca cola = happy" stays
>does this work on turdies?
>do they see this and actually think
>haha, we are strong!
>I'm genuinely curious
Yes, it works on intended targets. Like when putin targets some people with "russia based trad white country" and another bunch of people with " russia is multicultural paradise and there is only soviet man" - its all about targeting groups.
This video makes above 100IQ people laugh but american/russian boomers and average military larpers will eat it up, think russia stronk and cool and forget it by tomorrow, only remembering that russia is developing advanced shit.
Black Banana Do
>make kamikaze sea drones while your opponent has basically no navy
Actual cargo cult
Did anyone in the procurement office actually think about who they are fricking fighting or was it just "ukies had success so we must copy ooga booga"?
>Did anyone in the procurement office actually think about who they are fricking fighting
"hey Ivan lets put out a tender for naval drones"
"but we don't need them"
"yes, but my son is getting married soon and I need some cash"
Russia isn’t building them for Ukraine, moron. Where do this think this world is heading, exactly?
That's a good point, I apologize. I didn't realize the Russian MIC was mostly focussed on making the next era of civil war and warlordism as funny as possible
Giving them the benefit of the doubt, given their economy sea drones are about the only way they can maintain naval power in the Black Sea.
A boat is a boat
How big were the botes that Ukies used to decimate the black sea fleet? I always assumed they were full size botes with jury-rigged RC
much smaller, they're Kayak sized, but a Kayak full of explosives it still very bad news for any sort of modern thin skinned warship.
A navy with good damage control and reliable watches and point defenses could deal with that sort of threat easily, but were not talking about a good navy here.
I still don't understand why they are making these things. The fact they are only testing them in still water and not around their coasts implies they only to intend to use these in rivers and lakes, so I'm not entirely sure what the target would be.
I guarantee they’re just copying Iran.
Are they making them? Seems to me that they just brought an rc boat and painted it black for propaganda purposes.
>testing them
>The fact they are only testing them in still water and not around their coasts implies they only to intend to use these in rivers and lakes
What makes you think the design isn’t capable of going into open ocean? Maybe that particular body of water was simply closest to where it’s being developed.
>so I'm not entirely sure what the target would be
Ukrainian commercial vessels, NATO naval and coast guard assets.
Also to show their domestic audience that they too are capable of constructing remote controlled boats
>What makes you think the design isn’t capable of going into open ocean?
Waves and strong currents would cause it to tip over, it's not sitting deep enough in the water to have the necessary stability.
Why are Russians so obsessed with copying Swedish boats?
>inb4 they ram one into an English ship because they think it's a Ukrainian torpedo boat
>English ship in the Black Sea
kek so now you're just admitting that Britain is directly intervening in the war?
>noooo NATO isn't even aggressive, stop defending yourself
>Black sea.
Actually i had the Dogger bank in mind.
We talk about people who saw Japanese torpedo boats in the English channel. You really think they would not suspect Ukrainian ones there?
But i guess most Russians don't know about the Dogger bank incident, surely mentioning it is spreading false information about glorious russian navy...
It was just those evil old czars confusing honest hard-working Russian sailors. With !CurrentLeader!, this would never happen. And if it did, it would be the fault of his boyars
ship in the Black Sea
>kek so now you're just admitting that Britain is directly intervening in the war?
What?
Russia doesn't own the Black Sea.
Speaking of boats, what is Russia's stance on the status of the Tsezar Kunikov?
yeah ok cool but ukraine doesn't have a navy
Is this even an insult?
>Have no navy.
>Sink enemy fleet flagship
>Considerably attrit enemy fleet between the early weeks of the war and a few weeks ago.
>Probably sink most tonnage since WWII.
It doesn't count since a nation with no navy sunk her, apparently.
it's not
my point was that it's pointless
it's for something their adversary doesn't have
It was literally named nemisis by the citizens of odessa for how many rockets it was launching at them before it returned to port under its own power. It absolutely was in use.
Next Russia will come out with a Military simulator thats just HOI IV modded and with the splash screens changed