Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov announced on his Facebook page that the Ukrainian military has signed a contract for the procurement of Shablya robots. "Shablya" is a bulletproof machine gun robot that can fight remotely.
Shablya" is about to be applied on a large scale in the Russia-Ukraine war, which makes the Russia-Ukraine war a vivid example of the application of modern technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence to contemporary warfare. It is suitable for a wide variety of ** and can be attached to a variety of vehicles, including small unmanned ground vehicles.
Shablya can perform reconnaissance missions both to carry out target identification on the battlefield, as well as to destroy enemy personnel and engage lightly armored vehicles and enemy positions. The Shablya can be loaded with a range of versatile**, including machine guns, automatic grenade launchers, or others**, and also integrates camera and thermal imager capabilities.
Shablya has been deployed in the Ukrainian army for trial last autumn and has been widely recognized and praised by soldiers. After the signing of the procurement contract, Ukraine will deploy this ** on a large scale in order to compensate for the lack of troops and reduce the ** risk for front-line soldiers.