Ukrainian soldiers are putting RPGs on robots for fights in the kill zone, a manufacturer says
Source: Business Insider ·
RPGs are used against tanks and in short-range combat. As the fighting changes, soldiers want to put them on robots.
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Ukrainian forces have used RPGs to fight Russia's invasion. Now, they're starting to put them on robots to attack.Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty ImagesUkrainian troops are shifting another infantry weapon from soldiers to robots.RPGs are finding a new role as combat evolves and troops lean on emerging tech to mitigate risk.The change reflects how drones and robots are reshaping ground warfare.Ukrainian soldiers conducting operations in the kill zone have been putting anti-tank RPGs on ground robots, a robotic systems manufacturer told Business Insider, explaining that the battlefield has become too dangerous for troops to use the weapons the way they did earlier in the war.Rocket-propelled grenades are often used by infantry to defeat armored vehicles and weaken fortified positions, but the battlefield has changed, forcing new innovations.In the kill zone, "nobody knew how to use" an RPG "while staying safe himself," Oleg Fedoryshyn, the R&D director of Ukrainian robot…