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SpaceRay, a member company of the Ukrainian Technological Forces Association (TSU), has developed the handheld tracking and targeting system SpaceRay SA, which assists mobile fire groups and air defense units. Today, the system is already used by more than 50 units.

It is a system that combines a thermal imaging sensor, a laser designator, and a 7-inch monitor. It enables detection of strike UAVs such as “Shahed-136”, “Geran”, and “Gerbera” at long distances and “illuminates” them for engagement systems.

Key advantages of SpaceRay SA:

🔹 The system can be used as an alternative to expensive air defense missiles for countering cheap kamikaze drones, reducing the cost of a single interception to around $500.

🔹 Laser target marking allows machine gunners and anti-aircraft operators to see the target at distances of up to 5 km, even in complete darkness.

🔹 The system provides a clear guidance path for interceptor drones at ranges of up to 12 km, guiding them directly to the target.

🔹 It operates reliably in extreme conditions, from -25 °C to +45 °C.

🔹 Training takes only 30 minutes of instruction and a few hours of practical practice.

“The device performs its task at 100%. Using two systems simultaneously allows the group to mark a target with a laser crosshair, which significantly simplifies the work of shooters without night vision devices,” commanders of the units report.

Via Технологічні Сили України FB page.

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The SpaceRay SA targeting system, used by the Ukrainian mobile fire groups.

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The Ukrainian drone unit “Posipaky” uses drones equipped with shotguns to shoot down Russian FPV drones.

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A Ukrainian Ratel H unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) launched a fiber-optic FPV drone while operating as a mobile drone carrier. The platform holds at least four drone containers.

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A WW2 era German Sturmgeschütz III assault gun was discovered in Nordholz, Germany 3 days ago.

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Multiple FPV strikes on a well hidden M-109 SP Gun.

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🇨🇳 — Footage of the new Chinese Type 100 tank during exercises.

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Kataib Al Qassam member with Belgium made F2000 rifle.

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TMAP (Teleoperated Mobile Anti-Armored Platform) — an experimental remotely operated mobile platform developed by the U.S. Army in the late 1980s as a means of combating enemy armored vehicles.

Prototypes were created by Martin Marietta (under contract with Sandia National Laboratories) and Grumman Aerospace; acceptance trials were planned for summer–autumn 1988.

The project did not proceed to mass production due to shifting priorities and competition from other anti-tank systems.

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🇮🇳 — Modernization of India’s T-72M1 “Ajeya” is ongoing. The pictures show the installation of an external commander’s terminal for the TIFCS fire-control system mounted on the outside of the turret. WTFFF?? I hope they realize that this display is literally a “commander killer”…

If the commander has to physically expose himself (even partially) to use or properly see that external display, it creates a few problems:

• Exposure to fire: Anything outside the turret is vulnerable. In combat, even small arms, shrapnel, or a nearby explosion can hit that area. If the commander needs to be near or interact with it, he becomes an easy target.

• Sniper/fragmentation risk: Tank commanders already operate close to hatches. Adding a reason to be higher or more exposed increases the chance of being hit.

• Damage to the system: External electronics can be knocked out quickly, leaving the commander without that added capability mid-fight.

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