Estonian THeMIS unmanned armored personnel carriers arrive in Ukraine
THeMIS unmanned tracked armored personnel carriers, manufactured by the Estonian defense company Milrem Robotics, have arrived in Ukraine.
This is reported by Delfi.
It is known that the military of the Ukrainian medical battalion conducted tests of THeMIS unmanned tracked armored personnel carriers, which had already arrived from Estonia, at a training ground near Kyiv.
The Ukrainians named the machine, which is a tracked hybrid modular infantry system, "Zhuravel" (Crane).
Milrem describes THeMIS as a device that helps reduce the number of people on the frontline. It can be used as a transport and as a combat vehicle - to transport the wounded, as well as deliver ammunition.
Such armored personnel carriers develop a speed of up to 20 km per hour and can carry 750 kg. It is known that the price of a tracked machine starts at EUR 300,000.
The THeMIS weapon was adopted by 11 countries, including the US, the UK, and Germany.
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