What's attractive about the Uran-9 tank robot Russia has deployed in Syria?

Last week, Russia said it had deployed Uran-9 tank robots in Syria, just days before Russia performed one of these tanks at the annual Victory Day parade in Red Square - Moscow.

According to Russia's Sputnik site, Uran-9 was tested in battles in Syria. However, until now, no one has ever seen Uran-9 fight in Syria, as well as the location where Russia has deployed this advanced fighting machine.

The Uran-9 tank robot is remotely controlled and equipped with "gear" with anti-tank guided missiles, conventional missiles, cannons and machine guns.

Developed by Rosoboronexport - a state-owned company - Uran-9 was first published in September 2016.

Uran-9 operates by an electric-diesel motor, with a maximum speed of about 35km / h if traveling on the highway and about 9.6km / h if traveling in bad terrain conditions.

This tank is controlled by a group of professionals sitting inside a mobile vehicle up to 2.9 km away.The control group can be manually controlled or let the tank follow a preprogrammed route.

In addition, Uran-9 is also equipped with a lot of sensors, laser warning systems, thermal cameras and photovoltaic cameras.

It is armed with four 9M120-1 Ataka guided anti-tank missile firing barrels, six 93mm-sized Shmel-M jet-powered firefighters, a 30mm 2A72 automatic cannon and a 7-axis coaxial machine gun. 62mm.

This is a view from Uran-9's automatic turret.This turret can detect and lock the target up to 6.4 km away in daytime conditions.However, the turret did not automatically shoot, but the remote control group controlled the firing.

The introduction of armed automatic machines such as Uran-9 on the battlefield was carefully considered by the possible consequences. According to Defense News, "How armed robots are brought to the battlefield and controlled is a question for the future and a growing concern on the battlefield today. If controlled at At the level of tactics, what kind of conditions do the operators need to be in? Will they drive Uran-9 through the reference points on a tablet or drive it remotely, with another sub-man? What is the type of communication it uses to transmit information to its operators? Does it determine its objectives or must it be approved by a person before firing? protect it from unauthorized access?

Below is a video showing Uran-9 running by the Russian Ministry of Defense: