In one of its news reports, the russian media talked about one of its drone training centers, which operates on the territory of the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast: it tells, in particular, how russians conduct training for FPV drones, reconnaissance drone operators, and so on.
1/ Russian state media report about drone training center located in Donbas. Few highlights below. pic.twitter.com/XT54ygwU2g— Samuel Bendett (@sambendett) April 23, 2023
In addition to unmanned aerial vehicles, they also talk about another development, which is described as "a combat variant capable of delivering a powerful projectile", in other words it’s a robotic kamikaze ground platform, which in the comments already nicknamed the "toy KV-1".
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This kamikaze robot is essentially a robotic platform on a tracked chassis: according to the developers, it can carry 15-20 kg of explosives and striking elements, and was completely 3D-printed.
But if one looks carefully at this ground drone, then two towing forms can be seen. The first thing to ask is why spend time on printing a non-functional element, which in practice will have a purely decorative role?
As Defense Express already mentioned above, in the comments to this video they have already joked about "toy KV-1", and in fact it is not for nothing, since everything looks like russians are using an ordinary Chinese toy tank with a camera and stuffed with explosives inside.
And this is a very realistic option, taking into account how the occupiers pass off other people's systems as their achievements. Defense Express reminds a recent example of their "own development", which a russian developer actually simply resells from another country.
There are also serious doubts about the declared 15-20 kg of payload: it seems that if you stuff this toy tank with so much explosives, it simply will not be able to move, if it withstands such a load at all.
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