2023-07-04 08:17:44
“Mission Master CXT Fire Support” from Rheinmetall is the name of a new autonomous robot that is supposed to independently destroy attacking drones. He fires at the drones with a “” that can fire 6000 rounds per minute.
Rheinmetall is touting the four-wheeled, all-terrain robot as a cost-effective anti-drone solution. The robot is used to support advancing troops and can be controlled by them with a remote control, a kind of tablet with joysticks. For example, the soldiers can position the “Mission Master CXT” hidden behind a bush or in a depression. There he observes the surroundings with his sensors and lies in wait for approaching combat drones, which play a major role in the Ukraine war, for example, and lead to considerable losses of people and material there.
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on Youtube introduces the “Mission Master CXT Fire Support”:
The Mission Master CXT independently recognizes and identifies air and land targets and tracks them autonomously. The soldier controlling the Mission Master CXT then uses the fire release switch to decide whether it should actually engage the target. As soon as the soldier gives the command to fire, the robot will fire its twin automatic cannons. Thanks to night vision devices, this also works in the dark. However, the robot can also fight ground targets and is therefore not limited to shooting down flying drones. Ultimately, this applies to many anti-aircraft systems: the German anti-aircraft vehicle Gepard can not only attack targets in the air, but also on the ground with its twin cannon.
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Pack of autonomous vehicles
In the “Wolfpack” variant, a single soldier can also control several such autonomous vehicles. The “Mission Master CXT Fire Support” accompanies the soldiers on their missions in dangerous areas and can also work together with other “Rheinmetall Mission Master” variants.
Silent sneaking possible
The vehicle has a hybrid drive consisting of a diesel engine and an electric motor. The electric motor gets its power from integrated lithium-ion batteries. In purely electric use, largely noiseless operations are possible, apart from the rolling noise of the wheels and any noise from the hydraulics and chassis.
“Rheinmetall Mission Master” is a vehicle platform of unmanned, autonomous ground vehicles (Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles, A-UGVs) that can be expanded and used for different purposes. The “Mission Master CXT Fire Support” is the variant for drone defense. Other “Rheinmetall Mission Master” variants can be used for reconnaissance, supply or to transport the wounded. Rheinmetall presents this vehicle group #urlhere. /url^urlhere. /url
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