V.A. Degtyarev Plant (ZiD) · military or security robot
Nerekhta
A modular tracked robot with transport, reconnaissance and combat configurations, tested by Russia's defence ministry from about 2017.
- Price
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- Height
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- Weight
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- Payload
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- Speed
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- Battery
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Why it matters
A prototype machine from V.A. Degtyarev Plant with the Advanced Research Foundation.
Real-world use
Russian Ministry of Defence (tests at Alabino, summer 2017)
Public attention
How much public attention Nerekhta gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Tracks
- How it runs
- Remote-controlled. An operator controls it remotely from a distance, including its reconnaissance and weapon functions.
- Other details
- Modular platform in transport, artillery-reconnaissance and combat versions; combat version carries machine guns or an automatic grenade launcher (as published)
From the maker
Nerekhta is the only machine from V.A. Degtyarev Plant with the Advanced Research Foundation in the atlas.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Where it is sold or used
- Kovrov, Russia (Degtyarev Plant)
- Customers and pilots
- Russian Ministry of Defence (tests at Alabino, summer 2017)
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Nerekhta in MoD testing
Russia's Advanced Research Foundation said Nerekhta was being tested by the defence ministry and meeting its stated characteristics.
Interfax - Russia plans to adopt Nerekhta
Russian officials said they planned to adopt the modular Nerekhta robot after summer 2017 trials at Alabino.
The Firearm Blog
Sources
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