Milrem Robotics’ THeMIS UGVs (Umanned Ground Vehicles) were recently used in live-fire exercises by the Estonian Defence Forces Artillery Battalion to provide advanced situational awareness, conduct casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and support units maneuver while providing direct fire support from various positions. Its open architecture gives it multi-mission capability and the ability to be integrated with a number of weapons and weapons systems, including the FGM-148 Javelin. Read more for a video and additional information.
The Estonian soldiers tasked the robot with supporting an advance battalion that consisted of an antitank weapons team as well as a forward observer’s team. Its main task was to provide cover fire and support the retreat of the two teams to main positions as well as transporting their anti-tank weapons. Thanks to a tethered attachment on the THeMIS UGV, it provided tactical units with 24 hours of constant observation of the operational area that is essential in the situational awareness prospective as well as peacetime live-fire safety perspective.
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We found several benefits in including UGVs into our battle scenario. Having UGVs as a part of the reconnaissance force that prepares the arrival of the main unit, the UGVs could secure the indirect fire and anti-tank teams by providing direct fire support during an engagement and whilst some units are withdrawing. UGVs could also act as front guards all by themselves since they can provide situational awareness and act as forward observers for indirect fire,” said Lt Mari-Li Kapp, Commander of operations and training section (S3) in the Artillery Battalion.
