Guardium
Guardium is a remotely controlled armored vehicle of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It belongs to the group of unmanned security vehicles (USV). The manufacturer is the Israeli consortium G-NIUS from Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems .
The vehicle has been tested by the Israeli army since 2008 and can be used at airports, on roads and off-road, for example on the border with the Gaza Strip . Guardium has a speed of up to 80 km / h and a payload of up to 300 kilograms. It can be equipped with cameras and audio communications, but also with weapons. A further development is Avantguard , an Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle , a kind of remote-controlled tank. Guardium now has 60,000 operating hours.
history
In Germany, Borgward built the mini tank Goliath for the transport of explosives and used it from 1942. Robots for defusing bombs have also been in use for a long time.
South Korea deployed the Samsung- made SGR-1 in Iraq in 2006 . US drones are already playing an important role in the Afghan conflict.
Web links
- The manufacturer's information (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markus Becker: Israel uses robots for border control. spiegel.de of November 23, 2012, accessed on November 23, 2012
- ↑ Markus Becker: Israel's dealings with the war. spiegel.de, August 19, 2014, accessed on August 19, 2014