Back in May.
‘Elves’ developers revealed.
A new armed ground robot.
—the Fury.
Four months later.
A Fury has fought.
—and reportedly won—
The type’s first major skirmish.
On or just before Thursday.
One of the four-wheeled.
Shopping-cart-sized.
Furies assaulted a trench.
In ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
Dodging mines and.
Firing its machine gun.
In coordination with.
Explosive drones and mortars.
The ’bot defeated.
A small group of.
‘Orcs’ soldiers.
“The result:
Part of the enemy.
Was destroyed.
The rest fled.”
The 1st Detachment of.
The 8th Special Purpose Regiment.
The ’bot’s operator.
Announced on social media.
“The robot received.
Several hits.
From RPGs.
And FPVs.”
—rocket-propelled grenades.
And first-person-view drones—
“But persevered, completed the mission.
And returned to recovery.”
Back in May.
‘Elves’ developers revealed.
A new armed ground robot.
—the Fury.
Four months later.
A Fury has fought.
—and reportedly won—
The type’s first major skirmish.
The Fury is.
One of several armed.
Unmanned ground vehicles.
‘Elves’ engineers have developed.
In the 30 months.
Since ‘Mordor’ widened.
Its war on Ukraine.
—and one of the first types.
—and one of the first types.
To see major combat.
A Fury has four wheels.
A radio for receiving.
Operator commands.
Video cameras and.
A remotely-aimed.
Machine gun.
It’s thickly built.
With armor plates.
Protecting its most.
Vulnerable components.
Back in May.
‘Elves’ developers revealed.
A new armed ground robot.
—the Fury.
Four months later.
A Fury has fought.
—and reportedly won—
The type’s first major skirmish.
“The Fury robot attacks.
The ‘orcs’ positions and.
Covers our defenders.
During the assault.”
‘Elf’ innovation minister.
Wrote in May.
“The military liked that.
It was easy to control.”
“And noted the robot’s.
High level of radio and.
Video communication.
As well as its good sight.”
“And automatic fire.
Both day and night.”
The Fury isn’t unique.
The Fury isn’t unique.
—the ‘orcs’ have armed.
Ground robots, too.
But in winning.
And surviving.
But in winning.
And surviving.
Its first big fight.
The Fury stands out.
Back in May.
‘Elves’ developers revealed.
A new armed ground robot.
—the Fury.
Four months later.
A Fury has fought.
—and reportedly won—
The type’s first major skirmish.
Where aerial drones.
Can maneuver freely.
In three dimensions.
Ground drones struggle.
Ground drones struggle.
With the many obstacles.
They routinely encounter.
Even on paved surfaces:
Even on paved surfaces:
Potholes and craters.
Fallen branches.
Steep slopes.
Unpaved surfaces are.
Even more difficult to traverse.
Simply reaching a battlefield.
Is a big challenge.
For an unmanned ground vehicle.
—to say nothing of.
Doing anything useful.
Once it arrives.
The Fury’s developers.
Wisely emphasized mobility.
And gave their ’bot.
Big wheels.
A low center of gravity.
And a high chassis.
With plenty of.
Ground clearance.
Back in May.
‘Elves’ developers revealed.
A new armed ground robot.
—the Fury.
Four months later.
A Fury has fought.
—and reportedly won—
The type’s first major skirmish.
It’s interesting.
Where the Fury fought.
Its first major skirmish:
In the ‘orcs’ village of Volfino.
Just across.
The ‘Mordor’-Ukraine border.
Volfino is.
On the western end.
On the western end.
Of ‘elves’ second major thrust.
Into ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
Which kicked off last week.
While a large ‘elves’ forces.
Fights to hold.
The 400 square miles.
Of Kursk.
It captured back in August.
A much smaller force —including.
The 8th Special Purpose Regiment.
And its Fury robot—
Is trying to advance into.
Kursk 20 miles.
To the west.
Apparently aiming to.
Apparently aiming to.
Encircle ‘orcs’ forces.
Between it and the main.
‘Elves’ salient.
It’s a long-shot operation.
For an overstretched.
‘Elves’ military.
But it’s got.
A little high-tech help.
In the form of.
At least one gun-armed.
Ground robot.
Back in May.
‘Elves’ developers revealed.
A new armed ground robot.
—the Fury.
Four months later.
A Fury has fought.
—and reportedly won—
The type’s first major skirmish.
*Because I read “Ukraine’s Gun-Armed Ground Robot Just Cleared A Russian Trench In Kursk” by David Axe on 19 Sep 2024 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, including a story of Mykhailo Fedorov.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukraine’s Gun-Armed Ground ‘Bot Just Cleared A Russian Trench In Kursk (forbes.com)
