Ukrainian troops are now combat-testing exoskeletons that can fit into a suitcase and help them run up to 12 mph on the battlefield.
The 7th Air Assault Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine revealed its soldiers have already started training with the performance technology — which helps with movement — on the front lines in Pokrovsk as its war with Russia rages on.
The military released footage of the soldiers donning the wearable tech machinery to help them heave and load shells into a howitzer artillery weapon.
Wearing the exoskeletons tech will dramatically reduce the physical work of hauling ammunition by roughly 30%, the military claimed.
“Every day, gunners endure a lot of physical work. They carry 15-30 shells of 50kg (110 lbs) each every day,” Colonel Vitaly Serduk, the chief of missile troops and artillery management, said.
Preliminary testing had already found troops using the technology were less tired, could load artillery more speedily and could “retain airability for a longer time.”
The exoskeletons being trialed by the Ukrainian military are apparently equipped with artificial intelligence that adapts to whatever load the soldier is carrying at the time.
They fold down to fit the size of a suitcase.
The 7th Air Assault Corp boasted that the tech was the first of its kind to be tested on Ukrainian troops.
“The implementation of such means is a continuation of the philosophy of the techno-paratrooper component of our corps. We facilitate human overreach with technological solutions,” Serduk said.
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