The equipment can be used by regular infantry, rocket launcher operators, machine gunners, drivers and scouts, Chirkin said on Ekho Moskvy radio.The equipment sets are light and come in summer and winter variants, Chirkin added, without elaborating on the weight.
Tests are also ongoing at Alabino testing grounds outside Moscow. The “wonderful sets” may “soon” be introduced in the miitary Chirkin said. He gave no timeframe.
Russia planned to buy a limited number of FELIN infantry combat systems from France in 2011, but later opted to produce its own equipment. Development and implementation are expected to be finished by 2015.
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