Russia has boasted its robot tank outperformed manned vehicles in recent tests paving the way for Vladimir Putin to expand his droid army. Two unmanned tanks, one of which is designed as a kamikaze device, have been subjected to testing outside Moscow for almost a year. The tanks, called Nehreta, have undergone more rigorous testing in recent weeks and today it emerged they have performed better than the manned versions. The Russian'Nerehta' ground robot has aced its latest tests, it has been revealed. It can carry a 12.7mm or 7.62mm machine gun or an AG-30M grenade launcher.

Russia-based Kalashnikov announced plans to super-size its 7-ton combat vehicle. The gunmaker is developing an unmanned 20-ton'robot' tank capable of carrying both machine guns and anti-tank missiles. The vehicle's predecessor, BAS-01G Soratnik, is designed to support a 30mm gun or eight anti-tank missiles – all while traveling at top speeds of 25 miles per hour. Kalashnikov announced plans to super-size its 7-ton combat vehicle. The firm is developing an unmanned 20-ton'robot' tank capable of carrying both machine guns and anti-tank missiles.

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Kalashnikov Concern, Russia's largest weapons manufacturer, has plans to develop a massive 20-ton attack and spy robot, intends to break into the increasingly popular drone market and even develop video games, the company's top executive told TASS News Agency in a far-ranging interview published Tuesday. CEO Aleksey Krivoruchko touched on his company's plans to hit almost every part of the arms and technology sectors but also said an entire family of robots were in development and the progress would be unveiled later this year. "We are pushing ahead with this work and hope to show some of our achievements at the Army-2017," Krivoruchko said, referring to a military technology convention when asked about potential new robot projects. "I'm talking not about one vehicle but a whole family of reconnaissance and attack vehicles of different class that can operate as a team." After creating the Soratnik, an unmanned combat ground vehicle revealed in September, Krivoruchko was also asked if something even bigger was in the mix.