“The current Ratnik (” Warrior”) ICS will be replaced by 2025, with the new Sotnik (“Centurion”) modernized version, marking a further advance for the Russian military toward futuristic network-enabled warfare capabilities. Armor wouldn’t help against either animal charging you to knock you down, a standard tactic.

“Moscow plans to develop and introduce next-generation Infantry Combat System (ICS) to further advance this high-technology feature of the modern and future Russian soldier”, The Jamestown Foundation (Washington-based institute for research and analysis). Late Medieval Plate Steel Armor would work very well at defeating raking strikes by the front claws of both lions and bears. Development is planned to replace third-generation Sotnik gear.” Follow us on Google News to get the latest defense news and analysisīy Rostech, they wanted to replace the Ratnik-2 (“Warrior”) second-generation soldier combat suit with Sotnik-3 (“Centurion”) third-generation soldier combat suit of the future. Armor wouldn’t help against either animal charging you to knock you down, a standard tactic. I've heard carbon fiber is however many times stronger than steel and however many times lighter, and based on those two factors then of course it must be a better choice.

TSNIITOCHMASH (the Central Research Institute for Precision Machine Building) part of Rostec state corporation (develop, produce and export advanced technologies) with other weapon development companies and research institutes, “have begun research work to create combat equipment for the soldiers of the future. Late Medieval Plate Steel Armor would work very well at defeating raking strikes by the front claws of both lions and bears.

Carbon fiber suit of armor