Russia shows more applications of Kuryer UGV
Image from a Russian MoD video posted on Telegram on 26 March showing a Kuryer UGV towing a trailer. (Russian MoD)
More imagery of Russia's Kuryer (Courier) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) appeared on social media in March-April 2026. Russian bloggers posted videos of the Bagulnik-82 82 mm automatic mortar module on a Kuryer on 6 April and of the UGV firing a North Korean 107 mm Type 75 rocket launcher on 10 April.
On 26 March, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) posted a video on Telegram of a Kuryer being used in the logistics role to supply units of the Western Group of Forces in Ukraine. In the video, a Kuryer operator with the call sign ‘Bankir' (‘Banker') said the UGV can carry up to 200 kg and that it tows a trailer to increase its endurance by decreasing its own load. Kuryer has an antenna so it can be remote controlled, and a camera for monitoring by the operator day and night.
Imagery of Kuryer posted online in 2025 has shown the UGV armed with eight Schmel thermobaric munitions, a 12.7 mm machine gun, equipped for mine laying, or with a flail for mine clearance.
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