“I think that by December the Russian Ministry of Defense will formulate a tactical and technical task for the development of combat equipment of the 3rd generation, which was tentatively called the Sotnik,” said Bakov.
He noted that "it will include completely new personal protective equipment and ammunition."
According to him, the planned dates of development work are scheduled for 2020-2023.
“In some areas of the creation of third-generation equipment, I think it is still necessary to conduct research work,” he said.
In January, the Rostec press service announced the transfer to the Armed Forces of Russia of 18 thousand sets of combat equipment “Ratnik” in 2019.