Kalashnikov Testing Stealth Combat Electric Motorcycle in Ukraine

Russia’s Kalashnikov has developed a new stealth combat electric motorcycle (CEM) that is near-immune to enemy thermal imagers due to the absence of thermal radiation and ultra-low noise during motor operation.

This follows the growing use of motorcycles in the Urkaine conflict by individual soldiers on special missions as infantry 4x4 vehicles have proven easy to detect by surveillance drones.

Several models of  varying power have been developed and currently  being tried out in real combat conditions in Ukraine.

The motorcycles are being deployed in conditions of increased complexity, with the prospect of their future use as mass-produced motorcycles for dismounted soldiers.

Thanks to their robust construction, improved cooling system and ergonomic design, they are highly maneuverable and successfully move over rough terrain. All this allows the BME to be used for reconnaissance, search operations and raids.

Due to the massive presence of attack and surveillance drones in the Ukrainian conflict, any movement of tanks and infantry vehicles is quickly detected making them sitting ducks. An increasing number of small vehicles and motorcycles are being used to transport troops to the frontlines.

However motorcycles with internal combustion engines are easy to detect by thermal imaging drones due to the heat they generate. Hence the need for “cool” electric motorcycles.