Ukraine's war industry has seen innovations in everything from unmanned ground vehicles to polymer links for machine guns. Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine's engineers have often had to react to emerging needs. A key example of this is GRaft, a small company that has designed and manufactured belt boxes for almost every type of machine gun Ukraine's armed forces put to use.
While belt boxes might not seem like the most exciting pieces of military equipment, they're no less vital than the guns they're paired with; the boxes are essential for storing and carrying ready-to-use belts of linked ammunition, and they allow machine gunners to move around unencumbered by hanging belts that can become tangled.
Popular Mechanics talked to one of GRaft's engineers—who spoke on behalf of the team, but wished to remain anonymous due to security concerns—about how the company developed its belt boxes. "Before the war, our workshop was engaged in the development and production of furniture," he explained. "My partner and I have technical backgrounds, so we've always been interested in doing difficult things that others refused to do." While the GRaft engineer has no military experience himself, his partner has served in the armed forces, and he and other serving soldiers they spoke to identified the need for new belt boxes. "Unfortunately, they are almost never supplied to our army for some reason," he said. |
Ukraine's war industry has seen innovations in everything from unmanned ground vehicles to polymer links for machine guns. Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine's engineers have often had to react to emerging needs. A key example of this is GRaft, a small company that has designed and manufactured belt boxes for almost every type of machine gun Ukraine's armed forces put to use.
While belt boxes might not seem like the most exciting pieces of military equipment, they're no less vital than the guns they're paired with; the boxes are essential for storing and carrying ready-to-use belts of linked ammunition, and they allow machine gunners to move around unencumbered by hanging belts that can become tangled.
Popular Mechanics talked to one of GRaft's engineers—who spoke on behalf of the team, but wished to remain anonymous due to security concerns—about how the company developed its belt boxes. "Before the war, our workshop was engaged in the development and production of furniture," he explained. "My partner and I have technical backgrounds, so we've always been interested in doing difficult things that others refused to do." While the GRaft engineer has no military experience himself, his partner has served in the armed forces, and he and other serving soldiers they spoke to identified the need for new belt boxes. "Unfortunately, they are almost never supplied to our army for some reason," he said. |
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