Jaguar prowls into action
The Jaguar UGV is in use to patrol the Israel-Gaza border. (Photo: IDF)
The IDF has confirmed for the first time that it is using the Jaguar heavy unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) along the Israel-Gaza border.
After an operational evaluation, the IDF plans to equip the UGV with additional sensors and weapon systems ‘according to the mission’, a spokesperson told Shephard.
Jaguar is currently armed with a General Robotics Pitbull RWS with a machine gun controlled from a remote operation command post. The UGV can also be armed with either the FN MAG or Israeli Negev machine gun.
The CONOPS for Jaguar is to integrate it with tactical forces in mobile, dismounted operations. The IDF
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