{"id":35133,"date":"2026-07-22T19:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=35133"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:46:22","slug":"zmiy-mini-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Rovertech developed assault version of Zmiy Mini UGV armed with a grenade launcher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has codified and approved for service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine the new Zmiy Mini Strike reconnaissance and strike UGV, developed by Ukrainian company <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/rovertech\/\">Rovertech<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system is designed for remote reconnaissance, battlefield surveillance, and fire support for military units, including engaging enemy manpower and armoured vehicles. The UGV supports the integration of various weapon stations, including the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key features of Zmiy Mini Strike include a high-speed wheeled chassis with enhanced off-road capability, a silent electric motor, long autonomous endurance, extended operational range, daytime and thermal imaging observation systems, as well as compact dimensions and low weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/midstrikes-review\/\"><strong>Ukrainian mid-strike drones:<\/strong> nine \u201cwings\u201d from Fire Point, Airlogix, Culver Aerospace, and other manufacturers<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rovertech developed the Zmiy Mini Strike jointly with the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, incorporating frontline operational experience with unmanned ground vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has not disclosed the detailed technical specifications of the new variant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defender Media previously reported on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/02\/new-brave1-ugv\/\">baseline Zmiy Mini model<\/a>, which features the highest payload capacity among platforms in its class: carrying up to 550 kg with a vehicle weight of 450 kg. Its range on a single battery charge reaches up to 80 km, while its maximum speed is 15 km\/h. The manufacturer&#8217;s portfolio also includes mine-clearing, firefighting, and logistics variants of the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The system supports multiple weapon stations, including the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[545,849,1612],"class_list":["post-35133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","tag-codification","tag-rovertech","tag-ugv","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rovertech&#039;s &quot;Zmiy Mini&quot; platform receives an assault variant<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The system supports multiple weapon stations, including the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher. Read more on the Defender Media.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rovertech&#039;s &quot;Zmiy Mini&quot; platform receives an assault variant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The system supports multiple weapon stations, including the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher. Read more on the Defender Media.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defender Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DefenderMediaUA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-22T16:44:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-22T16:46:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mini-zmij-5.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"639\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Olha Pokotylo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DefenderMediaUA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DefenderMediaUA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Olha Pokotylo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Olha Pokotylo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fad77b4b6af33e588978450f91f044bf\"},\"headline\":\"Rovertech developed assault version of Zmiy Mini UGV armed with a grenade launcher\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-22T16:44:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-22T16:46:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":232,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/mini-zmij-5.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"codification\",\"rovertech\",\"ugv\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ecosystem\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rovertech's \\\"Zmiy Mini\\\" platform receives an assault variant\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/mini-zmij-5.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-22T16:44:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-22T16:46:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"The system supports multiple weapon stations, including the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher. Read more on the Defender Media.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/mini-zmij-5.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/mini-zmij-5.webp\",\"width\":960,\"height\":639,\"caption\":\"\u041d\u0420\u041a \\\"\u0417\u043c\u0456\u0439 \u041c\u0456\u043d\u0456\\\" \u0432\u0456\u0434 RoverTech\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/zmiy-mini-assault\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0413\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0430\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rovertech developed assault version of Zmiy Mini UGV armed with a grenade launcher\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"DEFENDER\",\"description\":\"Defence Tech\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Defender Media\",\"alternateName\":\"Defender Media\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/cropped-ico.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/cropped-ico.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Defender Media\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DefenderMediaUA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DefenderMediaUA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/defender-media\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/t.me\\\/DefenderMedia\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fad77b4b6af33e588978450f91f044bf\",\"name\":\"Olha Pokotylo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f2854b9ec0478c3a72a54b57c3dbaaf3ee8990f8fc04ca611038848374fa1e2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f2854b9ec0478c3a72a54b57c3dbaaf3ee8990f8fc04ca611038848374fa1e2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f2854b9ec0478c3a72a54b57c3dbaaf3ee8990f8fc04ca611038848374fa1e2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Olha Pokotylo\"},\"description\":\"Journalist at Defender Media Over 20 years of experience in media, having worked as a journalist, section editor, and news editor. Since 2016, specialised in SMM, managing social media pages for humanitarian and news projects.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/pokotyloolha\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/author\\\/olha-pokotylo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rovertech's \"Zmiy Mini\" platform receives an assault variant","description":"The system supports multiple weapon stations, including the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher. Read more on the Defender Media.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rovertech's \"Zmiy Mini\" platform receives an assault variant","og_description":"The system supports multiple weapon stations, including the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher. Read more on the Defender Media.","og_url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/","og_site_name":"Defender Media","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DefenderMediaUA","article_published_time":"2026-07-22T16:44:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-22T16:46:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":639,"url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mini-zmij-5.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Olha Pokotylo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DefenderMediaUA","twitter_site":"@DefenderMediaUA","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Olha Pokotylo","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/"},"author":{"name":"Olha Pokotylo","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fad77b4b6af33e588978450f91f044bf"},"headline":"Rovertech developed assault version of Zmiy Mini UGV armed with a grenade launcher","datePublished":"2026-07-22T16:44:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-22T16:46:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/"},"wordCount":232,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mini-zmij-5.webp","keywords":["codification","rovertech","ugv"],"articleSection":["Ecosystem"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/","name":"Rovertech's \"Zmiy Mini\" platform receives an assault variant","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mini-zmij-5.webp","datePublished":"2026-07-22T16:44:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-22T16:46:22+00:00","description":"The system supports multiple weapon stations, including the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher. Read more on the Defender Media.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mini-zmij-5.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mini-zmij-5.webp","width":960,"height":639,"caption":"\u041d\u0420\u041a \"\u0417\u043c\u0456\u0439 \u041c\u0456\u043d\u0456\" \u0432\u0456\u0434 RoverTech"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/07\/zmiy-mini-assault\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0413\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0430","item":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rovertech developed assault version of Zmiy Mini UGV armed with a grenade launcher"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/","name":"DEFENDER","description":"Defence Tech","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#organization","name":"Defender Media","alternateName":"Defender Media","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-ico.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-ico.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Defender Media"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DefenderMediaUA","https:\/\/x.com\/DefenderMediaUA","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/defender-media\/","https:\/\/t.me\/DefenderMedia\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fad77b4b6af33e588978450f91f044bf","name":"Olha Pokotylo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f2854b9ec0478c3a72a54b57c3dbaaf3ee8990f8fc04ca611038848374fa1e2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f2854b9ec0478c3a72a54b57c3dbaaf3ee8990f8fc04ca611038848374fa1e2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f2854b9ec0478c3a72a54b57c3dbaaf3ee8990f8fc04ca611038848374fa1e2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Olha Pokotylo"},"description":"Journalist at Defender Media Over 20 years of experience in media, having worked as a journalist, section editor, and news editor. Since 2016, specialised in SMM, managing social media pages for humanitarian and news projects.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pokotyloolha\/"],"url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/author\/olha-pokotylo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35133"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35141,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35133\/revisions\/35141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}