One Ton Per Mission: Rare Footage Shows Ukraine's Protector UGV Surviving FPV Drone Strike and Delivering Its Cargo | Defense Express
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It turns out that vehicles without windows and doors for humans can be made a lot more sturdy.
Those wheels still seem like a weak point, but maybe not.
If someone hasn't already they should make some good drone/explosion/shrapnel resistant wheels for these things. Who needs comfort when its unmanned!
Ed8lit: Even some armor on the outside of the wheels could maybe help.
If they haven't already done so, using solid rubber tires reduces vulnerability to punctures and shrapnel damage by a lot.
This is, of course, at the expense of added weight, but without the need for reducing vibrations for human drivers and passengers' comfort, it's definitely do-able.
Also without the rather large and squishy control system thats uniquely vulnerable to concussive damage