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RUSSIAN TANK CREWS PRACTICE RAIDS AND AMBUSHES IN ARMENIAN MOUNTAINS
Interfax
Aug 27 2012
Russia
At the high mountainous training range Alagyaz in Armenia, a month-long
field exercise of the tank subdivisions of the Russian military base
has come to an end. During it tank crews practiced tactical moves such
as ambushes, manoeuvres into the flanks and rare of the adversary
as well as raids, Interfax-AVN reported, quoting a statement by the
press service of the Southern Military District received on 27 August.
"Each crew of the T-72 tanks had no less than 80 training hours of
comprehensive exercises driving the combat vehicles and no less than
80 hours of firing practice. About half these exercises were conducted
at night," the press service said.
Compared with the winter training period, the intensity of the
exercises on average increased by 15 per cent, the staff of the
Southern Military District noted.
During the exercises, mechanic-drivers reinforced the skills of
crossing narrow passages in minefields, treadway bridges and other
obstacles.
In addition to this, during special drills their participants carried
out a number of exercises driving on serpentine mountain roads with
steep uphill and downhill sections.
The field practice of tank crews was completed with regiment-level
tactical exercise with live firing. During it, tank subunits fulfilled
tasks in close cooperation with motor-rifle and artillery servicemen.
Interfax
Aug 27 2012
Russia
At the high mountainous training range Alagyaz in Armenia, a month-long
field exercise of the tank subdivisions of the Russian military base
has come to an end. During it tank crews practiced tactical moves such
as ambushes, manoeuvres into the flanks and rare of the adversary
as well as raids, Interfax-AVN reported, quoting a statement by the
press service of the Southern Military District received on 27 August.
"Each crew of the T-72 tanks had no less than 80 training hours of
comprehensive exercises driving the combat vehicles and no less than
80 hours of firing practice. About half these exercises were conducted
at night," the press service said.
Compared with the winter training period, the intensity of the
exercises on average increased by 15 per cent, the staff of the
Southern Military District noted.
During the exercises, mechanic-drivers reinforced the skills of
crossing narrow passages in minefields, treadway bridges and other
obstacles.
In addition to this, during special drills their participants carried
out a number of exercises driving on serpentine mountain roads with
steep uphill and downhill sections.
The field practice of tank crews was completed with regiment-level
tactical exercise with live firing. During it, tank subunits fulfilled
tasks in close cooperation with motor-rifle and artillery servicemen.