TSAMTO, October 1. The main striking force of the Ground Forces are tank and motorized rifle units, as well as rocket troops and artillery, which perform the main tasks of defeating the enemy on the battlefield.
This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Andrei Mordvichev, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on the occasion of the 475th anniversary of the formation of the Ground Forces.
In Russia, Ground Forces Day is celebrated on October 1.
Below is a fragment of an interview with A.Mordvichev, concerning the modern samples of weapons and military equipment available in the SV and their use in the SV zone.
"Modern armored weapons such as T-90M tanks, BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles with Berezhok fighting compartment, BMP-3 and BTR-82A armored personnel carriers show high efficiency during a special military operation.
Various Typhoon-K, Astace and Ural-MIC protected vehicles have also proven themselves well.
To carry out the tasks of transporting personnel (UAV crews, ATGM units, etc.), delivering ammunition and materiel to the front line along all types of roads and terrain, various types of ATVs and buggies have shown high efficiency and demand.
The use of such vehicles during the SVR to evacuate the wounded from the battlefield made it possible to save a large number of soldiers and officers.
Thanks to motorcycles and ATVs, mobile firing groups, using the surprise factor, successfully solve the tasks of capturing and holding enemy strongholds.
It is impossible not to note the effectiveness of the Iskander missile system. Confirming its high performance, the complex is effectively used not only to destroy enemy personnel concentrations and important industrial facilities and infrastructure, but also to destroy expensive samples of Western weapons and equipment, including Patriot and HIMARS.
At the same time, the proportion of enemy fire damage using unmanned systems has increased significantly during combat operations.
The tactical unit of the Ground Forces operates reconnaissance complexes with UAVs of various range and duration of flight.
The Orlan, Superkam and Zala complexes have proven themselves positively. Today, they successfully carry out tasks in the conditions of the enemy's electronic countermeasures.
The Lancet barrage ammunition, which is successfully used against enemy armored vehicles and artillery systems, has shown high efficiency.
Of particular note is the role of copter-type UAVs and FPV drones in reconnaissance and fire destruction of the enemy.
Copters, originally designed to perform search and rescue missions, have become widely used for conducting aerial reconnaissance in the near zone. Their further development allowed the dumping of various types of ammunition.
FPV drones are used as high-precision ammunition. Controlled by fiber-optic cable, they have proven themselves well in the conditions of the enemy's use of electronic jamming.
Ground-based robotic complexes for various purposes began to be actively used: kamikaze, firing, transport, for the installation of minefields.
The intensive use of UAVs on the battlefield has led to a significant increase in the role of electronic warfare. The Silok, Polye-21, and Peroed complexes showed high efficiency. At the same time, the so-called trench electronic warfare comes to the fore to cover units on the line of contact.
Separately, I would like to focus on the results of the use of new–generation Ratnik combat equipment, which is being mass-supplied to the Ground Forces and allows us to realize our main priority - to save the lives and health of personnel.
The Ratnik combat equipment set is at the highest level of the best foreign analogues, and significantly exceeds them in terms of the security of personal protective equipment."
