The Khmelevka landfill (Kaliningrad region). September 12. INTERFAX-Units of the Baltic and Northern Fleets within the framework of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus "West-2021" have practiced conducting combat operations during the amphibious landing, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
The exercises were held at the Khmelevka training ground in the Kaliningrad region.
"According to the legend of the exercise, the marines of the Northern Fleet were tasked with seizing a bridgehead and ensuring the landing of amphibious assault equipment to develop an offensive deep into an unfamiliar territory, which, according to the exercise plan, was defended by the marines of the Baltic Fleet," the report says.
It is noted that the landing was carried out from the large landing ships "Korolev", "Minsk", "Kaliningrad" and "Olenegorsky miner". More than 40 BTR-80 armored personnel carriers with the personnel of the units of the Northern Fleet Marine Corps unit went to the float. Directly on the coast, the marines with equipment landed from small amphibious hovercraft " Mordovia "and"Evgeny Kocheshkov".
In turn, the amphibious assault units of the Marine Corps of the Baltic Fleet solved the tasks of anti-amphibious defense of a section of the sea coast.
"Countering the landing forces, they conditionally struck at the "enemy" using grenade launchers, armored personnel carriers BTR-82A, self-propelled artillery installations "Nona", multiple rocket launchers "Grad", - the report says.
