The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the US Army upgraded models of Russian T-72, T-80 tanks and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles. The unit simulates the actions of a conditional enemy in exercises. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
The regiment, which is stationed at the US Army training center in California, uses detailed models of Russian military equipment. The machines received rotating turrets with imitators of guns. The models are built on the chassis of M113 armored personnel carriers.
Imitation of weapons on models of Russian equipment received a stabilization system and modern sights. This allows you to act at any time of the day. The machines were equipped with laser defeat simulators that record a conditional hit.
The publication notes that the models of the equipment were equipped with new sighting devices. Also at the American exercises, the models of the ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" anti-aircraft installations are replaced by machines that simulate the 2S6 "Tunguska" complexes.
Earlier in the United States, eyewitnesses noticed mock-ups of the T-72 tank and the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. The model of the ZRS received pixel camouflage, which is used in the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA).
In October, the British military showed mock-ups of Russian BMP-3. The movable target is designed to practice visual identification of the target. The model received an imitation of the main gun, smoke grenade launchers and a twin cannon.
Daniil Irinin