Moscow. January 5th. INTERFAX - More than one thousand servicemen of the special forces units of the mountain motorized rifle brigade and the mountain battalion of the 201st military base stationed in Tajikistan underwent mountain training in 2021, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported.
"On the basis of the Mountain Sports Training Center, stationed in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the compound of the Central Military District, by the end of 2021, more than 1 thousand special purpose military personnel of the mountain motorized rifle brigade and the mountain battalion 201 of the military base have been trained," the report says.
It is noted that during one of the exercises, the commandos climbed the ridge of the Western Sayan with a height of more than 2 thousand meters, where they conducted an operation to search and detect observation posts of a conditional enemy.
The 201st military base stationed in Tajikistan is Russia's largest military facility outside of its borders (part of the Central Military District). It is located in two cities - Dushanbe and Bokhtar. It consists of motorized rifle, tank, artillery, reconnaissance units, air defense units, RCB protection and communications.
Against the background of the Taliban movement coming to power in Afghanistan (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), the Russian military reported on strengthening the base in Tajikistan with new weapons. In particular, on December 6, a military base in Tajikistan received 30 upgraded T-72B3M tanks to replace combat vehicles of earlier modifications.
"The battalion of modern tanks, which has arrived to replace outdated models of equipment, will significantly increase the combat capabilities of the tank unit due to improved maneuverability and armor protection of the crew," the Central Military District noted.
It is expected that the new tanks will take part in at least 40 exercises.
