The task of the fighters was to break through the enemy's defense and develop the success of the offensive
ROSTOV-ON-DON, January 15. /tass/. Tank crews of formations and units of the Southern Military District took part in live firing on the ranges of southern Russia, Armenia and South Ossetia. As reported on Saturday in the press service of the district, the shooting was carried out by 1.5 thousand tankers.
"Tank crews fired a standard projectile in winter conditions at ranges located in the Volgograd and Rostov regions, Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Karachay-Cherkessia and Crimea, as well as at military bases of the Southern Military District in Armenia and South Ossetia," the report says.
The tankers carried out the operation as part of tactical groups whose task was to break through the enemy's defenses and develop the success of the offensive. In addition, the crews improved the defeat of targets from closed positions at a range of up to six km. Tank units also practiced offensive and defensive actions during the daytime and at night.
