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The First Tank Army of the Western Military District (ZVO) is conducting combat readiness testing classes, the ZVO said on Tuesday. "In total, more than 1 thousand servicemen and about 100 units of weapons, military and special equipment are involved in the combat readiness check," the report says.

Crews of T-72B3 tanks as part of tank units of the Army Corps of the Southern Military District took part in shooting practice at the Angarsky training ground near Simferopol.

The Black Sea Fleet reported on the firing of tankers of the Southern Military District at the Angarsky training ground

Tankers of the units of the Army Corps of the Southern Military District (SE) began firing at the Angarsky training ground in the Crimea. The crews of the T-72B3 tanks conducted classes in accordance with the combat training plan. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.

An unusual T-62 with a "folding" gun barrel surprised users of social networks. The machine was used by one of the units of the 40th Combined Arms Army of the Limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan (OKSVA).

In the Irkutsk region, mobile strategic complexes "Yars" went to field positions. Autonomous launchers of the local division of the Strategic Missile Forces entered the combat patrol routes as part of the exercise. The command involved about a thousand soldiers and officers, as well as more than 100 units of military and special equipment of various types and purposes.

The BMP-2 with the Berezhok combat module will replenish the parks of formations and military units of the Central Military District stationed in the Volga region by the end of this year. This was reported by the press service of the territorial association with reference to the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.

During the fighting in the Syrian city of Hasaka, Kurdish formations used an unusual tracked homemade armored vehicle against militants of the terrorist group "IG" banned in Russia.

Despite the fact that the first Chechen war ended more than a quarter of a century ago, there are a lot of myths and misconceptions around it. For example, information about the participation of T-90 tanks in those hostilities still pops up from time to time in various sources.

More than 50 modernized infantry fighting vehicles with the Berezhok combat module will enter service with formations and military units of the Central Military District in the Volga Region by the end of 2022, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District, told reporters.

In 2022, a separate engineering brigade of the Central Military District stationed in Bashkiria will receive the latest engineering systems for remote mining (ISDM) "Agriculture", said the head of the engineering troops of the Central Military District, Colonel Andrei Gandzyuk.

More than 1,300 pieces of equipment will be delivered to the troops of the Central Military District this year. The commander of the district, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, announced the build-up of combat power at the briefing.

The T-72 tank from the late 70s began to en masse into service with the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries and states friendly to the Soviet Union.

In some of them, for example, in Poland, Czechoslovakia and India, licensed production was organized.

In 2022, the troops of the Central Military District (CVO) will receive more than 1,300 units of new and modernized weapons and military equipment. This was told to journalists on Monday by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.

The military bases of the Russian Federation stationed on the territory of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will receive more than 70 units of military equipment in 2022, the commander of the Central Military District troops Alexander Lapin said.

During the complete defeat of the pro-American South Vietnamese regime in the spring of 1975, a large number of various modern weapons and military equipment became the trophies of the DRV army soldiers.

For example, only 105-mm towed M101 howitzers were captured more than 1,000 pieces, as well as 250 155-mm M114 and a large amount of ammunition for them.

Losses in tanks during the battles in Grozny, which began on December 31, 1994, were due to a number of reasons. Including the fact that some of the combat vehicles did not have the required dynamic protection, which could effectively neutralize the actions of enemy cumulative ammunition of various types.

In the engineering unit of the Southern Military District, stationed in the Rostov region, a division has been formed equipped with sets of remote mining engineering system (ISDM) "Agriculture".

The servicemen of a separate marine engineering regiment of the Northern Fleet, as part of a field exit, worked out special tasks for installing mine-explosive barriers, making passages in them to ensure an offensive. The exercises were held on the eve of a professional holiday - the Day of Engineering Troops.

During the reconstruction of the BAM section in the Amur Region, military railway workers of the Eastern Military District use GAZ-3344-20 "Aleut" two-link tracked snowmobiles of high cross-country capability. They entered service with the yellow brigades stationed in the Amur Region and the Khabarovsk Territory last year. This was reported in the press service of the VVO.

To rescue people stranded due to blizzards and heavy snowfall at the Asadabad Pass (Hamadan province), the Iranian armed forces deployed BMP-2.

A large number of vehicles with passengers trapped in the snow had to be rescued by Russian-made military equipment. It is known that the "twos" are distinguished by good cross-country ability in any terrain and can confidently act in extreme conditions.