RUSSIAN MILITARY’S FIELD TRAINING OF ARTILLERY UNITS IN ARMENIA COMPLETED
Trend, Azerbaijan
Feb 21 2013
The first of the 2013 field training exercises of the Russian
military artillery units in Armenia covering over 400 military men
has been completed at the Highland Training Centre Kahmud, Armenia
Today reported.
As the press service of the Southern Military District stated, 100
units of weapons, military and special equipment were involved. As part
of the field training, the military carried out tasks on conditional
defeat of single and group targets from Gvozdika self-propelled
howitzers, Grad multiple launch rocket systems, mortars and Konkurs
anti-tank guided missiles.
Artillery units completed the tasks on fire damage of imaginary enemy
equipment and actively applying tactics of attack seeking cover in
mountainous terrains.
A number of activities were carried out to improve the survivability
of artillery units in the ‘conventional’ fight and developing skills
in work with standard weapons, military and special equipment.
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