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Russian troops in Armenia hold artillery drill
Interfax
April 11 2012
Russia
Moscow, 11 April: Artillery men stationed at the Russian military base
in Armenia will hit group targets at the mountainous Alagyaz range
from Grad multiple-launch rocket systems and Gvozdika howitzers, the
headquarters of the Southern Military District reports.
"Over 400 servicemen and around 100 pieces of artillery arms and
military and special-purpose hardware are involved in the training.
Practical firing at single and group targets will be carried out from
self-propelled Gvozdika howitzers, Grad multiple-launch rocket
systems, mortars and Konkurs anti-tank guided missile systems," reads
a Southern Military District press service statement received by
Interfax-AVN on Wednesday [11 April].
The district headquarters informs that at the Alagyaz training complex
"missile attack and artillery fire control is taking place as part of
the final stage of a field outing of missile troops and artillery
units of the Russian military base in Armenia".
Prior to that Russian artillery men carried out a 100-km-long march
from the point of deployment to Alagyaz range. During the march, they
practised negotiating contaminated areas, went through the order of
actions required to repel attacks by enemy reconnaissance-saboteur
groups and aviation.
The artillery men from the Russian military base in Armenia have
carried out more than 10 tactical trainings with live firings, some of
them at night, during the winter training period, the press service
reports.
Interfax
April 11 2012
Russia
Moscow, 11 April: Artillery men stationed at the Russian military base
in Armenia will hit group targets at the mountainous Alagyaz range
from Grad multiple-launch rocket systems and Gvozdika howitzers, the
headquarters of the Southern Military District reports.
"Over 400 servicemen and around 100 pieces of artillery arms and
military and special-purpose hardware are involved in the training.
Practical firing at single and group targets will be carried out from
self-propelled Gvozdika howitzers, Grad multiple-launch rocket
systems, mortars and Konkurs anti-tank guided missile systems," reads
a Southern Military District press service statement received by
Interfax-AVN on Wednesday [11 April].
The district headquarters informs that at the Alagyaz training complex
"missile attack and artillery fire control is taking place as part of
the final stage of a field outing of missile troops and artillery
units of the Russian military base in Armenia".
Prior to that Russian artillery men carried out a 100-km-long march
from the point of deployment to Alagyaz range. During the march, they
practised negotiating contaminated areas, went through the order of
actions required to repel attacks by enemy reconnaissance-saboteur
groups and aviation.
The artillery men from the Russian military base in Armenia have
carried out more than 10 tactical trainings with live firings, some of
them at night, during the winter training period, the press service
reports.