Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

12/08/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 12/08/2021 03:51

Russian military personnel in Tajikistan for the first time test Utes new large-caliber machine guns

08.12.2021 (11:15)

For the first time, Russian servicemen in Tajikistan tested the new Utes heavy machine guns, which had recently entered service with the motorized rifle units of the 201st military base.

At the Lyaur mountain training ground , machine-gun crews practiced their skills in choosing and equipping firing positions. On a specially equipped area of the terrain, the gunners performed exercises to destroy targets imitating armored vehicles, firing points and low-flying air targets of a mock enemy that appear at maximum firing ranges. During the training battle, the servicemen had to solve fire missions, as well as classify the targets that needed to be hit in the first place.

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