WMD snipers stopped a column of enemy equipment at night as part of the JSE Zapad-2021

11.09.2021 (17:16)

Snipers of the motorized rifle unit of the Western Military District (WMD) at night stopped a column of lightly armored vehicles and the manpower of a mock enemy with fire from large-caliber ASVK and SVD rifles at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region as part of the joint strategic Russian-Belarusian exercise Zapad-2021.

During the exercise, sniper pairs were thrown into the area of monitoring the movement of the mock enemy column using thermal imagers.

With shots from large-caliber ASVK rifles, the shooters disabled the power plants of the vehicles, stopping the movement of the column. Secretly moving on the ground and moving away to a safe distance, the crew of the control and communication intelligence complex (CCIC) Streletc attached to the sniper pairs pointed the barrel artillery at the damaged column of the mock enemy.

The joint strategic exercise (JSE) of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus takes place every two years in accordance with the decision taken by the heads of the two states.

The Zapad-2021 exercise is the final stage of joint training of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation this year.

Practical actions of the troops (forces) will take place in the period from 10 to 16 September 2021 at nine training grounds located on the territory of the Russian Federation, in the Baltic Sea, as well as at five training grounds of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus.

In total, up to 200 thousand personnel, about 80 aircraft and helicopters, up to 760 units of military equipment, including 290 tanks, 240 guns, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, as well as up to 15 ships take part in the JSE Zapad-2021 on the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

The maximum number of personnel involved in the exercise of military units subject to the Vienna Document of 2011 in the territory of the Russian Federation will not exceed 6,400 military personnel.

The return of the military authorities and troops to the points of permanent deployment after participating in the exercise is planned until mid-October of this year.

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