Russian T-80 Tanks and BTR-70 armored personnel carriers imitated the likely enemy on the strategic exercises “West-2021”. The tankers and fighters of motorized rifle divisions were shot by the declared technique, reports Russian Gazeta.
In the course of the teachings of T-80 Tanks and armored personnel carriers, BTR-70 received special camouflage and identifying signs that distinguished them from friendly technique. The recorded cars were depicted an attack of a likely enemy, which was reflected by tankers and fighters of motorized rifle divisions.
T-80Wood Tank is a modification of the T-80U with a diesel engine 6TD. The release of the car was carried out in Kharkov, which made it difficult to repair and modernize Russian tanks. In the mid-1990s, T-80D tanks of the Russian army wrote off. A total of about 850 cars were released.
BTR-70, adopted in 1971, was used in most conflicts on the territory of the former USSR. The basic modifications of the BTR-70 of the Russian army are on storage. In the troops continue to exploit the modified BTR-70M with a new engine and aggregates from BTR-80.
Earlier on the teachings “West-2021” noticed a new B-19 infantry combat machine with a combat module “Epoch”. Machine weapons are represented by a gun of 57 millimeters caliber and two types of managed missiles.