The parade’s air
component will be represented by 74 aircraft.
MOSCOW, April 29.
/TASS/. Russia’s Defense Ministry has set a procedure for the mechanized
column, aircraft and helicopters to take part in the Victory Parade on Moscow’s
Red Square on May 9 to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s
victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
"Over 130
wheeled and tracked vehicles will pass through Red Square while the parade’s
air component will be represented by 74 aircraft," the ministry said in a
statement.
Traditionally, the
Soviet legendary T-34 tank, the Victory’s armored symbol, will lead the
mechanized column during the parade. Next in the formation will be Tigr-M light
armored vehicles, including those with the Arbalet combat module, Tigr vehicles
with the Kornet-D anti-tank system, and also the Taifun-K armor. BTR-82A
armored personnel carriers will follow Taifun vehicles, after which the most
advanced tracked armor - the Kurganets and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles,
Armata tanks and tank support combat vehicles - will roll through Red Square.
The air defense
troops’ combat hardware will include Tor-M2 and Buk-M2 surface-to-air missile
systems, Pantsyr-S anti-aircraft missile/gun complexes and S-400 missile
launching vehicles. The spectators will also see modernized T-72B3 tanks, the
Airborne Force’s new armor represented by BMD-4M airborne assault vehicles and
BTR-MDM armored personnel carriers, and also Msta-S self-propelled artillery
guns, self-propelled launchers of the Iskander tactical missile system, Smerch
multiple launch rocket systems, Bumerang armored personnel carriers and
autonomous launch vehicles of the Yars strategic road-mobile missile system.
The mechanized column
will also feature Taifun-U and Taifun-K armored vehicles of Russia’s military
police and Tigr, Patrul and Ural armored vehicles of the country’s National
Guard.
After the mechanized
column passes through Red Square, the air component of the Victory Parade will
begin. The airborne parade will begin with the flyover of four groups of
helicopters (Mi-26, Mi-8, Mi-28N, Ka-52 and Mi-24). After that, 12 groups of
aircraft from all aviation branches of Russia’s Aerospace Force will fly over
Red Square, changing each other: the Tu-160 ‘White Swan’ strategic
missile-carrying bomber and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers. An Il-78 aerial refueling
tanker and the Tu-95MS strategic missile-carrying bomber will simulate aerial
refueling, after which three Tu-95MS strategic bombers, MiG-29SMT, MiG-29,
Su-35S and Su-30SM will fly in formations that will be followed by MiG-31
long-range fighter-interceptors, Su-24M and Su-34 bombers. Su-25 attack
aircraft will conclude the airborne part of Russia’s military parade.
The troops that will
march across Red Square will involve more than 13,600 personnel.
Source: ITAR-TASS
29-04-2019
