The exercise will
last through August 30.
YEKATERINBURG, August
27. /TASS/. Large-scale special logistics drills kicked off in Russia’s Central
Military District under the command of Deputy Defense Minister Army General
Dmitry Bulgakov, the Defense Ministry’s press office reported on Tuesday.
"The drills
involve military command centers, logistics troops’ large units, military
formations and organizations, more than 30,000 military and civilian personnel
of the Central, Western, Southern and Eastern Military Districts and the
Airborne Force," the press office said in a statement.
The troops involved
in the drills will be accomplishing practical assignments of providing all
types of logistic and maintenance support, the deputy defense minister said.
"The assignments
of providing technical support for highways and roads, natural barriers and
artificial obstacles, deploying motorway sections for aircraft landing,
organizing special types of technical and food supplies for the troops’
military services and military branches," the deputy defense minister
explained.
During the drills,
each service member will gain hands-on experience in a simulated warfare under
the designated scenario, improve or get new knowledge, perfect his skills and
competences for the guaranteed fulfilment of assigned missions both in
every-day activity and in a combat environment, the army general said.
The special military
exercise for the logistics support of the Russian Armed Forces will last
through August 30. The exercise will focus on improving the forms and the
methods of fulfilling a whole set of missions placed upon the logistics forces.
More than 7,000
weapon systems deployed
Over 7,000 weapon
systems are deployed in the special large-scale logistics drills that have
kicked off in the Central Military District, the deputy defense minister said.
"The drills
involve over 7,000 items of armament, military and special hardware, and also
up to 90 aircraft and helicopters of Russia’s Aerospace Force and army
aviation," the army general specified.
During the drills,
the troops will be employing not only new special hardware and equipment operational
in the Armed Forces but also promising technical hardware that is considered
for delivery in the future, the Defense Ministry noted.
"Thus, during
the drills, the troops will be using automated ammunition loading systems,
modular container-type chemical analysis laboratories, a multiple aircraft
fueling post, an aviation fuel pumping station based on container-type fuel
tanks, a system of ship refueling without mooring, the latest field bakery
mounted on an automobile platform and other modern equipment for troops’
logistic support in field conditions," the Defense Ministry explained.
The latest models of
technical hardware and equipment, which Russian defense contractors are
providing for logistics forces on their own initiative, will undergo tests and
operational evaluation in field conditions during the drills, the ministry
added.
Source: ITAR-TASS
27-08-2019
