The field exercise
will last until the end of March, the press office informed.
SEVASTOPOL, March 10.
/TASS/. Artillery troops of the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s army corps have
kicked off a field exercise in Crimea involving over 250 weapon systems, the
Fleet’s press office reported on Tuesday.
"At the Black
Sea Fleet army corps’ combat training ranges located on the Crimean peninsula,
the troops are practicing the skills of artillery fire control and
participating in force-on-force tactical drills. Overall, the field exercise
involves more than 250 items of military and special hardware," the press
office said in a statement.
The field exercise
involves over 1,000 troops, Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 122mm 2S1
Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, 120mm D-30 howitzers, 120mm 2S9 ‘Nona-S’
self-propelled artillery guns and also Sani and Podnos mortars.
At the final stage of
the field exercise, the troops will hold force-on-force tactical drills between
a separate coastal defense brigade and a separate marine infantry brigade of
the Black Sea Fleet, during which they will conduct artillery live-fire, land
an amphibious assault force onto the coast and practice various tactical
methods of a battle between artillery units.
The field exercise
will last until the end of March, the press office informed.
Source: ITAR-TASS
10-03-2020
