The first rehearsal of the Victory Parade in Moscow was rated as “excellent” – Moskovsky Komsomolets

The event was attended by 15 thousand soldiers and more than 200 pieces of military equipment

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29 in Moscow on April, in preparation for the May 9 Victory Day parade on Red Square held the first of two planned training involving walking parade and mechanized columns calculations. In total ,, in the rehearsal they were involved 15,000 troops and more than 200 pieces of military equipment. By the way, the newest samples of armored vehicles, created on the basis of platforms “Armata”, “Kurganets” and “Boomerang” drove through Red Square for the first time.

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It clarifies the channel Star, after the parade on Red Square” Armata “would go on trial in the army, and will go into service in 2020. According to preliminary data, the order of the Ministry of Defence in 2300 new equipment will have to replace all the old Soviet-era tanks. Admittedly experts, this new product is superior to all foreign analogs. The main advantages – the range and hitting the target response time, which is provided by the latest electronic systems. This tower Almaty was uninhabited. The crew manages the instrument while in armored capsule. By the way, to save the intrigue drove the latest technology at the center of the capital in canvas capes.

In training on Red Square was also attended by modern combat vehicles BMD-4M and armored personnel carriers “Shell”, as well as missile complex “yars” .

In walking distance column in the state calculation, in addition to the Russian military, have been representatives of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, India, Mongolia, Serbia and China.

Thousands of Muscovites have witnessed this grand night operations.

Victory Parade commander of the Land Forces Commander Colonel General Oleg Salyukov praised the first rehearsal of the parade on Red Square in Moscow.

“Overall coherence good offices, including the settlement of foreign countries “, – said Salyukov, quoted by Tass.

The commander noted that only training was attended by 15 thousand soldiers and more than 200 pieces of military equipment.

“The next training will be 4 on May 5th – span aviation, 7th – a dress rehearsal,” – said the general.

By the way, the last, the dress rehearsal will take place with a span aviation.

The anniversary parade on the Red Square in Moscow on May 9 to become one of the largest and most ambitious in the history of the holiday. Many are still carefully kept secret.