Today you’ll visit two military polygons located not far from Nizhny Novgorod city. First let’s meet young soldiers who are being taught the gunnery at Mulino polygon and then turn to Gorokhovetsky polygon to see how their artillerymen are trained.

They came to the army last spring and now try to implement their theoretical knowledge into practice fighting an imaginary enemy. The place has no wind-mills and wooden swords, everything is real here.

Scales.

Schedules artillery exercises are carried out at the largest polygon in Europe and participated by 2500 people and 800 units of equipment. The polygon is located near Nizhny Novgorod.

Let’s see how the soldiers live.

Tent camps, shower cabins, WC, dining-rooms, headquarters, and arsenal. Equipment is kept apart. ‘Closed to traffic’

Peculiarity of a field kitchen consists in the fact that soldiers have to stand while eating.

Here soldiers wash their hands.

A small fountain with a duck is situated near the entrance. Military men like beautiful things, too.

These guys are very good at cooking.

They serve small portions of butter and tea with hay-like notes in its aroma.

Up to 20 soldiers can stay in such a tent.

Every place is supplied with furnaces. Now the temperature is +35 degrees Celsius but it will be changed soon and furnaces will be widely used.

No bedside tables are available.

They come to the club to listen to good songs and watch movies.

Military equipment.

Going to the polygon.

The MSTA self propelled howitzer is designed to defeat unsheltered and covered manpower, weapons and material to division level.

It can shoot in the vertical direction.

Are they hiding from the girl?

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The Main armament of MSTA-S comprises a long-barreled 155 mm gun, the 2A64, fitted with a fume extractor and a muzzle brake. The hull and turret is of all-welded steel armor construction which provides protection from small arms fire, shell splinters and mines.

And this is the ‘Hurricane’.

Missiles are taken from the cars.

Ready to fight the enemy!

Don’t forget to remove the pack before usage!

Checking whether everything is ready for the last time.

Fire!

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The Uragan or Hurricane is a 16-round 220mm multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) manufactured by the Splav State Research and Production Association, Tula, Russia. Splav also produces the Smerch, Grad and Prima MLRS. Also called as BM-27 or 9P140, the MLRS system entered into service in 1977. The mission of the launcher is to defeat troops and combat materiel in concentrated areas and also to remotely lay anti-tank area denial mines in a combat zone at distances of 10km to 35km.

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Uragan and Smerch at work.

The missile flies above the polygon at the speed of 280 km and hits the object.

These people will give marks to the soldiers who are passing the exam right now.

Every shot is fixed, evaluated and followed by giving marks to the units.

Location: Nizhny Novgorod

via macos and zizis