This time we’ll visit a military brigade located in the Moscow Region. It was founded in 1918 and released 5 Heroes of the Soviet Union. 51 military men from this brigade servied in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the Chechen Republic and 47 received state decorations.

We shall start the tour with demonstration of military equipment.

Signal vehicle ‘Gazel’.

About 40% of military equipment is new in the brigade.

They can organize a video conference at any minute.

Small satellite communication station R-438-M.

They could call their moms for free…

R-161-OU Orion.

Professional plan position indicator… Does it mean anything to you?

The servicemen working with this equipment are rather well prerared. Many of them have higher or secondary education. Most of the servicemen are recruits and few of them are contract soldiers.

This is a digital radio-relay station R-419MP, produced in 2008.

Equipment room K8. It works both with telegraphic communication and facsimile telegraph. Produced in 2008.

Space communication center R-440-0.

Mobile satellite communications station R-439-US.

New radio station R-166. It is intended telephone and telegraph communication. Time of dislocation: 18 min. Transmission range: 2,000 km; on the go: 350 km.

Exercise.

Unsuspecting communication engineers are installing a ‘Sosna’ antenna…

They are about to be attacked by armed gangsters.

Then, after a hand-to-hand fight, the gangster were defeated.

Field information complex on the basis of Getac A790 laptop. It’s been used in the brigade since 2009. It is able to connect to radio relay, satellite and 3G networks.

It is equipped with an information protection system which prevents starting unauthorized programs.

This is the way a workplace of the army commander should look like!

Naturally, what you see on the screens has nothing to do with real information.

Unfortunately, the rest of the complexes remained unexplored.

Other complexes on the UAZ and Tigr chassis.

‘Gas station’.

They also hold regular exercices in different parts of the region.

Car wash.

‘Car service’.

Location: The Moscow Region

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