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any new weapon Tor should pass testing and servicemen of the brigade should
feel all peculiarities of operation, combat use and maintenance of these
systems in field conditions.
The officer says, "At present, entire combat training of the brigade
is aimed at high-quality conduction of the field exercises with combat
firing practice of the second air defense missile battery armed with tor
and the third air defense missile battalion armed with Buk. The exercises
take place stringently in accordance with the combat training plan for
training year 2012-2013. Special attention is paid to special training,
preparation of armament and military hardware and mastering of new air
defense missile systems. The field exercises will take place between August
and September at Russian training range Ashuluk".
These are not the first field exercises with participation of crews of
the new air defense missile system. The second air defense missile battery
already went to the Domanovsky training range where it worked out the
matters of preparation and firing at air target imitators but without
real combat launches. All crews coped with this task with good and perfect
marks.
Lieutenant Colonel Victor Mikheev remarks," Our Tors will go to the
Russian training range for the second time. Last year, the first air defense
missile battery of Tor-M2
participated in tactical exercises with firing practice at Ashuluk and
received a good mark. The main problem that was pressing for us then was
lack of specialists trained for work with the new hardware. But the problem
was solved soon. Servicemen trained on the basis of the military academy
of Belarus specifically for work with these air defense missile systems
were sent to our brigade".
The new hardware differs from systems of the previous generation radically
but the process of training of specialists is the same according to its
algorithm.
The deputy commander of the 120th air defense missile brigade explained,"
Stages of their training are the same. This is training within crews and
batteries, coordination of an air defense missile battalion. There are
no special differences in training of specialists for the Tor batteries.
Besides, a part of the officers from the first brigade that already passed
combat training was moved to the second brigade for training of the "youths."
All of them, as well as officers from the regulations and repair group
of the 120th brigade, are high-class specialists who have invaluable experience
of skillful handling of this weapon". |
