Russian tanks take part in weapons training exercises in Chechnya.

Tankmen of the 58th combined-arms army of a motorized rifle division of the Southern Military District, who are stationed in Chechnya, are taking part in weapons training exercises at the Kalinovsky and Gvardeyets shooting ranges, the Southern Military District said. "About 200 servicemen and over 40 pieces of arms and military hardware are being engaged in the range practice," the District said.

T-72B3 (Picture source: Russian MoD )

The tankmen are going to fire assigned sabots from the guns of modern T-72B3 tanks as well as from large-caliber anti-aircraft submachine guns at appearing and moving targets, which will imitate a tank in motion, an anti-tank grenade launcher crew and the RCL at a distance of 300 to 2,000 meters. The newest tank-mounted ‘Sosna-U’ fire control system helps to track down the targets and improved optical channels make it possible to follow tank targets at distances of up to 5,000 meters.

The combat training of motorized rifle formations has been organized in a way to cover all the major issues related to delivering combat by tank units on the offensive and in defense at night and in daytime.