The Project 775 (NATO reporting name: Ropucha I-class) Korolyov and
Alexander Shabalin amphibious assault ships of the Russian Navy’s
Baltic Fleet landed Russian Marines on an austere beachhead in an amphibious
assault exercise, the fleet’s spokesman, Andrei Bespaly, has told
journalists. |
"The
landing operation involved the Korolyov and Alexander Shabalin amphibious
landing ships, over 15 combat vehicles and around 200 Marines from a
costal defense large unit of the fleet," he said.
Having embarked on the ships, the Marines and their armored personnel
carriers (APC) arrived to the designated area where they hit the beach
on their APCs. The supporting fires were provided by naval gunfire that
took out simulated enemy aircraft and a coastal defense battery.
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