Adopted the Marine Corps Pacific Fleet, stationed in Kamchatka, I received a large batch of new armored personnel carriers BTR-82A. It is reported by the press service of the Eastern Military District of the Pacific Fleet.
Marine units in Kamchatka, under the rearmament program, received a batch of new BTR-82A armored personnel carriers in the amount of more than 30 pcs. The equipment was delivered to the peninsula by sea and, after unloading, has already headed to the places of permanent deployment. The new BTR-82A are designed to replace the outdated BTR-80 armored personnel carriers in the marines.
More 30 the latest armored personnel carriers BTR-82A, in the course of the planned rearmament to modern models of military equipment, replenished the formation of the marines of troops and forces in northeast Russia, stationed in Kamchatka
– It said in a statement.
As explained in the press-service, this is the second large batch of armored personnel carriers, delivered to the marines in Kamchatka, first in number 30 BTR-82A arrived in May last year. according to the report, rearmament with new BTR-82A is being completed by other units of the Marine Corps, stationed in the Far East.
Earlier, the marine units of the Far East were reinforced with modernized T-80BVM tanks.
