Engineering troops conducted a special exercise in preparation for strategic maneuvers “West-2021”. Practicing the actions of engineering units together with the Airborne Forces and the military police took place at the training ground “Moulin” in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
A video of the drills has surfaced online.. The video was uploaded by TK on his YouTube channel “star”. In the description of the video says, that during the exercises, the military personnel used the latest robotic systems “Fantasy 6” and “Uranium-14”, as well as means of remote mining.
The Ministry of Defense, commenting on past exercises, stated, that the engineering troops first used the remote method “blocking mining”. New mining systems were used to install mixed minefields “Agriculture”, as well as a promising universal minelayer UMZ-K “Mite”. Engineering units have worked out the technique of directing the enemy into traps by setting blocking minefields. Passages in the minefields of the enemy were made by those in service “Serpents Gorynychi”.
(…) when performing certain elements of the exercise, the military personnel used new samples of engineering ammunition, including promising anti-roof mines PTKM-1R
– said the press service of the.
In total, more than 8 thousand. military personnel and 1,5 thousand. pieces of equipment.
New mining system “Agriculture” allows you to create minefields in especially dangerous areas at a distance from 5 to 15 km according to the given scheme, ie. any configuration. The system lays a minefield of any complexity, including with ready passages for their troops.
