A unique spectacular event of international scale called “Tank Biathlon” is held on the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Defense with 2013 of the year. Under the terms of the competition, participants must complete a set of tasks using T-72B3 model tanks. AT 2021 year, teams competed on these tanks 18 countries in the world. One can only guess, what will the crews be able to surprise when they switch to T-90 or Armata vehicles?.
The manufacturer of one of the most popular tanks of the T-72 family in history is the Uralvagonzavod enterprise.. Not by carriages alone…
The track record includes over a million and one hundred thousand units of rolling stock for the transport needs of industry in the Russian Federation and CIS countries. Plus hundreds of thousands of units of various armored vehicles. These are far from the only records. The launch date of the enterprise is considered to be the release of the first gondola car in a heavy-duty version with 1520 gauge. 11 October 1936 of the year. It is from this date that the plant traces its rich history.. Today at UVZ – Russian company with worldwide fame – jubilee.
Nowadays, under the single logo of the Uralvagonzavod concern, over 40 manufacturing enterprises, design offices, research organizations. As a leader in the domestic industry, the joint-stock company produces railway and road construction equipment, a separate place in the structure of the concern is occupied by the development and production of armored weapons.
With decades of unique experience behind us, starting from the school of production of the legendary T-34, Ural tank builders kept their mark even when producing the famous T-72, and on the assembly line of the modern generation T-90, and when creating a whole complex, developments based on the latest Armata platform are promising.
The concern participates in the implementation of the state Robotics Development Strategy, designed to 2030 of the year. One of the key priorities is focused on training young personnel, specially trained for the implementation of robotic systems. The personnel policy of the holding’s management is based on the proven practice of joint development of educational and research programs. The partners here are representatives of the Ural Federal University and South Ural State University. Specialists from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Innopolis University act as consultants..
At various sites under the auspices of JSC Concern Uralvagonzavod, over 29 000 specialists. Enterprises are provided with orders for civil and special purposes up to the middle 2023 of the year.
Finally, a couple more facts from the historical chronicle. The Chinese joined the competition with all their passion, without hesitation to exhibit his “patriotic” copy of the 72nd model. They have a lot of persistence: come every year, sharpen their skills. NATO “partners” were invited to participate in the Russian “Tank Biathlon” from the very beginning, but there they pompously denied it until 2020 of the year, when it was already unbearable to ignore the popularity of the Russian competition. NATO held the first semblance of “their” competition at a training ground in Germany in 2020 year. The top three winners are Bundeswehr crews, Denmark and Poland. American tankers did not make it to the victory podium.
Author:Nikolay Stalnov
used photos:Official Facebook account of the concern uralvagonzavod.ru
