Russia Holds ‘Biggest Tank Drill In 30 Years’ In Border Region, Says Military

By Samuel Culper On Oct 6, 2017

Russia’s military says it has carried out its biggest tank drill since the end of the Cold War in the Chelyabinsk region bordering Kazakhstan, state news agency Itar-Tass reported on Tuesday. Around 3,000 soldiers and 250 T-72 tanks descended on the training range beneath the southern slopes of the Ural mountains in a team-based combat exercise, Russia’s Central Military District announced.

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Samuel Culper

Samuel Culper is a former military intelligence NCO and contract Intelligence analyst. Sam was deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan part of every year from 2006 to 2011, for a total of three years. He's now the conflict and warfare researcher at Forward Observer.

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