A military equipment parade dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders will be held on July 3 in Minsk. The Minsk garrison troops, units from Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and other countries will also take part in it.
According to the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus, more than 30 units of weapons, military and special equipment created at the enterprises of the State Military Industrial Committee system and the military-industrial complex of the republic will be shown near the Minsk Hero City Stella.
For the first time in the parade formation, viewers will see V2 (Volat) armored personnel carriers, MZKT-690003-010 and MZKT-690003-021, previously demonstrated at the MILEX arms exhibitions.
The committee clarified that one of the modifications of the V2 APC involves equipping it with a modernized combat module from the BMP-2 (Russian tracked infantry fighting vehicle, produced at Kurganmashzavod). The APC received a 30-mm 2A42 cannon (Soviet automatic cannon designed by Shipunov and Gryazev), a 7.62-mm Kalashnikov tank machine gun (PKT), anti-tank missiles and the Tucha system (Soviet unified system for launching 81-mm smoke grenades from armored vehicles, installed on BMP-2, BMD-3).
Tanks, UAVs and the Mayak Integrated Communication Hardware
The parade will also feature more than 10 aircraft-type and helicopter-type UAVs, including the BAK "Kvadro-1400" and "Loitering Pipe". Both products were adopted by the Armed Forces of Belarus. The T-72BM2 tank (modification of the Soviet main battle tank T-72B) will pass through the central street of Minsk.
A novelty of the parade formation of the State Military Industrial Committee will be the Mayak Integrated Communication Hardware. It is designed to organize radio relay and cable communication lines, DMR standard radio communication networks, a telegraphic classified network and an open telephone network as part of field communication centers.
Features of the Mayak Integrated Communication Hardware:
- mast height — 30.4 m
- hardware weight — 33.2 tons
- crew — 4 people
- deployment time — about 45 minutes
According to the military commandant of Minsk, Dmitry Zhukovsky, more than 5,000 people will take part in the parade.
The number of foot parade units has been increased, the mechanized column has been increased, and, of course, our guard of honor company.
Parade participants train on a closed parade ground three times a week.
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