Russian Ground Forces Hold Contest to Determine Best Artillery Battery

The last leg of the Russian ground forces competition to determine the best artillery battery has started on August 22 at the Sergeevsky training range in Primorsky Territory.
Photo: Servicemen during direct fire range practice of the self-propelled artillery battery of the Eastern Military District at the Sergeevsky training range in Primorsky Territory during Russian ground forces self-propelled artillery contest.

Gunners march in review before the beginning of the range practice of the self-propelled artillery battery of the Eastern Military District at the Sergeevsky training range in Primorsky Territory during Russian ground forces self-propelled artillery contest.

The self-propelled artillery vehicles' crews were to conduct a cross-country march, carry out a direct fire exercise, traverse a stretch of territory labeled as contaminated, decontaminate their vehicles and then carry out an indirect fire exercise.
Photo: Russian ground forces self-propelled artillery contest.

The Eastern Military District is represented by a Giatsint self-propelled howitzer battery of the 5th Combined-Arms Army.
Photo: Before the range practice of the self-propelled artillery battery of the Eastern Military District at the Sergeevsky training range in Primorsky Territory during Russian ground forces self-propelled artillery contest.

Servicemen before range practice of the self-propelled artillery battery of the Eastern Military District at the Sergeevsky training range in Primorsky Territory during Russian ground forces self-propelled artillery contest.

Servicemen during direct fire range practice of the self-propelled artillery battery of the Eastern Military District at the Sergeevsky training range in Primorsky Territory during Russian ground forces self-propelled artillery contest.

Officers of the artillery battery that will be deemed the best will become prime candidates for promotion and for the enrollment into the Mikhailovskaya Artillery Academy.
Photo: Self propelled artillery batteries contest of the Russian ground forces.

Gunners after range practice of the self-propelled artillery battery of the Eastern Military District at the Sergeevsky training range in Primorsky Territory during Russian ground forces self-propelled artillery contest.