Servicemen of Southern MD’s repel attack of mock enemy at stronghold of units during combat training drills in Stavropol region

Servicemen of Southern MD’s repel attack of mock enemy at stronghold of units during combat training drills in Stavropol region At a combined arms training ground in Stavropol region, instructors of a training centre train personnel for performance of tasks on launching assaults. The servicemen acquire skills necessary, when engaging in combat during offensive and defensive operations. During the drills, the assault detachments were tasked to repel an attack of the mock enemy on a stronghold of a unit. The detachments took positions and waited for an attack. The fight begun from explosion of charges imitating artillery strikes at the defensive positions, the servicemen opened concentrated fire from organic weaponry. Assault detachments fired PKM machine guns and AK-74 assault rifles and were supported by RPG-7V anti-tank grenade launchers, thus successfully neutralising armoured hardware and infantry of the mock enemy and completing the task. Russian Defence Ministry Source: MoD Russia