The conventional enemy didn't get a chance
Screams, explosions, shooting, the roar of “turntables” … At first glance, everything that happens looks like shots from modern action movies. But for Special Forces soldiers, it's just a familiar training. Our correspondent visited the ODON training center near Moscow, where a demonstration lesson on the destruction of a conditional terrorist group took place as part of the Zaslon-2021 operational-strategic exercise.
Photo: Natalia Gubernatorova
“Training is difficult, easy in combat,” said Russian commander Alexander Suvorov. Centuries later, repairmen were still following Suvorov's advice and constantly improving their skills.
Special operations to destroy the conditioned terrorist group were carried out by soldiers of the special task Vityaz Russian Guard with the support of aviation and artillery. A special tactical lesson took place as part of the large operational-strategic exercise “Zaslon-2021”. According to the Federal Service of the National Guard forces, this is the first time since the establishment of the Russian Guard an exercise of this magnitude. It takes place in several regions at once. The goal is a comprehensive preparation for the extensive September exercises under the auspices of the Russian Ministry of Defense “West-2021”.
– You can only watch a special operation from the headquarters building. They will shoot for real, – the officer orders journalists. – Go up to the balcony on the third floor.
Everything is ready for training at a specially equipped location of the training center. Below is an imitation of a one-story building that, according to legend, is seized by conditioned terrorists. The facility is located in the immediate vicinity of the headquarters. Everything is visible at a glance. The skyscraper, which will become the second object of combat events, is a little further.
The sounds of gunfire force those gathered on the balcony to stop their idle shaking. The army all-terrain vehicle “Tiger”, which attracts the attention of the audience, quickly drives into a captive household. From the hatch of the armored vehicle, the fighters “Vityaz” fired continuous machine gun fire.
Photo: Natalia Gubernatorova
The rear door of the car suddenly opens and from there two attack groups of special forces will fall. To determine the exact location of terrorists and make quick decisions in a complex and rapidly changing environment, military personnel use an unmanned aerial vehicle – a multicopter. Within minutes, the operator detects the bandits and passes their coordinates to the special operation manager.
National Guard soldiers hiding behind armored shields head for the building. With the help of a special inspection device and a “wall imager”, which allows you to see everything even behind an obstacle, they thoroughly inspect the structure. All the militants who resisted were killed.
Suddenly, it turned out that one of the repairmen, whose role was assigned to the manikin, was conditionally injured. He is urgently removed from the building. A pool of “blood” spreads under the mannequin. One of the commands provides first aid to a “colleague”: a hemostatic tourniquet is firmly attached to the thigh above the site of injury and pushes the bandage at the top. The hygienic “loaf” that had arrived by then had evacuated the victim. The soldier's life is saved.
Task completed
The second group of gunmen sat down in a high-rise building. Attack groups cover special forces in firing positions. Snipers control access to the building so that aid does not penetrate the terrorists. The roar of turntables overhead is a giant Mi-8 cutting air with its knives. “Eight” hovers above the high-rise building, and a group of special forces search for air rises from the helicopter by rope to the roof. It's really like in the movies. You will not see such an impressive view in everyday life. And thank God. The paratroopers attacked the upper floors, while the ground group had already begun to “clean up” the lower floors, so there was no chance for the bandits. Artillery fire blocks access to bandits of reinforcements.
The appearance of the skydivers in the sky again forces one to divert attention from the events taking place below. Using the special Stayer parachute system, commandos with weapons and cargo containers land on an unprepared limited area and begin to perform their assigned task.
The forces of the “enemy” exceed ours and the leader of the special operation requires air fire. There is a deafening explosion, nothing can be seen behind a column of black smoke. Behind him – another.
Photo: Natalia Gubernatorova The radio traffic manager reports: “The task is complete. All terrorists were destroyed. “
After the demonstration class, Colonel General Viktor Strigunov, the first deputy commander-in-chief of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, spoke to journalists who rated the work of the special forces as” excellent. ” able to perform the tasks set by the Commander-in-Chief, “the Colonel-General summed up his speech.
I'm not afraid
Special forces cannot tell journalists their names, their faces are half covered by balaclavas. A special forces officer with the call sign “Batyr” told reporters that Rosgvardia is armed with state-of-the-art technical means to help repairmen handle even the most demanding situations at a glance.
– You yourself just saw what happens during the exercise, all the equipment was combat, the shooting was done from real weapons. Perhaps the only difference is that in real life it can take a little longer.
The second officer with the call sign “Demon” explained that the fighters train their skills daily for the subsequent successful completion of various tasks.
– I don't feel scared, – the officer replies. – All actions are processed to the smallest detail, every fighter knows his place, he knows what he has to do. Any force majeure, such as adverse weather conditions, is agreed in advance. If there is a real obstacle in the task, we are looking for other ways to solve it …
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On the same day, another hands-on lesson took place at the Elektrostal training center near Moscow with repairmen and special forces staff from the Rosgvardia Central District. Soldiers of the “Peresvet” special unit and SOBR officers of the Russian Guards Headquarters in the Moscow region improved their professional skills. The main goal of the lesson is to increase the level of coordination and interaction of forces and resources in the joint performance of service and combat tasks.
The actions of the special forces were evaluated by the first deputy director of the Russian Guard, Colonel General Viktor Strigunov and the commander of the Central District of the National Guard, Colonel General Igor Golloyev.
According to their evaluation, the members successfully coped with the assigned tasks.