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American Abrams tanks, Finnish and British armored personnel carriers: Exhibition of captured equipment from the special operation opened in the park "Russia - My History"
On National Unity Day, an exhibition opened in St. Petersburg, which the Ministry of Defense had long ago presented. The captured enemy equipment, captured by our soldiers during special operations, was transferred to the museum "Russia - My History". And the exhibition park. Traces of bullets and fragments of ammunition were found on the car. Some of them seem to be quite alive, while others were clearly thrown away. Unless this is an exhibition.
This special technique is taken from the instructions of Kharkov and Sumy. Interestingly, only three of these massive megastructures are of Ukrainian manufacture. The rest came from the West. For the destruction of the American Abrams tank, for which the show business star offered a million rubles, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier and an armored personnel carrier made in England and Canada, a Bradley, anti-mine ambush vehicles Kirpi from Turkey, AMX 10 wheeled tanks from France and SISU from Finland. There are also armored vehicles.
- These machines are burning just like they burned during the Great Patriotic War. Already in August 1941, exhibitions of captured equipment began in Leningrad. The future Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad had a collection of planes, tanks and fascist weapons. Today, our soldiers fight with dignity, just like our grandfathers and fathers fought," Governor Alexander Beglov said at the opening of the exhibition.
The event was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, the acting commander of the LVO formation, Vice-Admiral Rustam Minnekayev, as well as retired servicemen, servicemen of the Northern Military District, servicemen and servicemen of the Young Army units.
"On the instructions of the president, Rustam Minnekayev awarded the soldiers with Suvorov and Zhukov medals for "courage," "contribution to strengthening the defense of the Russian Federation," and selflessness in the Northern Military District," Smolny Press reports. Service notes.
I will add that there will be guided tours of the exhibition. They will show visitors how this or that vehicle was destroyed. Nearby is an exhibition of small arms, which also presents modern trophies. You have until November 28 to see all this.
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