Russia Challenges US and NATO Tank crews to compete in Armor wargames.

[Arzamas 16]

Blurring the line between sports and warfare, the Russian army premiered a new sport – tank biathlon – and invited US crews to compete. Russian news agency Novosti reports. “We’ve invited our American colleagues to participate… and our invitation was accepted by US Secretary of Defense [Chuck] Hagel,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Saturday. Italy and Germany also agreed to send their teams to compete with Russian and US tank crews, Shoigu said, adding that the event will take place sometime next year.

Russia will host the world’s first ever tank biathlon championship next week. The country’s best tank crews will compete against each other at a firing range outside Moscow, the winners then taking on competitors from Armenia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan.

The new sport allows showcasing the quality of Russian tanks, comparing them against foreign analogues, Shoigu’s deputy Yury Borisov said Saturday.

Next week’s event, however, will be limited to T-72 tanks, the staple of post-Soviet militaries, Vedomosti business daily said Friday. The newspaper offered a preview of the new sport, covering a test competition held outside Moscow earlier this week. The event involved four tanks painted in bright colors – including yellow and pinkish red – which did three laps over rough terrain, shooting at targets shaped like tanks, houses and helicopters. The best time was 5:28.


Russia Challenges Tank Crews from the US, Europe to Compete in Armor Wargames - Defense Update - Military Technology & Defense News



Let the games begin

 

[Audio]

Yeah, targets will be 500m away so that Russians with the piss poor optronics don't miss.

 

[OrionHunter]

Good idea! Now Pakistan and India should also have a tank biathlon championship as a confidence building measure! No, seriously!

 

[Arzamas 16]

Yeah, targets will be 500m away so that Russians with the piss poor optronics don't miss.

Latest T-72B3 and T-90 series uses french optics until our domestic T-99 Armata rolles out which will make anything in the west look like obsolete junk.


Universal Combat Platform T-99 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Audio]

Latest T-72B3 and T-90 series uses french optics until our domestic T-99 Armata rolles out which will make anything in the west look like obsolete junk.

Of course it will.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Latest T-72B3 and T-90 series uses french optics until our domestic T-99 Armata rolles out which will make anything in the west look like obsolete junk.

Universal Combat Platform T-99 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Any pic on you?

 

[Arzamas 16]

Of course it will.

hey Westerner remember this,

keep laughing, but we will have the last laugh that's a promise

Any pic on you?

If I did FSB would be at my door, everything about the tank is classified we will probably get leak of pic in a year or two.

 

[Echo_419]

Blurring the line between sports and warfare, the Russian army premiered a new sport – tank biathlon – and invited US crews to compete. Russian news agency Novosti reports. “We’ve invited our American colleagues to participate… and our invitation was accepted by US Secretary of Defense [Chuck] Hagel,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Saturday. Italy and Germany also agreed to send their teams to compete with Russian and US tank crews, Shoigu said, adding that the event will take place sometime next year.

Russia will host the world’s first ever tank biathlon championship next week. The country’s best tank crews will compete against each other at a firing range outside Moscow, the winners then taking on competitors from Armenia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan.

The new sport allows showcasing the quality of Russian tanks, comparing them against foreign analogues, Shoigu’s deputy Yury Borisov said Saturday.

Next week’s event, however, will be limited to T-72 tanks, the staple of post-Soviet militaries, Vedomosti business daily said Friday. The newspaper offered a preview of the new sport, covering a test competition held outside Moscow earlier this week. The event involved four tanks painted in bright colors – including yellow and pinkish red – which did three laps over rough terrain, shooting at targets shaped like tanks, houses and helicopters. The best time was 5:28.


Russia Challenges Tank Crews from the US, Europe to Compete in Armor Wargames - Defense Update - Military Technology & Defense News



Let the games begin

Good India must Also join this,we can also see how Arjuns compete with the Russian & US tanks
Lets see what the Russians & Americans have

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

If I did FSB would be at my door, everything about the tank is classified we will probably get leak of pic in a year or two.

Good one buddy

 

[LEGENDARY WARRIOR]

I wish the west accepts this Challenge! Will give the world an idea of Military superiority in terms of technology... Russia or US.

 

[ELTurco]

They should use real ammo and blow eachother up.

Off-topic: What are these red eyes for?