MOSCOW, August 8 (AVN) - A command post exercise of the 76th airborne division headquartered in Pskov will start on Wednesday, a spokesman for the airborne troops headquarters told the Military News Agency on Wednesday.
The headquarters and command of the paratrooper division's regiments will take part in the three-day exercise. Servicemen are to train operational and combat readiness of the division. In particular, they will practise organisation of control and interaction of the division staff with the paratrooper regiments acting independently as regimental tactical groups in the manoeuvre enemy rear. The participants of the exercise will practise standards on preparation of combat equipment and ammunition, airborne fighting vehicles, Nona self-propelled artillery system for airdrop from IL-76 Candid planes. Practical airdrop of combat equipment and reactive systems will not be carried out.