Over 130 weapon systems to roll through Red Square during Victory Parade

MOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. Russia’s Defense Ministry has set a procedure for the mechanized column, aircraft and helicopters to take part in the Victory Parade on Moscow’s Red Square on May 9 to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. "Over 130 wheeled and tracked vehicles will pass through Red Square while the parade’s air component will be represented by 74 aircraft," the ministry said in a statement. Traditionally, the Soviet legendary T-34 tank, the Victory’s armored symbol, will lead the mechanized column during the parade. Next in the formation will be Tigr-M light armored vehicles, including those with the Arbalet combat module, Tigr vehicles with the Kornet-D anti-tank system, and also the Taifun-K armor. BTR-82A armored personnel carriers will follow Taifun vehicles, after which the most advanced tracked armor - the Kurganets and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, Armata tanks and tank support combat vehicles - will roll through Red Square. The air defense troops’ combat hardware will include Tor-M2 and Buk-M2 surface-to-air missile systems, Pantsyr-S anti-aircraft missile/gun complexes and S-400 missile launching vehicles. The spectators will also see modernized T-72B3 tanks, the Airborne Force’s new armor represented by BMD-4M airborne assault vehicles and BTR-MDM armored personnel carriers, and also Msta-S self-propelled artillery guns, self-propelled launchers of the Iskander tactical missile system, Smerch multiple launch rocket systems, Bumerang armored personnel carriers and autonomous launch vehicles of the Yars strategic road-mobile missile system. The mechanized column will also feature Taifun-U and Taifun-K armored vehicles of Russia’s military police and Tigr, Patrul and Ural armored vehicles of the country’s National Guard. Read more