Shown underwater driving of Russian tanks

The training center of the Central Military District (CMD) showed how cadets mastered the underwater driving of tanks.

The exercises took place at the Elansky training ground in the Sverdlovsk region.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes that the crewsThey dived to a depth of up to four meters and crossed a body of water about 200 meters wide. The driver mechanics could not navigate visually, so they controlled the tanks using instruments - gyro-semi-compasses.

The cadets also worked out the evacuation of personnel and equipment in the event of a tank sinking.

Representative of the junior training centerCentral Military District specialists said that cadets first perform training exercises on land, then engage in diving training in the simulator complex, and only then receive permission to practice in a natural body of water.

Trained cadets will serve as junior specialists in the tank forces.