Tanker’s Day September 12 will be celebrated for the 75th time – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

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This holiday was established in 1946. Incredibly, on September 8 of the same year, a parade of the Guards Tank Kantemirovskaya Division took place in his honor on Red Square. As you know, parades in Moscow were held only on May 1 and November 7. An exception was made for tankers.

On September 11, 1944, the hardest East Carpathian operation ended – German troops and their allies were finally expelled from the territory of Moldova and Western Ukraine. Our armored units played the main role in the defeat of the still strong enough enemy. This day was chosen as the Day of the Tankman. From 1947 to 1980, it was celebrated on September 11th. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 1, 1980 “On Holidays and Memorable Days” the second Sunday of September was determined as the date of the holiday, which was reasonable. As a holiday, it has survived in the new Russia.

It is known that snipers are the strongest argument on the battlefield. Once I asked a special forces officer who had passed through Afghanistan, Chechnya, and then other “hot spots”: what is the best means in the fight against enemy snipers? The spetsnaz soldier, without hesitation, answered: tank! And he added that any column in Afghanistan, during our participation in the war “across the river”, was considered protected if tanks were involved in its protection.

Indeed, in tanks, especially modern ones, optics allow you to see the enemy, including snipers, for several kilometers. And destroy the enemy with the first shot.

Someone is trying to prove that the time of these armored “monsters” is over. But why, then, is “tank biathlon” the most popular competition in the international army games? Our vehicles have excellent protection against any anti-tank weapons. It all depends on the skill of the crew. And the skill of the Russian crews is confirmed by all the “tank biathlons” of recent years. Today, only in our country there are tanks of the third post-war generation T-14 “Armata”.

Few people know that Lunokhod-1 was designed and assembled by tank builders.

Only in our country they put rapid-fire 57 mm cannons on armored vehicles, which in some cases are more effective than the classic 125 mm. Only we have Terminator tank support vehicles, which have no analogues in the world.

Only the USA and Russia have tanks with gas turbine power plants. But our T-80BVMs are qualitatively superior to the American “Abrams”. They are lighter, more maneuverable, frontal multi-layer armor – half a meter in thickness, plus very good additional dynamic protection. And in a duel situation, the American has no chance of surviving.

Tanker Day will be celebrated in Russia brightly. Moreover, this day is superimposed on the 90th anniversary of the 38th NII BTVT – the main armored test site of the Russian army. And further. Few people know that Lunokhod-1 was designed and assembled by tank builders. And reliable as a tank, this device, controlled from the Earth, worked on the Moon without fail for almost a year – from November 17, 1970 to September 14, 1971.

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