Training to Master the "Steel Warriors"

05 Agustus 2021

Tank detachment of the 206th Armored Brigade (Military Zone 4) with PT-76 tanks (photos : QDND)

QDND - We went to the training range of the 206th Armored Brigade (Military Zone 4) one day at the end of July. At the beginning of the morning, the sun in the western part of Nghe was already blazing, the heat rising up. However, on the training ground, members of the crew were still enthusiastically training in general shooting of obstacles day and night in mountainous terrain. After the succinct command: "Get into the battle vehicle", the crews quickly returned to their positions with skillful and precise movements. The tanks are like mighty "steel warriors" crossing the hills, spillways, ravines...

The impressive image when the tank is maneuvered reminds me of the times when officers and soldiers of the unit participated in the exercises in the provincial defense area of ​​Military Region 4. Those were real combat situations. tanks lead infantry assaults with live ammunition. In the dark conditions, the area is wide, the road is difficult to maneuver, but the actions of the crews are very rhythmic, on each nose, each direction of fire is almost absolutely accurate.

As the man who always stood by the army in many drills, Colonel Le Huu Thanh, commander of the 206th Armored Tank Brigade Brigade, proudly said: “The peculiarity of the tank detachment is to fight in the conditions of the war. The battle is complicated, fierce, fast, the field of vision, the space in the cockpit is tight, but the tank must maneuver quickly, coordinate and coordinate closely with the forces. Therefore, we are well trained in maneuvers and combat plans in all terrain and weather conditions. Due to good training, the brigade's tank fire efficiency in recent drills has always been excellent."

According to Mr. Thanh, the element of coordination and synergies in training and combat is very important. Thanks to that, even when situations arise, such as: The vehicle is bogged down, the chain is broken while leading the infantry to attack and destroy the target; The cannon on the vehicle was jammed... the detachments still actively managed to overcome it. The brigade determined that, in each combat crew, each person was not only good at their own expertise but also had to master the work of others in order to work together; Detachment commanders are not only good at tank combat techniques and tactics, but also have to understand and grasp the technical principles and tactics of fighting infantry and other troops and troops. Therefore, before the drills, the brigade always strengthens supplementary training to synthesize the contents of army synergies for officers and soldiers, ensuring that the unit successfully completes all assigned tasks.

Research, I also know, at the Sports Festival "Good Tank Crew" of the entire army armored force in 2021 just held, the brigade has excellently won the first prize of the whole group. To get that result, the unit has increased training to shoot at long distances, to shoot at night, to train in the use of night vision equipment, in conditions of stopping the vehicle, to conduct firing; practice basic and segmented driving lessons on complex, realistic winding terrain, with a length of 4 to 5km, in conditions of limited driver visibility. Captain Tran Ngoc Hien, the tank crew leader who has just won the first prize at the sports festival, stated his experience: "In order to train well the technical and tactical contents, we pay special attention to training the soldiers with flexible health, thereby mastering the equipment and guns on the vehicle, meeting the requirements of the combined shooting test".

With achievements in training, competitions, and sports festivals, in recent years, the 206th Armored Brigade has always been one of the leading units in the Emulation Movement of the Armed Forces of Military Region 4. The unit has been awarded the flag of a good training unit by the Ministry of Defense for many years; The Armored Corps presented the flag of the Unit that successfully completed the training mission and was ready to fight in the 2016-2020 period.

(QDND)