MOSCOW, June 24. /TASS/. The military parade devoted to the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War was held on Moscow’s Red Square.
"Attention, this is Moscow speaking and showing. Listen to and watch Red Square. The Victory Parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War!" the speaker announced opening the event. These words traditionally begin military parades in Russia in honor of the victory over Nazi Germany.
The banner-carrying group of the guard of honor battalion of the Preobrazhensky Regiment brought the Russian flag and the legendary Victory Banner, which had been hoisted over the Reichstag by the combatants of the 150th Idritsa division in 1945, to Moscow’s Red Square.
The parade was being reviewed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, war veterans and guests.
WWII and latest military hardware rolling through Red Square
The legendary Soviet T-34 tanks and SU-100 self-propelled artillery guns rolled through Moscow’s Red Square along with the latest weapon systems at the military parade devoted to the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.
Twenty-four groups of military hardware that included 200 latest and 18 historical combat vehicles passed in a parade procession through Moscow’s Red Square. The mechanized column's procession was opened by 11 legendary T-34-85 tanks, followed by seven SU-100 self-propelled artillery guns.
The modern armor at Moscow’s military parade was represented by Tigr-M and Taifun armored vehicles with various armament, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, BMPT ‘Terminator’ tank support combat vehicles, T-72B3, T-14 ‘Amata’ tanks, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, and also by BMD-4M airborne assault vehicles and BTR-MDM ‘Rakushka’ air-droppable armored personnel carriers.
The armor was followed by the heavily upgraded Msta-SM self-propelled artillery guns, the latest Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled artillery systems, Iskander-M tactical missile systems and TOS-1A ‘Solntsepyok’ heavy flamethrowers. The spectators could also see three Yars mobile intercontinental ballistic missile systems.
The mechanized column also included Pantsyr-S1 surface-to-air missile/gun systems and their Arctic Pantsyr-SA versions, S-400 anti-aircraft missile launchers and Tor-M2 air defense missile complexes.
Latest weapon systems unveiled at Moscow’s Victory Parade
Along with the well-known combat vehicles, about 20 latest weapon systems rolled through Moscow’s Red Square during the military parade. Some of them were never demonstrated to the public before. Specifically, Russia demonstrated for the first time TOS-2 ‘Tosochka’ heavy flamethrowers, ISDM remote mine-clearing vehicles, Kurganets-25 infantry fighting vehicles with a combat module and a 57mm gun and upgraded Pantsyr-S1M surface-to-air missile/gun systems with small-size anti-drone missiles.
For the first time ever, heavily upgraded T-90M and T-80BVM tanks, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles with the Berezhok combat module, Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems, Bal coastal defense missile launchers, Taifun-K 4x4 and Taifun-VDV armored vehicles with remotely controlled combat modules, Armata infantry fighting vehicles with the Kinzhal combat module, Derivatsiya-PVO anti-aircraft artillery systems, Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile systems and also S-350 ‘Vityaz’ battlefield air defense complexes and S-300V4 surface-to-air missile launchers took part in the military parade on Moscow’s Red Square.
The mechanized column also featured Tigr-M and Taifun-K military police armored vehicles that are currently being used by Russian patrols in Syria. The National Guard’s hardware was represented by Patrul and Ural wheeled armored vehicles and also by Tigr special armored vehicles.
The latest Bumerang armored personnel carriers with the banners of all the military branches of the Russian Armed Forces concluded the mechanized column’s procession at the Victory Parade on Moscow’s Red Square.
New date for the parade
Russia postponed its military parade traditionally held on Moscow’s Red Square on May 9 for a later date due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At a video conference with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on May 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the anticipated Victory Parade would be held on Moscow’s Red Square on June 24.
The head of state explained he had chosen this date because June 24 was the day when in 1945 the legendary historic parade of victors took place, when soldiers, who fought for Moscow and defended Leningrad, who stood their ground for Stalingrad, liberated Europe and stormed Berlin, marched on Red Square.
The Russian president instructed the defense chief to make sure that there weren’t any risks to the health of the military parade’s participants.
Source: TASS
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