Myanmar Tatmadaw Tank Troop deservedly won the first prize in the Tank Biathlon (Tank Crews Competition) Division-2 of the International Army Games-2022 organized in the Russian Federation from 15 August.
Together with other teams from Syria, Laos, Iran, Tajikistan, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Armenia, and Mali at the Tank Biathlon (Tank Crews Competition) Division-2, the Myanmar tank troop took the driving record, fired three cartridges of 125 mm cannon, 15 cartridges of 12.7 mm surface to air machine gun and 15 cartridges of 7.62 mm mounted machine gun.
The crew-1 of the Myanmar tank troop set 27 min 43 sec of competition record, the crew-2 38 min 14 sec record and the crew-3 30 min 28 sec, totalling 1 hr 36 min 25 sec, hitting 14 of 15 targets. Therefore, Myanmar tank troop deservedly won the first prize among 11 contending troops.
Myanmar tank troop participated in the Tank Biathlon for fifth time including this year event of Tank Biathlon of the International Army Games-2022. Among 22 contending troops, Myanmar stood 16th position in 2018, the fifth in division-2 of 2019 among 11 troops, the fourth in the division-2 of 2020 among eight troops, and the third in the dividion-2 of 2021 among eight troops. The Myanmar troops could take competition experiences, technological experiences and friendly relations in the games of international military troops. In addition to, cadets of the Myanmar Armed Forces also participated in three of seven events in the 3rd CISM World Cadet Games, standing eighth among 20 country teams.
Moreover, troops of Myanmar Armed Forces are still competing in the Military Medical Relay Race (Medical Staff Competition) and the Sniper Frontier of the International Army Games-2022. A traditional cultural team representing the Myanmar Armed Forces is also participating in Army of Culture, a related competition.
Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar (22.8.2022)
- Myanmar Tatmadaw Tank Troop deservedly won the first prize in the Tank Biathlon (Tank Crews Competition) Division-2 of the International Army Games-2022.
- The Myanmar tank troop set 1 hr 36 min 25 sec of competition record and hit 14 of 15 targets. Therefore, Myanmar tank troop deservedly won the first prize among 11 contending troops.
- Cadets of the Myanmar Armed Forces also participated in three of seven events in the 3rd CISM World Cadet Games, standing eighth among 20 country teams.
- Moreover, troops of Myanmar Armed Forces are still competing in the Military Medical Relay Race (Medical Staff Competition) and the Sniper Frontier of the International Army Games-2022. A traditional cultural team representing the Myanmar Armed Forces is also participating in Army of Culture, a related competition.