Russian troops received a new batch of modernized BMP-1 “Basurmanin’ The vehicles improved their combat capabilities and became more mobile both on land and in water. In January, another batch of new models of military equipment - T-72B3M tanks - entered service with the Vostok group of troops.
The vehicles passed all types of tests, and each infantry fighting vehicle fired at least 70 shots from a 30-mm cannon in different modes and at least 150 shots from machine gun.