“For the first time, the consolidated units of the Igla-S MANPADS of Russia and Egypt conditionally destroyed helicopter fire support helicopters of the ground forces at the joint Arrow of Friendship-2019 exercises,” RIA Novosti reports.
According to the legend of the exercises, the tank units of the Egyptian group march to the specified area in order to conduct a counterattack and restore the situation along the front line.
According to intelligence, conditional enemy helicopters were supposed to attack the ground group from the flank. In order to “destroy” them, one of the units was assigned to act in an ambush, for which he made a march to the specified area.
“As part of the tank unit involved a platoon of MANPADS Igla-S. The anti-aircraft gunners located on high-pass pickup trucks fulfill the tasks of covering from air strikes, ”said Lieutenant Colonel Roman Depelyan, commander of the anti-aircraft division.
Earlier it was reported that Russia and Egypt for the first time combined the national combat calculations of air defense during the international exercise “Arrow of Friendship 2019” into a single structure.