The train carrying the Type-96 MBTs arrived in Russia on Tuesday and was met by Russian representatives, who were there to ensure the passage of customs and sanitary procedures, Defence-Blog reported. The International Army Games will also overlap with the annual Army International Military Forum, Russia’s largest military arms trade show. “This year, the competition will be held in eleven countries.”Īlgeria, Vietnam, Qatar, and Serbia are hosting some of the events for the first time, while China will also host three events in its Korla, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. “From August 22 to September 4, more than 280 teams from 42 countries will demonstrate their combat skills and determination to win,” said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday. The event, which is organized by the Ministry of Defense of Russia (MoD), was first staged in August 2015 and each year it continues to grow in size – and is no longer limited to Russia.

The eyes of the world may be on Tokyo for the currently ongoing 2020 Olympic Games, which were delayed a year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but later this month military forces from around the globe will head to Russia and ten partner states to take part in the annual war games. In fact, they actually rolled in on trains with other large amounts of Chinese military hardware from the 75th Group Army of the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) to take part in the upcoming International Army Games 2021. Several Chinese Type-96 main battle tanks (MBT) rolled into Russia this week – and they weren’t part of an invasion force.

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