Brigade 162, Region 4 of the Navy has selected officers and soldiers with good health, strong professional qualifications and suitable abilities to join the team of corvettes 015 Tran Hung Dao and 016 Quang Trung to compete at the Festival.
The brigade developed a separate operating schedule and training lesson plan for ships 015 and 016 in accordance with the regulations of the sports festival, and coordinated with units so that the two ship crews could practice in the practice and simulation training center.
In the first time participating in the Army Games, the crew of guard ships 015 Tran Hung Dao and 016 Quang Trung will compete in the `sea CUP` with 4 contents including maritime skills (maneuvering and securing ships with anchors, tying
Theoretical training for ship artillery competition crews.
In addition to implementing the competition training plan, team members also practice physical strength, improving endurance and flexibility.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Army Games 2021 will have 34 racing events taking place at sports fields in many different countries.
The Vietnam People’s Army last year sent athletes to participate in 11 out of 31 competition events within the framework of the Army Games 2020 military sports festival and the `Friendship without Borders` Ethnic Cultural Festival organized by Russia.
015 Tran Hung Dao and 016 Quang Trung are two Project 11661E `Gepard` missile defense ships that have been put into service with Brigade 162 since February 2018.
Ship 016 Quang Trung participated in the naval parade in Russia in 2019. Photo: VL.ru.
Vietnam’s Gepard-class corvette is applied with many stealth technologies, combining angular hulls and radar-absorbing paint, to minimize the radar reflection area before enemy reconnaissance systems.
The main weapons of the Gepard 3.9 class missile corvette are eight 3M24E anti-ship missiles with a range of 130 km, a 76.2 mm AK-176MA naval gun, a Palma anti-aircraft artillery and missile complex,
