Ukraine Now Training Women In Frontline Air Assault Units

Report by Suspilne Zhytomyr on the training of those mobilized in the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the 199th training center (military unit A2900) in Zhytomyr – the only one that trains personnel for the airborne assault forces. There is a simulator for working with Igla / Igla-1 MANPADS. Machine gunners as a training match have PKM, Italian MG 42/59, DShKM and M2HB. All shown infantry snipers (marksmen) are armed with semi-automatic rifles UAR-10 produced by the Ukrainian company Zbroyar (manufacturer's name-Z-10; under the standard NATO .308 Winchester), which replaced the SVD. In the frame, an armored personnel carrier-3 is riding. The deputy head of the training center said that basic combined-arms training lasts 30 days, after which training in the specialty is carried out from 7 to 14 days.