Sunday 6 November 2016

Military parade in Turkmenistan to celebrate 25° aniversary of independence

Last 27th October Turkmenistan celebrated 25 years of independence. Maybe you find surprising that certain republics celebrate their day in August and others later on. This is explained by the August 1991 coup in Moscow. Some republics like Ukraine proclaimed independence soon after, others waited a few months. 

A parade celebrating the event was organised in Ashgabat, the capital. It was possible to see much of the equipment that the Armed Forces deploy. Nowadays an interesting combination of Western, Russian Ukrainian, Turkish and Chinese systems are used. Soldiers used Berettas ARX160, which do not match very well with the classic uniforms. A video of the ceremony can be found in youtube (link). 


Specially adapted Mercedes, similar to the Popemobile

Army members.
  
Air Force members.
 
Sailors.

  Ajban-440A.

PMV Survivor II 4x4. 

Israelí Combat Guard vehicle, it reminds me of a Batmobile

 T-72UMG. 

T-90SA.

BMP-1M, upgraded with Ukrainian module Shkval.

BTR-80A.

BTR-80M upgraded with Ukrainian module Grom.

SAM FM-90, originally based on Crotale.

 Kirpi vehicle.

BM-21A "Grad-1A".

RM-70 rocket launcher (Czech Republic).

Smerch rockets mounted on a Tata chassis.

Lavochkin La-17.

UAV Orbiter-2.

S-125-2M Pechora-2M. 

S-200 Vega.

WJ-600AD.

Mi-24P 

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