Non-military people are unlikely to know that only those who are no taller than 1 meter 74 centimeters are taken into tankers. "The tank needs small but strong ones," the tankers themselves joke.

Otherwise, you can’t turn around in an armored car, and you can easily get stuck in the hatch. But those who really want to get into the tank troops sometimes go to the trick:
“When I entered the Tashkent tank school, I was 1 meter 76 centimeters tall,” recalls the deputy head of the 467th district training center, Colonel Alexander Bely, who served all his life in tank troops Oh. - But at the medical examination he managed to bend so cunningly that the doctors recorded 2 centimeters less - the maximum allowable value! True, then he grew up: But he fit in the tank, went through all the stages of his career - from the commander of a tank platoon to the commander of a tank regiment.
The 467th training center, parts of which are deployed in Kovrov, the Kovrov district and in Vladimir, trains drivers, gunners and tank commanders not only for the Moscow Military District, but for everyone ground forces Russia. Specialists are sent to the Volga and Ural districts, to Siberia and Far East. Today, cadets are trained on the most modern tanks, which are in service with the units of constant combat readiness of the Russian Armed Forces - T-80B, T-80UD and the latest, most powerful T-90.
Even on the eve professional holiday- Day of the tanker - at the tankodrome near the village of Ruchey, studies were in full swing. The column of the 2nd training tank battalion of the 522nd training Riga tank regiment was preparing for a hundred-kilometer march. This is a serious exam for cadets who have already studied for four months from the new young replenishment. A couple more months, and they will go to the troops, so consolidate their skills in field conditions just necessary.
Commander 5th training company Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Afonin is quite satisfied with the actions of his subordinates. There are 90 cadets and 8 sergeants in his company. Conscripts from the most different regions- from Kostroma to Krasnodar Territory. There are also our fellow countrymen from the Vladimir region. The current conscription is the first to have a service life of only one year. On the one hand, this has many advantages. The guys feel less detached from the usual and are psychologically more stable: a year - not two! And on the other hand, experts are scratching their heads: how to manage to turn yesterday's schoolchildren into professional military men? Modern tank- The machine is very complex. In a year, you will only master it to perfection. And here already.
However, the level of training in Kovrovsky training center the command highly appreciates. A characteristic detail: today more than 50% of graduates of the 467th educational center remain to serve under the contract! And in the army they are accepted, as they say, with open arms. A contractor who has passed serves at least three years. During this time, he becomes a true professional. Today, units of constant combat readiness (such, for example, were involved in South Ossetia) are completed only by contractors. The results have already made themselves felt.
Among the best cadets of the company of starley Afonin are Sergey Lagutin from the Krasnodar Territory and Alexander Segeda from Kovrov. Both were drafted into the army only last May, but already with a multi-ton armored hulk. What is clearly and demonstrated in practice.
The commander himself (he, by the way, comes from the Vyaznikovsky district) in his current position for the first year. After graduating from the Kazan Higher command school received a platoon. Now they entrusted the company. The forthcoming examinations of subordinates will at the same time be a good test of the company's skills.
“He commands well,” confirmed the commander of the 2nd training tank battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Yaroslav Gerasimovsky.
Gerasimovsky has been in the army for more than a quarter of a century. The experience is huge. There are three cadet companies in his battalion. Two of them train mechanics (this is the most sought-after military specialty), another one trains gunners-operators. If during the training of the first two companies, the roar of tank turbines is heard from the training ground, then the exercises of the third company are even noisier. During night firing in the houses of the Kovrovites, the windows tremble. Tank guns are not toys! On the basis of the battalion of Lieutenant Colonel Gerasimovsky, a whole company of contract soldiers seconded from other units is now undergoing retraining. This is evidence that the Kovrov tank in the army is quoted very highly.
Meanwhile, the tank column was preparing to advance. Ahead - command tank. It can be distinguished from afar by the tower turned forward. For the rest of the vehicles, the guns look back - it's easier to overcome obstacles on the march. A command is given on the radio, and, as it was sung in the old, but still relevant song, the tanks rushed forward,. They glided in the rain across the muddy field surprisingly easily, but at the same time, intimidatingly.
And the next day, the club hosted the traditional honoring of tankers - both now employees and veterans. The tankers were greeted by deputies of the Legislative Assembly and the Kovrov City Council, representatives of enterprises and public organizations. Gifts, certificates, flowers - everything, as usual. Only this time the speeches and greetings sounded with a little more pathos. After the recent events in the Caucasus, civilians have become better aware of the importance of the military to ensure the country's security, and the people in uniform have felt greater responsibility and pride for their belonging to an army that knows how to repel an aggressor. It was this idea that was voiced in the speech of the leader of the Kovrov party, Viktor Kaurov.
The chairman of the regional AP, Anatoly Bobrov, the former deputy commander of the OTC, presented the award watch to the head of the center, Colonel Vladimir Markov. And one of the veterans caused a revival by telling how their tanks helped to carry out half a century ago: the election campaign in Hungary! Thanks to such a serious then the communists won there. Some of those present expressed the hope that today tanks will not be a political tool, as during the reign of the CPSU.

Instruction

Currently, Russian citizens have the right to military service under contract. Contract service reflects the need of the state to create a strong professional army and fundamentally affects the entire military organization states. What is required to become a contractor?

Instruction

Entering the military service undergoes a medical examination, which determines the suitability for the health service. For a positive decision, a medical examination must recognize a citizen fit for military service or fit for service with minor limitations.

Mandatory for the conclusion of the contract will be the fulfillment of the requirements for the educational level, for the level vocational training, according to psychological and moral character as well as physical fitness. Compliance of citizens with the established requirements checks certifying commission military unit.

There are the following types of contracts: on service in the personnel of the Armed Forces and federal bodies, on service in the personnel of a specific unit, on service in a specific position of the corresponding military unit.

Refusal to conclude a contract may follow in the absence of a specific vacant position in the military unit, if the citizen does not meet the requirements for applicants to the military service By contract, as well as with an unexpunged or outstanding conviction. Another ground for refusal is the presence of a child under the age of eight years.

The law provides for the possibility of early termination of the contract with the consent of the parties that signed it. The reasons for such termination may be the state of health, changes in the staff structure, respectful personal ones.

Sources:

  • The entry of citizens into military service under the contract

You can become a soldier by calling, or by profession. The main thing is to have a great desire and know in advance what documents you need to have with you and what tests await on the way to this difficult and responsible business - admission to service By contract .

You will need

  • - passport;
  • - Questionnaire entering the military service under the contract;
  • - a free-form handwritten autobiography;
  • - certified copies of education documents;
  • - Certified copies of marriage and birth certificates;
  • - a certified copy of the work book;
  • - photograph 9x12cm;
  • - a copy of the birth certificate;
  • - performance characteristics from the last place of work or study;
  • - extract from the house book.

Instruction

Apply and submit all relevant military service documents contract to the military commissariat in which you are registered.

If you pass the first stage of selection, you will be sent for a medical examination, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Art. thirty federal law"ABOUT military service and military service", "for military service By contract a citizen deemed fit for military service or fit for military service with minor restrictions may be accepted.

After that, pass a professional psychological examination, as a result of which you will be assigned to one of four categories. The first and second categories give an almost one hundred percent probability of entering the military service By contract, if you were assigned to the third category, then the probability is small, the fourth category is assigned only to those who under no circumstances can be accepted into the military service.

Then pass an educational, physical, and vocational qualification test.

Wait for an answer on your question from the commission of military commissariats for the selection of candidates entering the military service By contract.

If you are denied admission to service By contract, you have the right to appeal this decision to a higher authority, prosecutor's office or court.

If you are accepted, you will be required to serve three months on probation, after which you will be deemed to have passed the probation and be able to continue military service. service.

note

In order to enter the military under the contract, you must be between 18 and 40 years old.
The first contract for military service under the contract is for a period of three years.
The decision to extend or terminate your military service contract is made by the commander of the military unit no later than three months before the expiration of the current contract.

Helpful advice

At your request, you must be given a copy of the decision of the selection committee within three days from the date of the decision.

Sources:

  • how to apply for a contract

folk wisdom“houses and walls help” is especially relevant for conscripts. Of course, it is more convenient to serve in units that are closer to your home. But the principle of extraterritoriality of the Russian Army does not always leave young men in their native lands. Although there are some exceptions to the rule.

Instruction

Prepare a package of documents for submission to the military commandant's office. According to the current legislation, the commissariat may decide to call up a serviceman to the nearest military units in exceptional cases. For example, if a conscript is married and has a young child, then he can be left to serve in his native city. In this case, you must independently present the original and a copy of the certificate of marriage and the birth of a child to the commandant's office or documents replacing them (certificates from the registry office). To date, it is this argument that is the most convincing for the staff of the commandant's office in the matter of sending recruits to local military units.

Inform the draft board that you have elderly parents, pensioners or other family members who are dependent on you. In this case, you will need to document that you are the main breadwinner in the family, and that your parents regularly need your care for health reasons and do not work. Take a certificate from the place of work, a certificate of receipt of a subsidy (in the event that the family uses state benefits), copies of the parents' pension certificates. In some cases, you will also be asked to verbally prove or explain what care is and how you provided it prior to being called.

Apply to the employer for a petition to the military commissariat if at the time of the call you are employed in local governments: the municipality, regional administration, local parliaments, etc. At the request of local authorities, the commissariat may make concessions, however the last word will be for the army leadership.

State your preferences to members of the commission during its passage. Ask to record that you would like to serve in a particular unit or in certain troops. As a rule, members of the commission take into account the wishes of the recruit, and if, for health reasons and other criteria, the young man is fit to serve in this unit, then the commission has nothing against meeting the recruit halfway.

When young people reach a certain age, they receive a summons to the military registration and enlistment office and go through a special medical commission. If the guy is fit for military service, he becomes a conscript and goes to serve in the army.

Russia is very large and extremely unevenly populated, which means that serving on a territorial basis is impossible. Although for last years it became clear that military registration and enlistment offices do not send conscripts far from their homeland for no apparent reason and without extreme necessity. Looking from an economic point of view, for the state territorial principle service is much more profitable than financial compensation soldier for moving and keeping on the road. And psychologists have long proved that for the soldiers themselves, service in hometown or the nearby area is the most comfortable and peaceful.

Today, contract service gives the younger generation guaranteed stability in modern life. After all, in addition to a good income, military service also means many different benefits and privileges, such as free medical service, free travel in transport and the possibility of obtaining housing.

Instruction

To start young man who decided to connect his life with the army, you need to decide - where to?
Now great amount options are offered potential. As for the place of military service, you can serve in the Kaliningrad, Moscow, Murmansk, Leningrad regions. These are the most options. That is, having come, a potential contractor himself chooses a place for service. If we talk about the type of troops, the future will also have to make a choice, however, the final decision on this issue remains with the military registration and enlistment office, which is made on the basis of a personal file and a medical commission. If a person wishing to serve is in poor health, has a criminal record, or has a bad reference from a previous job, he is denied the opportunity to start the service. Even girls are not denied military service, because such specialists as telegraph operators and nurses are always required.

In addition to the above places of military service, some young people prefer to choose Siberia. It is quite popular contract service in Seversk. Young people serving there have a stable income, living allowances and many other benefits.

In addition to the territorial issue, young people who are going to serve under the contract will have to choose the type of troops. This decision is made depending on personal qualities, preferences and health status.

The first contract is for three years. Then the serviceman himself can choose the term and conditions for further service. Wage contractors significantly exceeds the average size on the territory of our country. Thus, contract service is not only interesting, but also sufficient, and everyone decides for himself whether to work in the civilian field or choose the path of contract service with all its pluses and minuses. In recent years, the salaries of contractors have grown one and a half times, and this is far from the limit. After all, for great country a motivated army is needed. And the government is doing everything possible efforts to make life worth living.

Service in the army is important point in the lives of many conscripts. One day it's time to pay back to the motherland. For many young people, this means stepping into a frightening unknown. Many soldiers want to serve close to home, they feel more comfortable and calmer in such conditions.

Instruction

Russian army completely cannot switch to the territorial principle of service, because the country is very large. In addition, the number of young soldiers of military age is not evenly distributed. The place of passage also depends on the type of troops.

In recent years, military registration and enlistment offices have been trying, unnecessarily, not to tear conscripts away from their small homeland. And the army itself is beneficial. Don't have to spend cash to send a soldier, for example, from the Moscow region to the Far East.

Most likely, the place where the fighter will serve will be determined by the military registration and enlistment office. However, it is important to remember that the opinion of the conscript about where he would like to serve has great importance. In addition to army officers and doctors, psychologists also work with the future defender of the Fatherland. Therefore, all wishes regarding the place of service will undoubtedly be heard and taken into account.

In addition, when choosing troops in the military registration and enlistment office, they will definitely take into account the physical training of the young soldier and, of course, the specialty, if any. After all, it is physical strength military personnel plays important role in improving combat capability military units. This approach contributes to the humanization of the army.

No need to fear that straight from the regional collection point the conscript will be sent to some " hot spot". No officer will ever send an untrained fighter into real combat conditions. Doing so is strictly prohibited. And anti-terrorist operations, as a rule, are carried out by special army units, which include contract soldiers (contract service).

Young fighters are usually sent to serve all over Russia. But still, most of the recruits are sent to serve in the Central Military District. Thus, they can be sent anywhere: near Khabarovsk, Arzamas or even Siberia. Who cares.

There is a whole list of types of troops. They call for them, based on the totality of the desires of the conscript, his state of health and the needs of certain types of troops in new soldiers.

Instruction

Tank types of troops. They are the main force in the conduct of hostilities. It is they who play a decisive role in attacking, resisting and defending against the enemy side.

Air Force. These include aviation, anti-aircraft missile and radio engineering troops. Aviation provides territories from the air. There are 4 types of it: long-range - hits all the important objects of the enemy; military - is engaged in the transfer of troops with equipment; front and army. When called here by young men vestibular apparatus And cardiovascular system.

Radio technical types are designed to detect enemy mines and various devices. All who have a strong nervous system.

Navy. This includes the kind: underwater, surface, coastal services. Underwater is designed to attack submarine forces and enemy devices. Swimmers with excellent physical and mental characteristics are called here.

Surface army. Carries out the destruction of ships and ground structures. Conscripts must have the flexibility and dexterity to quickly climb onto the enemy side.

Coastal. Provides protection of the population, as well as the defense of ground facilities from enemy attacks from the water. Young men with excellent hearing and vision are called. Conscripts with mild degrees of illness that are not an obstacle to service in can also serve in this kind of troops.

Non-military people are unlikely to know that only those who are no taller than 1 meter 74 centimeters are taken into tankers. "The tank needs small but strong ones," the tankers themselves joke.

Otherwise, you can’t turn around in an armored car, and you can easily get stuck in the hatch. But those who really want to get into the tank troops sometimes go to the trick:
“When I entered the Tashkent tank school, I was 1 meter 76 centimeters tall,” recalls the deputy head of the 467th district training center, Colonel Alexander Bely, who served all his life in tank troops. - But at the medical examination he managed to bend so cunningly that the doctors recorded 2 centimeters less - the maximum allowable value! True, then he grew up: But he fit in the tank, went through all the stages of his career - from the commander of a tank platoon to the commander of a tank regiment.
The 467th training center, parts of which are deployed in Kovrov, the Kovrovsky district and in Vladimir, trains drivers, gunners and tank commanders not only for the Moscow Military District, but for all Russian ground forces. Specialists are sent to the Volga and Ural districts, to Siberia and the Far East. Today, cadets are trained on the most modern tanks, which are in service with the units of constant combat readiness of the Russian Armed Forces - T-80B, T-80UD and the latest, most powerful T-90.
Even on the eve of the professional holiday - Tankman's Day - at the tankodrome near the village of Ruchey, studies were in full swing. The column of the 2nd training tank battalion of the 522nd training Riga tank regiment was preparing for a hundred-kilometer march. This is a serious exam for cadets from the new young recruits who have already studied for four months. A couple more months, and they will go to the troops, so it is simply necessary to consolidate the acquired skills in the field.
The commander of the 5th training company, senior lieutenant Dmitry Afonin, is completely satisfied with the actions of his subordinates. There are 90 cadets and 8 sergeants in his company. Conscripts from various regions - from Kostroma to the Krasnodar Territory. There are also our fellow countrymen from the Vladimir region. The current conscription is the first to have a service life of only one year. On the one hand, this has many advantages. The guys feel less detached from the usual and are psychologically more stable: a year - not two! And on the other hand, experts are scratching their heads: how to manage to turn yesterday's schoolchildren into professional military men? A modern tank is a very complex machine. In a year, you will only master it to perfection. And here already.
Nevertheless, the level of training in the Kovrov training center is highly appreciated by the command. A characteristic detail: today more than 50% of graduates of the 467th educational center remain to serve under the contract! And in the army they are accepted, as they say, with open arms. A contractor who has passed serves at least three years. During this time, he becomes a true professional. Today, units of constant combat readiness (such, for example, were involved in South Ossetia) are equipped only with contract soldiers. The results have already made themselves felt.
Among the best cadets of the company of starley Afonin are Sergey Lagutin from the Krasnodar Territory and Alexander Segeda from Kovrov. Both were drafted into the army only last May, but already with a multi-ton armored hulk. What is clearly and demonstrated in practice.
The commander himself (he, by the way, comes from the Vyaznikovsky district) in his current position for the first year. After graduating from the Kazan Higher Command School, he received a platoon. Now they entrusted the company. The forthcoming examinations of subordinates will at the same time be a good test of the company's skills.
“He commands well,” confirmed the commander of the 2nd training tank battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Yaroslav Gerasimovsky.
Gerasimovsky has been in the army for more than a quarter of a century. The experience is huge. There are three cadet companies in his battalion. Two of them train mechanics (this is the most sought-after military specialty), another one trains gunners-operators. If during the training of the first two companies, the roar of tank turbines is heard from the training ground, then the exercises of the third company are even noisier. During night firing in the houses of the Kovrovites, the windows tremble. Tank guns are not toys! On the basis of the battalion of Lieutenant Colonel Gerasimovsky, a whole company of contract soldiers seconded from other units is now undergoing retraining. This is evidence that the Kovrov tank in the army is quoted very highly.
Meanwhile, the tank column was preparing to advance. Ahead is the commander's tank. It can be distinguished from afar by the tower turned forward. For the rest of the vehicles, the guns look back - it's easier to overcome obstacles on the march. A command is given on the radio, and, as it was sung in the old, but still relevant song, the tanks rushed forward,. They glided in the rain across the muddy field surprisingly easily, but at the same time, intimidatingly.
And the next day, the club hosted the traditional honoring of tankers - both now employees and veterans. The tankers were greeted by deputies of the Legislative Assembly and the Kovrov City Council, representatives of enterprises and public organizations. Gifts, certificates, flowers - everything, as usual. Only this time the speeches and greetings sounded with a little more pathos. After the recent events in the Caucasus, civilians have become better aware of the importance of the military to ensure the country's security, and the people in uniform have felt greater responsibility and pride for their belonging to an army that knows how to repel an aggressor. It was this idea that was voiced in the speech of the leader of the Kovrov party, Viktor Kaurov.
The chairman of the regional AP, Anatoly Bobrov, the former deputy commander of the OTC, presented the award watch to the head of the center, Colonel Vladimir Markov. And one of the veterans caused a revival by telling how their tanks helped to carry out half a century ago: the election campaign in Hungary! Thanks to such a serious then the communists won there. Some of those present expressed the hope that today tanks will not be a political tool, as during the reign of the CPSU.

It's a little silly to divide the types of troops into prestigious and non-prestigious. After all, each of them plays an irreplaceable role on the battlefield. For example, without a landing force it is very difficult to effectively "work" behind enemy lines, and without heavy armored vehicles it is difficult to imagine an effective breakthrough of positional defense.

However, some types of troops are considered more "elite". As for the tank ones, they are located somewhere in the middle of this conditional hierarchy. Although service in is a very difficult and responsible occupation.

Features of service in the Tank Forces

To understand how difficult it is, let's first take a look at what a modern tank is. This is not just an armored vehicle on tracks, armed with a powerful weapon. A modern tank is a complex system that includes a large number of interconnected equipment and weapons.

So, for example, for the correct operation of the ATGM, 2 people are needed, for firing from 122-mm - 6 people. A few more people are required in order to control machine guns of various calibers. However, the crew of the tank is only 3 people. And all these weapons have to be controlled only by them. Do not forget that the tank has a lot of other equipment that requires an operator.

Now let's talk about preparing the tank for battle. The crew does the same. Checking and preparing guns, loading ammunition, even refueling the vehicle with fuel falls entirely on the shoulders of tankers. So when asking the question “how to get into the Tank Forces”, you must understand what hard work it is. Here you are at World of Tanks.

Separately, I would like to talk about driving a tank. A tank driver is not just a person who sits at the levers and watches the "road". He also needs to know the tank’s structure perfectly so that, if necessary, fix the breakdown on the spot (perhaps even in combat conditions).

Of course, only a small malfunction can be eliminated, but for this you need to know and be able to do a lot. Also, do not forget that the tank is not a brand new Lexus. The driver has to cope with a large multi-ton machine. And to do this not on the autobahn, but often in areas where, in principle, nothing will pass except for the tank.

This must be done in a coordinated manner. order of battle. Plus, you need to drive the car so that you can accurately shoot from the main gun. That is, just "the trigger to the floor and drove" - ​​this is not about tankers.

Another very important factor is the interchangeability of crew members. That is, if necessary, the driver must be able to accurately fire from the gun, and the gunner must take control. The commander must be able to do both. As you understand, to get all this knowledge, you need to spend a lot of time and effort. Do not think that service in the Tank Forces is one continuous ride on a tank and shooting in all directions until you get bored.

Problems of the Russian Tank Forces

We will not consider all the troubles that we face, but we will only talk about the most “sore” place - personnel. Unfortunately, this problem cannot be completely solved since the times of the Great Patriotic War. Then, during Battle of Kursk, a number of mistakes were made, due to which the losses were clearly overestimated.

After careful investigation, it turned out that many of the drivers spent the entire battle in low gears. That is, they simply did not dare to switch to higher gears, because they were simply afraid not to cope with the control of their car. It was then that the question of more thorough training of personnel became before the military leadership.

After all, the professionalism of the crew can increase the efficiency of the tank by 2 times. So, for example, during the same Great Patriotic War, Russian tankers managed to knock out Tigers and Panthers that were superior in firepower and armor to the T-34. As they say: "sleight of hand and no fraud."

But, as often happens, the management approached the increase in professionalism a bit strangely tank crew. In this, service in the Tank Forces differed little from service in other troops. So, for example, Soviet driver-mechanics were trained according to a 5-month program for which 250 km rolled back.

Despite the fact that the “green” guys came to the service (often even without really knowing the Russian language) and they were entrusted with the most complicated equipment at that time. Needless to say, it is difficult to learn how to drive such a colossus professionally, and even in combat conditions, to put it mildly?

So when they entered the combat units, the guys had to finish their education on the spot in the literal sense of the word. Here, by the way, they didn’t give enough “ride” either - only 300 km a year. For comparison, potential opponents of the USSR of that time (NATO countries) allowed their tankers to "rewind" 600-800 km per year.

It was also important that the foreign service under the contract in the Tank Forces was very different from the domestic fixed-term service. As you know, conscripts served 2 years, while the same american tankers signed a contract for 3-5 years.

As a result, the same driver-mechanics ended their service with at least 1800 km. These are the features of a professional army. IN Lately and in Russia a number of measures are being taken to transfer the Armed Forces to professional basis. But this is a long process.

In justification for domestic tankers, we can say that at that time the number of tanks alone in the USSR exceeded 50,000 vehicles. And for the maintenance and training of crews for this whole armada, a lot of money is needed.

Soviet tank troops were quite well trained and more numerous when compared with the same America. If the land battles of a potential war were held in the spirit of classical tank battles, then the advantage would be on the side of the USSR.

How to get into the Tank troops

To get into the Tank Forces, you must, first of all, be prepared for enormous difficulties. Please note that tanks computer games and tanks in reality are two completely different things. require considerable physical training. You need to mentally tune in to the constant carrying of heavy weights. Besides, fighting machine This is not a massage chair in a spa. If you are under 2 meters tall, you can immediately forget about TV. You just won't fit in a tank. The height restrictions are as follows: 150-175 cm. Of course, in practice, many tankers were above the established threshold.