OREANDA-NEWS. Since the beginning of the year, under a state defense order, over 100 KAMAZ vehicles of modern modifications have been delivered to formations and military units of the Southern Military District (SMD), another batch of 600 units is planned to be delivered to the SMD by the end of this year.

The military district is armed with multipurpose unified army all-wheel-drive KAMAZ vehicles of the Mustang line, bolster-type tractors KAMAZ-65225 designed for transportation of heavy armored equipment, as well as tactical vehicles of other Russian producers.

One of urgent problems of the Russian army is outdated machinery. Thus, more than 50% of the vehicle fleet of the Russian Armed Forces (as of February 2013) is vehicles older than 12, 14% is vehicles “at the age” of 6-12, and only 29% is vehicles younger than 6. According to Colonel General Aleksandr Galkin, Commander of the Southern Military District, formations and military units of the SMD were armed mainly with tactical vehicles made as far back as the Soviet Union times, and a share of modern vehicles didn’t exceed 10-15 percent. Now the situation is completely different. The Air Force and Air Defense Command of the Southern Military District started receiving new armament and military vehicles in 2009. Besides, a share of modern samples of vehicles in troops of the district (more than 40 percent for the present) continues growing. By the end of this year, it will have increased by 2-3 percent more.

It should be noted that KAMAZ is responsible not only for delivery of military vehicles, but also for their maintenance. Thus, the company’s partner – ZAO Remdiesel – offers services of a mobile team to execute works of engineering supervision of tactical vehicles in the field, support by marching, during a special period. Also, the mobile team maintains and services KAMAZ vehicles, and also replaces tires and other units. Besides, the team trains the personnel of the Armed Forces of the RF and renders backup services of KAMAZ vehicles.