Russian military police in Syria conducted training with their Syrian colleagues on a special obstacle course in Aleppo province in the immediate vicinity of the Idlib de-escalation zone. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Friday, December 3.
On the obstacle course, they were supposed to spill red paint and scatter stuffed animals depicting the killed – in this way they usually check the psychological stability of the soldiers. But on the strip in the village of Maseran, a real enemy is already very close, so it makes no sense to artificially create thrills for the fighters.
They tried to recreate the clash itself with maximum reliability. Thus, conventional militants shout menacingly and blow up TNT bombs. The strip is shrouded in black smoke from burning tires. Moreover, they shoot exclusively with live ammunition and even real explosives are used. This is all in order to break through the psychological barrier so that the soldier on the real battlefield no longer experiences fear.
For the first time, the Syrian military police conducted training together with Russian fighters as a consolidated unit.
“We feel more confident when our Russian colleagues are around. These joint trainings help us to establish interaction, to work out coordination in the use of weapons, tactics and joint performance of tasks on the battlefield, “- said the commander of the military police battalion of the SAR Armed Forces Khalid Mukhamad.
Psychological training is needed no less than physical training – it teaches soldiers self-control, trains their combat reflexes.
“First of all, a soldier must overcome his inner fear, maintain his composure in order to complete the assigned task to the end,” explained Alexander Ivanov, a representative of the military police of the Russian group of forces in Syria.
The language barrier does not interfere with the fighters of the two peoples: the police use special gestures.
“You can rely on them. As the practice of this strip shows, they do everything exactly as required of them, at every stage, ”said Vladimir, commander of the military police platoon of the RF Armed Forces.
Training of psychological stability in extreme conditions for the military of the two countries will be conducted regularly. This is especially true for front-line units that are in close proximity to the Idlib de-escalation zone.
On November 30, Russian military specialists in the Syrian province of Aleppo trained volunteers for the SAR army in firing various types of weapons. In particular, the combat skills of the tankers and the crews of the Grad rocket systems were being worked out.
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