Russian army brigades to include sniper units
16:50 30/11/2009 MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) - Special platoons of sharpshooters will be included in Russian army brigades, a senior military official said on Monday.
Lt. Gen. Valery Yevnevich, chief of the Main Combat Training Directorate, said the small units of snipers would start to be introduced into newly reorganized brigades before the end of this year.
He added that a special training center had been created for the purpose.
The general said, however, Russian sniper weapons were still inferior to their Western counterparts, especially in reliability and operation in extreme climatic conditions.
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