Thread by @RALee85

The start of the Tank Biathlon means it's time for tank tricks. Here a T-80U tank draws a tank with its 125mm cannon

Then a T-80U tank uses its 125mm cannon as a hammer to drive nails into a table. 2/

Then the T-80U tank hung a painting. 3/

Then one T-80U with a torch lit mini fireworks from another T-80U on fire. 4/

Then the T-80U drove around with a jug of liquid at the end of its 125mm cannon. 5/

Airborne T-80U tank fire. 6/

Photo of that T-80U tank firing in midair. 7/
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The tank waltz. 8/

The tank waltz with four T-80U tanks. 9/

And the tank ballet finishes with the appearance of a Msta-S 152mm self-propelled howitzer. 10/

The tank drawing skills have certainly improved from last year. 11/

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Sadly, there was no repeat of the watermelon stage. 12/

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Some mixed results from the tank ATGM live fire portion. (h/t @pfc_joker) 13/
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Hit from 9K119 Refleks ATGM system (from either a T-90 or T-80U tank), likely with an Invar ATGM. 14/

And that’s a T-72B3 tank ATGM miss. 15/

T-90A ATGM miss. 16/

T-80U ATGM miss. 17/

Oof, two more T-80U ATGM misses. 18/

It appears only the 4th T-80U hit its target with its ATGM. 19/

Two hits and a miss from T-80U tanks. 20/

Two T-80BVM ATGM misses. 21/

Of the seven T-80U and T-80BVM tanks that fired ATGMs today, it seems only one T-80U hit its target. 22/

It appears all four of the T-72B3 tanks hit their targets with their 9K120 Svir ATGM systems. 23/

One novelty in this year’s Army Games is that T-34-85 tanks (possibly including the ones received from Laos last year) are taking part. 24/
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The Congo's team at the Tank Biathlon has been struggling, missing all three of its targets with its T-72B3 tank's main gun. 25/

The Congo's T-72B3 tank later drove the muzzle of its 125mm cannon into the ground. 26/

Russia's team came in first today in its group in the Tank Biathlon. 27/

TOS-1A MLRS live fire as part of the dynamic demonstration. 28/

BMP-2M firing two Kornet ATGMs. 29/

The 3rd Kornet ATGM from that BMP-2M missed. 30/

The 4th Kornet ATGM hit its target. So the BMP-2M crew went 3 for 4. 31/

A second TOS-1A MLRS took part in the demonstration. 32/

Two Kornet ATGMs striking a target launched from a Kornet-D system. 33/

Photos of the Russian and Kazakh tank crews firing the 125mm cannon of their T-72B3 tanks at the Tank Biathlon. 34/
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The Uran-6 UGV made an appearance at the engineering equipment dynamic display yesterday. 35/

The VDV with their rendition of the waltz with BMD-4M armored vehicles. 36/

The bow ties painted on the BMD-4M vehicles really adds character to the waltz. 37/

2S9 Nona 120mm battery live fire. 38/

Ka-52 helicopters launching S-8 rockets. 39/

The BMD-4M live fire portion started with a miss. 40/

Uh, this BMD-4M 100mm cannon volley fire looks pretty inaccurate. 41/

The BMD-4M then switched to their 30mm cannons. 42/

Su-30SM and Su-25SM3 aircraft firing rockets and Tu-22M3 bombers dropping bombs as part of the Aviadarts competition. 43/
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It looks like the Azerbaijani and Chinese tank teams in the the Tank Biathlon had a small collision today. 44/

Reminded me of this great moment from last year's Tank Biathlon. 45/

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A 2S34 Khosta 120mm self-propelled mortar firing as part of the dynamic display at Army 2020. 46/
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BMP-2M Kornet ATGM launch. 47/
Photo: Григорий Сысоев
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Su-34, Mi-28, and Ka-52 aircraft and helicopters performing as part of the Aviadarts competition. 48/
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I had no idea that Johnny Manziel joined the Russian military. 49/
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The Russian military police team won the Guardian of Order competition as part of the Army Games tournament with Iran coming in second and Armenia in third. 50/
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Video of the Marine Landing competition in Kaliningrad with BTR-82 vehicles. 51/
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Russia's Army Games always have an interesting geopolitical element.The Defense Minister of India, Rajnath Singh, escorted Sergei Shoigu during a function at the Russian MoD's Main Cathedral with a senior Pakistani officer and PLA General Wei Fenghe. 52/
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The Army Games ended with a light show by 700 drones. 53/
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Another video of the light show from 700 drones to close the 2020 Army Games. 54/
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Photos of Su-34 attack aircraft during the Aviadarts competition. 55/
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