Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Russia's tank biathlon world championship kicks off outside Moscow

Roundabout via WiscoDave

Mongolian team competes at the tank biathlon outside Moscow

It was meant to be a celebration of peace, love and tanks as former cold war foes raced through obstacles and fired at targets.

Instead, Russia's tank biathlon world championship, which started on Monday at testing grounds outside Moscow, featured teams from the former USSR and its allies but no Nato countries. The competition follows a new low in relations with the US and European Union, which last week introduced "tier-three" sanctions against sectors of Russia's economy over the Ukraine crisis.

More @ The Guardian

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