Russia: Black Sea Fleet Marines test new equipment before possible Syria deployment

Footage emerged of Russian Black Sea Fleet Marines training with new military equipment, including the BTR 82 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) and the Ratnik infantry combat suit at a naval training ground near Sevastopol, Thursday. SOT, Sergeant Sergei Belousov, Deputy commander of the first air assault platoon (Russian): “We are conducting the tests in conditions that are very close to real fighting with imitation explosions, smoke and fire. The troops are dismounting on the run, they are also shooting.