Guardians of Order, held at the Alabino training ground and in the Patriot park from August 5 to 10, is one of the competitions under 2019 International Army Games.

In total, Guardian of Order competition includes four stages: shooting from regular small arms, overcoming an obstacle course, a patrol, as well as a team race to overcome natural barriers.

Teams from Iran, Russia, and Armenia participated in the competition.

The International Army Games, introduced by Russia, is underway (August 3-17) in ten countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and Uzbekistan.

The annual competitions are aimed at defining the strongest military specialists from Russia and foreign countries in 32 military contests, with more than 6,000 participants expected, according to the event’s website.

Last year, the Iranian teams gained one gold, one silver and four bronze medals in various contests and stood at the fifth place after Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

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Second Brigadier General Hossein Soleimani, Iran’s tank biathlon team manager, said that the team enjoys great spirit and readiness, hoping for good results after around one year of training.

He went on to say that 25 countries are participating in the event which will last for 14 days in three stages.

Soleimani noted that the Iranian team, comprised of an IRGC Ground Forces unit, is seeded along with teams from Russia, China, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Venezuela, Armenia, Serbia, Syria, and Kyrgyzstan.

Tank biathlon is a military sports event promoted by Russia and first held in 2013. The competition, which has similarities with the winter sport of biathlon, tank crews have to show their skills in passing different terrains and opening accurate fires.

According to Tass News Agency, “The 2019 Army Games will include 32 competitions on the territory of 10 countries (Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Iran, India, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan). Over 5,000 servicemen from over 200 teams will take part in the games,” the defense ministry said.

Russia will host 15 competitions, including five in the Moscow region — “Tank Biathlon”, “Field Kitchen” for military cooks, “Guardians of the Order” for military police, “Emergency Area” for rescuers, and “Faithful Fried” for military working dog handlers. “Marine landing” competition will be held in the Kaliningrad region.

The 2019 International Army Games will be held on August 3-17.

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