Some 200 units of Russian military hardware were rolled out on a parade ground in Alabino, Wednesday, in preparation for Victory Day celebrations, set to take place on the Russian capital's Red Square on May 9.<br /><br />Flanked by over 16,000 troops from the Russian Armed Forces, a selection of army vehicles took part in the preparatory training exercises, including T-90 tanks, GAZ-2975 Tigr-M reconnaissance vehicles, BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers, and 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled artillery vehicles. Also part of the parade were the 9K720 Iskander tactical ballistic missile systems, several 9K331M Tor-M1 air defence vehicles, 9K37M1 Buk air defence vehicles, SA-21 Growlers, and Topol-M ballistic missile systems.<br /><br />COURTESY: RT's RUPTLY video agency, NO RE-UPLOAD, NO REUSE - FOR LICENSING, PLEASE, CONTACT http://ruptly.tv<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
