Russian servicemen stand atop T-14 tanks with the Armata Universal Combat Platform during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow Thomson Reuters
Business Insider: This is the famed Russian tank corps that Putin is sending to NATO's borders
As many as 100,000 Russian troops will be arriving in Belarus in September for the Zapad military exercises, and with them will be a storied tank corps.
The 1st Guards Tank Army, a historic corps-sized formation that President Vladimir Putin re-assembled in 2015, is being sent to take part in the Zapad military exercise, which means "west" in Russian.
A number of western generals and politicians have expressed concern about the Zapad military exercise in the last few months.
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WNU Editor: This Russian army exercise is not going to result in the Russians storming the Baltics .... but it is a sign of the times on how tense NATO - Russian relations have become.
Deja vu all over again.
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