The Nizhny Tagil State Demonstration and Exhibition Centre of Armament and Military Exuipment

The Nizhny Tagil State Demonstration and Exhibition Centre of Armament and Military Exuipment has a total area of more than 400,000 m2 and is a single complex that includes:

• pavilions and service modules with a total area of 12,500 m2
• open areas covering a total of 47,900 m2
• a track for demonstrating the operational characteristics of armoured vehicles with obstacles, 2,780 m in length
• a track for demonstrating the operational characteristics of vehicles with obstacles, 2,443 m in length
• a water driving test area
• a demonstration track for railway rolling stock, with a total length of 2,000 m
• helicopter take-off and landing sites
• a field information centre
• firing positions for demonstrating shooting and firing of weapons
• a range for demonstrating small arms
• specially equipped areas for showing protection and rescue systems in operation
• a multi-channel television and trunk system for control communications for showing and demonstrating the combat potential of weapons and military equipment
• stands to hold 2,500 people
• service and support zones
• car parking with a total area of 50,000 m2.

Length of track for vehicular equipment 2,425 m

Obstacles for vehicles:

• Block run, 0.4 m high, 13.5 m long
• Multi-step ridge (0.3, 0.8 and 1.6 m high and 9 m long)
• Chequerboard, 0.4 m high, 13.5 m long
• Tube run, 1.5 m high, 13 m long
• Beam corridor, 0.9 m and 1.8 m high, 4 m long
• Route raising and lowering
• Slope with wooded obstruction, 0.25 m high, 50 m long and 30º angle of inclination
• Boulder run
• Tree barrier
• Concrete barrier.

Length of track for armoured vehicles 2,775 m

Obstacles for armoured vehicles:

• Hillock, 7 m high
• Springboard, 1 m high
• Springboard wall, 0.9 high
• Ford, 1.8 m deep
• Turning area, 9 m radius
• Trench, 2.85 m wide
• Rack, 0.3 m high and 1.8 m step
• Ditch, 1.1 m deep, 0.6 m wide
• Vertical wall, 0.55 m high.

Water driving area for demonstrating the potential of military equipment to overcome water obstacles:
Water surface area of water driving area: 7,500 m2, depth 5 m.

Demonstrating the potential of airborne combat systems and airborne weapons:
The availability of a test-flight base with an experimental aircraft airfield and of a battle field with a target layout enables us to demonstrate the potential of airborne combat systems and airborne weapons.