Kuwait along with Armenia, Belarus, Venezuela, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Mongolia, Russia and Serbia is participating in the 2014 Tank Biathlon in Russia. The championship is being held in four stages:
The first one – an individual race – will be held from August 4 through 6. August 4 will see the first crews competing in three races with four tanks in each. The first race will include tank crews from Angola, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Serbia. The Russian national team will be performing in the second race along with teams from China, Kuwait and Armenia. The first day of the championship will end with a race among the crews from India, Belarus, Venezuela and Kyrgyzstan. The individual race envisages a seven-kilometer three-round itinerary.
The second stage – the sprint – will be held on August 8-9. The sprint distance, as is traditional in biathlon, will be the shortest one: three kilometers. It will be this stage that will set the sequence and temporary start-time gap in the pursuit race.
The third stage – the pursuit race – will be held on August 11-12. This type of biathlon race will be based on the results of the sprint (individual start) race.
The final stage will see the first four teams resulting from all three stages identifying the winner during a relay race. Three crews from each national team will make three four-kilometer rounds on one tank (with crew replacement). [Source]
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I didn’t know such a competition existed and Kuwait seems like the odd one out amongst the 12 countries. Video from the first day of the championship is already online, you can see Kuwait come in at the 2:14:44 mark.
Thanks Abdul
6 replies on “Kuwait taking part in the World Championship Tank Biathlon”
Thank you for the credit.
Not sure Kuwait should be taking part at all with the events in Ukraine and Russia’s involvement in the region.
Kuwait has strong ally ties with UK and USA both who oppose what Putin is doing in the Region, more so after the passenger plane was shot down with so muck loss of life.
I would have thought Kuwait would have shown more support to its supporters!
Kuwait has strong relations with Russia
Kuwait recently sought military cooperation with Russia
The Kuwaiti Emir is set to visit Russia soon
The Kuwaiti Emir will visit Russia soon https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2382390&language=en
LMAO!
The Kuwaiti army will not be competing with their main tanks
(M1A2 Abrams) Because of an agreement with the US which does not allow the transfer of tanks outside the region.