Kazakhstan to participate in Tank Biathlon 2014

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan military will take part in the World Tank Biathlon 2014 competition in Alabino, outside Moscow on August 4-16, the Kazakh Deefence Ministry's press service said. 12 countries will take part in the event.

The Tank Biathlon, which is analogous to the Olympic biathlon discipline, was invented by the Russian military and the first international competition was held in August 2013 in Alabino with the participating crews from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia.

According to the rules of tank biathlon, crews must navigate a distance of 20 kilometres (12.5 miles) evading various obstacles, crossing rivers and bridges and shoot at a set of targets. Tanks that miss a target get a penalty lap.