Int’l Army Games-2021: Dy C-in-C Attends Closing Ceremony and Dinner

The delegation led by Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win attended the closing ceremony of the International Army Games-2021.

At Congress Centre of the Patriot Park in Moscow of the Russian Federation on the 4th of September, the Vice-Senior General and party watched competition of tank squads from the Russian Federation, China, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan in the final event of the Tank Biathlon (Division-1). In the competition, the Russian Federation stood first with 1 hour, 36 minutes and 49 seconds, followed by China, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan.

Then, the Vice-Senior General and party attended the closing ceremony of the International Army Games-2021 and the dinner hosted by Russian Minister of Defense Army General Kuzhugetovich Shoigu. During the dinner, Chief of the General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov of the Russian Ministry of Defense, on behalf of the Russian Minister of Defense, praised the victorious squads and expressed thanks to the heads of States for sending their contestant squads to the games. Officials presented prizes to the winning squads in the Tank Biathlon (Division-1). Russian Minister of Defense Army General Kuzhugetovich Shoigu closed the ceremony via a video clip.

 Squads from 43 countries competed in the International Army Games-2021 which consisted of 34 battlefield skill events. The events were held in 12 countries including Russia. The Myanmar Tatmadaw Squad participated in the Tank Biathlon event, the skill contest of field medical corps, the skill contest of airborne platoons and creative competition.

The tank squad of the Myanmar Tatmadaw secured the third position with 2 hours, 28 minutes and 05 seconds in the Tank Biathlon (Division-2), and the cultural troupe of the Myanmar Tatmadaw won the first prize in the entertainment competition in traditional costume, the second in the solo singing in Russian song contest, the second in the entertainment competition reflecting the culture of the country and the third in the online voting. The medic squad stood the sixth position among nine contestant squads and the airborne squad the seventh among 18 contestant squads.