Soviet warrior №9-1985 (1985)

Mountain landscapes of the Caucasus.

Officers at the headquarters of the Kavkaz-85 exercises practice the actions of units and subunits on the map.

Issuance of combat leaflets in one of the tank units under the supervision of a political officer.

Komsomol meeting in a tank company under the command of Khvostchenko.

Faces of tankers (panorama).

Observers from foreign countries climb to the observation post.

Faces of observer officers from NATO countries.

A model of the terrain of the exercise area.

Observers inspect field defensive fortifications.

Deputy Commander of the Transcaucasian Military District, Lieutenant General Sotskov, tells the guests about the concept of the exercises, faces of foreign observers.

Buglers give the assembly signal.

Tank crews take their places in combat vehicles at the signal with flags.

A tank column moves to the assembly area.

Panorama of moving columns of armored vehicles (above).

Scouts descending from a cliff using mountaineering equipment.

The face of one of the foreign observers.

Scouts capture the position of the imaginary enemy.

Helicopter landing.

Helicopter pilot at the controls.

Tactical airborne assault landing from helicopters.

Unloading equipment from heavy helicopters.

Face of a communications officer.

One of the motorized rifle units turns around for an attack.

Artillery fires at the imaginary enemy. "Western" and "Eastern" units during a head-on battle, officers at the observation post.

Episodes of a head-on battle, face of a communications officer.

A column of a missile battalion moves to a new positional area.

Missile launchers take up launch positions.

The battalion commander gives the command over the radio.

Bringing missile launchers into combat readiness.

Launching missiles.

Episodes of a training battle, faces of observers, officers at the command post.

Armored vehicles and helicopters in a head-on battle, an officer at the rangefinder at the command post.

Crossing the Kura River under cover of helicopters.

Artillery fires.

Attacking armored vehicles.

The face of one of the foreign observers.

Airplanes flying by.

Establishing a pontoon crossing, the face of the pontoon commander, Lieutenant Colonel Kondratyev.

Tanks and armored vehicles crossing the pontoon bridge.

The helicopter regiment commander gives orders over the radio.

Helicopters attack the positions of the simulated enemy, the face of a foreign observer.

A tank column marches back to its garrison after the exercises.

The faces of tank crews during a rest stop.

Lieutenant General V. L. Gulevich, a member of the Military Council of the Transcaucasian Military District, talks to motorized riflemen.

Interview with Lieutenant General V. L. Gulevich about the past exercises (synchronously and off-screen).

Presentation of the pennant to the personnel of the tank platoon.

The tank crews applaud while standing in formation.

The commander of the exercises, Colonel General Arkhipov, sums up the results of the exercises in front of the formation and congratulates the distinguished servicemen.

Villagers greet soldiers returning from training.

Pioneers present flowers to soldiers.

Laying wreaths on the graves of villagers who died during the Great Patriotic War.

Faces of soldiers and villagers during a minute of silence.

Newsreel from 1942: local residents receive weapons during the advance of Nazi troops in the Caucasus.

Mother says goodbye to her son.

Military action in the Caucasus Mountains, artillery on pack horses ascends the mountains.

Artillery fires at the enemy.

Faces of veterans and soldiers.

Soldiers talk to villagers.

Columns of armored vehicles march along mountain roads.

Caucasian landscapes.