RUSSIAN MILITARY WITHDRAW 737 UNITS OF TECHNOLOGY FROM GEORGIAN BASES
by Eka Mekhuzla

ITAR-TASS News Agency
September 21, 2006 Thursday

Russian military have withdrawn 737 units of technology and more
than 2,600 tons of materiel and supplies from the bases in Batumi and
Akhalkalaki the Russian Armed Forces are abandoning under a bilateral
agreement with Georgia, the country’s Defense Ministry said in an
official report Thursday.

Of that number, the Russians have shipped 358 units of technology and
over 1,600 tons of materiel to Russia, while the rest was delivered
to the base in Gumri, Armenia.

The list of vehicles and weaponry pulled out of Georgia includes 45
tanks, 27 BRDM amphibious scout vehicles, 20 armored cars, 40 infantry
combat vehicles, 52 artillery guns, and more than 500 cars and trucks.

A total of 25 trains were needed to take all that weaponry and
equipment out of Georgia — six in Batumi and the other nineteen
in Akhalkalaki.

The military formed 28 caravans of trucks to take the weapons and
materiel to Gumri, the Defense Ministry said.

The Akhalkalaki base is fully free of heavy-duty vehicles and equipment
now, the report said.

The servicemen, personnel and several remaining cars will be withdrawn
from there next year, the ministry indicated.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress