Makhachkala, March 10, 2015. Artillery divisions of marines to participate in large-scale military exercises in Dagestan, the Southern Military District officer reports. "The purpose of the exercises is teamwork training of artillery units, an improvement of practical skills of commanders in fire control, both in defense and offense. Within 30 days the artillery units will execute about 50 different training and combat firing tasks using a self-propelled artillery units (SAU) "Nona", anti-tank guns "Rapier", a complex of anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) "Metis" and "Fagot" – the military spokesman says.