Over its long history, the Main Armored Vehicle Department has undergone more than one reorganization. With the growth of armor and firepower of the army, the names and functions of the central command were imputed, but its priorities remained unchanged: the development and adoption of new types of armored and military vehicles, the organization of their maintenance and repair, storage and logistics. Today, Colonel - General Sergey Alexandrovich MAYEV, Head of the Russian Armed Forces ' Armament and Military Equipment Operation Department, Head of the Main Armored Vehicle Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, tells about his main command. Sergey Aleksandrovich Mayev was born on July 13, 1944 in Udmurtia, in the village of loggers of the Grakhovsky district. In 1964 he graduated from the Omsk Tank Technical School. Passed all positions - from deputy company commander to Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces for armament. He graduated from the Faculty of Senior Engineering staff of the Academy of Armored Forces, the Military Academy of the General Staff. He served as Deputy Army Commander for Armament-Chief of Armament of the 40th Army in the DRA. Since 1998-Head of Operation of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation-Head of the Main Armored Vehicle Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. He was awarded the Order" For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR "of the III degree, two Orders of the Red Star, the Order "For Military Merit", the Order" For Services to the Fatherland " of the IV degree. - No matter how the priorities in the development of weapons and military equipment change in the direction of strategic nuclear forces, high-precision weapons, computer technologies, armored vehicles remain the main component of the weapons system on the battlefield. This means that the importance and place of the Main Armored Vehicle Department in the s ... Читать далее