The National Guard of Russia is being armed with the first Chinese-made Tiger armoured vehicles.

Axar.az reports that armoured vehicles entered service with the Chechen unit Akhmat, which is part of the National Guard of the Russian Federation.

Chinese-made military equipment entered service with Russian units for the first time.
It is reported that the armoured vehicles were purchased by the authorities of the Chechen Republic.

The released footage shows 8 Chinese armoured vehicles with weapon mounts.

The Tiger armoured vehicle is manufactured by the Chinese defence enterprise Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles Manufacturing.

Tiger armoured vehicle was demonstrated for the first time at the Eurosatory-2012 international exhibition.