France
A beautiful paramilitary action and impressive columns of equipment - on July 14, immediately after the evening of balls, Paris pours out to the Champs Elysees to look at the orderly rows of soldiers and tanks passing by on Place de Gaulle Arc de Triomphe. The spectacle is beautiful and attractive also because it includes a very magnificent mechanized part: Leclerc tanks (still the most expensive in the world, costing 10 million euros), 550-horsepower VBCI infantry fighting vehicles from Renault Trucks, four-ton Panhard armored vehicles in several modifications, unmanned vehicles and excavators on cargo platforms, police scooters in the amount of about a million pieces, and so on. In many ways, our and French parades are similar, especially in Lately when the recognizable composition of the columns begins to be diluted by the latest technology. In general, it’s a spectacle to watch. It’s a shame that we in Russia remember this day only in the evening...
People's Republic of China
Date: October 1, Founding Day of the People's Republic of China; September 3, Victory Day in World War II
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the parade in Beijing is primarily captivating with its many thousands of people on foot rather than with the hum of technology. However, technology, to put it mildly, can captivate. It all starts with a tour of the columns, in which the Chairman of the Republic Xi Jinping and the polished Hongqi CA7600J - a pompous analogue of our ceremonial ZIL-41041 with a large hatch and microphones in the roof - take part.
Well, then the rustle of the V12 gives way to the roar of PLA combat vehicles. Last year the latest technology placed at the head of the columns. Type 99 tanks ( Chinese equivalent Russian "Armata") began a long chain of dozens of infantry fighting vehicles, howitzers, as well as armored cars of the police and security forces based on Mengshi light vehicles, which were completed by pot-bellied missile systems(guess whose production) and aviation. Event? What else!
North Korea
Kim Il Sung Square on the day of the parade is the area with maximum concentration of attention. Interest in the technology of a power flirting with the world with hints of nuclear weapon("is our the latest weapons will cope with any war on the part of the United States"), is consistently high. We, the incorrigibles, are interested in something a little different: not the missiles themselves and their warheads, but what all these Hwasongs are carrying.
Or they meet. Consider the ceremonial Mercedes Pullman or the old “Kozlik” GAZ-69, which last year carried the banner and pulled behind it a tank formation of Soviet “thirty-fours”. But seriously, Korea naturally has something to show both us and the world. For example... no, not KrAZ and ZIL-130 cargo trucks with MQM-107 drones in the rear, or military "Gelendevagen" from Steyr - we are talking about new weapons. About KN-08, for example. This sixteen-wheeled hulk carries an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of up to five thousand kilometers, which sets off the ranks of Soviet and Russian technology, and at the same time seriously teases the Pentagon. Not bad as a ceremonial dessert.
Iran
From the point of view of the atmosphere of the event, the wheeled part of the military parade in the Iranian Republic is much more like a truck rally - and here the trucks pulling all these cool and dangerous things past the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini are more likely to blame. A white truck with inscriptions in Persian passed by, looking like a giant Toblerone briquette. And here’s another one - dragging either a compact submarine or a disassembled Yak-30 on a platform. Are you going far, guys? Ah-ah-ah... So he’s serious - the new S-300 complexes, freshly provided by Russia, are following the incomprehensible things, hinting that now everything should be clear. We understand. We understand everything. Only... grenade launchers on ATVs and buggies only seem like a picture from Mad Max to us?
India
Parade in India - landmark event. Every year, guests from abroad fly in to admire Indian technology and performance (for example, Mr. Obama, who nervously chewed gum all the way last year). And there are several reasons for this, not the least of which is the special flavor of the event. The bright uniforms and colors of the troops, contrasting flags and pedestals with figures of deities (yes, this is India) are shrouded in a special haze of New Delhi.
It’s quite stupid to go to the heart of India to admire wheeled vehicles - motorcyclists reign here. The same applies to military parades: two-wheelers on the march perform acrobatic figures (how do you like push-ups on the bar held by motorcyclists to the left and right?), decorating and painting the way for Arjun tanks and Russian T-90s (meet Mr. Obama!) .
In general, Indian parade columns are colorful even when there is a shortage of cars. However, are we saying this?
Mexico
Imagine a crowd of spectators in T-shirts hanging over the railings along narrow street and honking football horns. This is Mexico City and the Independence Day Parade. The ceremonial squads march in the choir, marching past thousands of city residents, followed by the rush of equipment. Gray HUMVEE and HMMWV naval forces loaded with machine guns and armor plates, and the Steyr-Daimlers behind it (the familiar G-Class in a short version with an open rear part) seem to be unprotected insects with a pair of camouflaged warriors in the back. However, that’s how it is - real Combat vehicles Mexico is a little different. It is taller, more powerful and more reliable than Mercedes Steyrs. We are talking about light tanks M3 and M8, as well as Milan anti-tank systems. Not too many, but the country’s enemy is different: international drug cartels, which traditionally prefer to stay in the shadows rather than rush into the attack. To fight this invisible enemy, the republic's authorities are partly relying on aviation and military helicopters. So the Mexican parade is more in the sky than on the ground.
Since armies appeared in human history, parades have also appeared. Most often, processions of military units were carried out by the winners.
Who and how prints the step for marches today? How common are displays of military equipment during military processions in the world and how Russian experience in this area looks against the background of the world?
Military expert Mikhail Timoshenko compared military parades around the world.
“The parade should show the military power of the state, and I would say that if not ambitions, then claims to this power, that’s why we have a continuous formation and printed step at parades in Russia, that’s why we show, among other things, equipment. Who opens our parade - Suvorovites, this is the education of soldiers with youth", the expert noted. He also especially emphasized that the printed pitch of ceremonial boxes in Russia has German roots and differs significantly from how they march in other countries.
“When they write about our parade in the West, they often say that they are marching at a Prussian pace. Yes, this is a step with a high extension of the leg and placing it on the sole. The British do not take such a step at all, they have such a mincing and strolling step, it was inherited by the Americans.
“North Korea demonstrates ostentatious ferocity at parades, and there the leg is carried out, perhaps, higher than our guys from the honor guard company,” Tymoshenko said.
According to the expert, most European military parades are a kind of costume shows, which sometimes even take place in the form of a military band festival.
“More or less, the Russian parade is reminiscent of the French procession on the Champs Elysees. But it is still very similar to a theatrical performance. So, their sappers come with axes, as they used to do, they were supposed to use these axes to knock down the gates of the fortresses,” said the military expert.
Tymoshenko noted that the demonstration of military equipment at Western parades is not as common as in the USSR, but now in Russia.
“Our first serious parade in equipment was the victory parade of 1945, then the equipment that was at war was marching there. It is a tradition to demonstrate military vehicles, we show a lot. Since Soviet times, we especially loved to show rocket technology, but in the West they don’t carry this,” the expert continued. According to him, there is a version that the Americans do not show their heavy equipment at parades in the United States, so as not to make the average person think that the army will have to fight on its territory.
One way or another, Tymoshenko summarizes, Russia and the United States have different ideologies. Overseas they prefer to hold gay pride parades rather than army parades, but in our country military parades show that there are people in the state who are ready to defend their country in any conditions.
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Over the past two months, many parades have taken place around the world as part of a wide variety of holidays, from demonstrations to military power to parades in honor of different cultures.
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1. Participants in a street parade at the annual Notting Hill Carnival in central London on August 29. On this day, holiday lovers gathered in West London for one of the largest cultural events in Europe, which this year was protected by record number police officers. Strengthening security was required to prevent a repeat of the riots that took place in the capital three weeks before this holiday. Notting Hill Carnival is an annual celebration of Caribbean culture, usually attracting around a million people to watch a colorful procession of musicians and performers. (Olivia Harris/Reuters)
2. An artist at the annual Notting Hill Carnival in London. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
3. Parade of military cadets in honor of the 190th anniversary of the Independence of Honduras in Tegucigalpa on September 15. (Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images)
4. Manash Sharma (left) waves to performers at the 31st India Day Parade in New York City on August 21. (Jin Lee/Associated Press)
5. Dancers perform the Horned Dance in Abbots Bromley, UK, on September 12. The dance, which involves a group of six male deer, a fool, a horse, an archer and Maid Marian, begins early in the morning at rural village. The dancing is accompanied by music, and the dancers walk through the streets with deer antlers over their heads. This traditional dance is considered the oldest folk dances in Britain, and some of the horns are over a thousand years old. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
6. German organizations from the United States and other countries arrived in Manhattan to take part in the 54th annual Steuben Parade on September 17. This parade celebrates German-American culture and is considered a symbol of the friendship between the two countries. (John Minchillo/Associated Press)
7. Soldiers at a military parade during the celebration of Mexican Independence Day on September 16 in Mexico City. The country celebrated the 201st anniversary of its 1810 uprising for independence. (Marco Ugarte/Associated Press)
Indonesian Muslim children carry torches during a parade to mark the end of Ramadan in Jakarta on August 30. (Dita Alangkara/Associated Press)
9. A soldier stands before the presidential guard outside the Greek Parliament building in central Athens on September 13. (Angelos Tzortzinis/Bloomberg)
10. Actors dressed as clay figures parade during a show about the revival of an ancient Roman circus in the Spanish village of Banos de Valderados on August 21. The village, founded by the Romans and located in the famous Spanish wine region of Rivera del Duero, hosts annual festivals in honor of the Roman god Bacchus, during which all residents dress up in costumes of the times. Ancient Rome and participate in various street performances and spectacular Roman events. (Ricardo Ordonez/Reuters)
Volunteers and spectators parade on the field in front of 3,000 flags during the 9/11 memorial ceremony at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. The flags symbolize all those killed in the Twin Towers attack. (Jay LaPrete/Associated Press)
12. Rows of Malaysians during a rehearsal for the Malaysia Day Parade at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur on September 14. The holiday itself was held on September 16 in honor of the formation of the Federation of Malaysia, which was announced on this day in 1963. (Vincent Thian/Associated Press)
13. Vessels during a large regatta in the Gdansk Bay near Polish city on the Baltic Sea Gdansk on September 5. As part of the Culture 2011 Tall Ships Regatta, two races were held from Klaipeda to Turku and Gdynia. During these days, the cities participating in the regatta organized magnificent demonstrations of their cultures. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)
14. A military band at a parade in Guatemala in honor of the 19th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Guatemala on September 15. (Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters)
15. Courtney Stewart, 18, of the Soca Associates Band, got too excited at the annual Caribbean Carnival in Dorchester on August 27 and needed help getting back on her feet. (Essdras M Suarez/The Boston Globe)
16. Supporter of the Samoan team during the national parade " Strong families Pacific Ocean"in Wellington in honor of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand on September 14. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)
17. Former rebels in Tripoli rejoice at the decision of the Council European Union, which partially lifted the ban on arms supplies to Libya in accordance with the Security Council resolution. (Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images)
18. A girl with flags participates in a parade during the global celebration of Malaysian Independence Day in Kuala Lumpur on September 16. Malaysia celebrated the 48th anniversary of the unification of Malaysia, as well as the 54th anniversary of the country's independence. (Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters)
19. A Malaysian woman at the parade in honor of the country's Independence Day in Kuala Lumpur. (Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images)
20. Fans of the Namibian national team before the start of the Rugby World Cup match between the national teams of Fiji and Namibia in Rotorua, New Zealand, 10 September. (Stu Forster/Getty Images)
21. Students prepare for the start of the parade in honor of the 190th Independence Day of Nicaragua in Managua on September 14. (Elmer Martinez/AFP/Getty Images)
22. Military units of North Korea during the celebration of the 63rd anniversary of the founding Democratic Republic Korea in Pyongyang on September 9. The country's leader Kim Jong Il and his son also watched the parade, which was attended by thousands of marching soldiers. (AFP/Getty Images)
23. Brazilian aerobatic team during the civil-military parade in honor of the 189th anniversary of independence on September 7. (Weslei Marcelino/Reuters)
24. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in a car at a parade in honor of the country's independence. (Weslei Marcelino/Reuters)
25. A demonstrator with her face painted in national colors during the March against corruption in Brazil on September 7. The march coincided with Brazil's official Independence Day. (Pedro Ladeira/AFP/Getty Images)
26. Members of trade unions and their relatives on annual holiday labor in Detroit on September 5. (Paul Sancy/Associated Press)
27. Participant in the September 5 parade. More than two million spectators came to the celebration. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
28. Stormtroopers from " Star Wars"at the DragonCon parade in Atlanta on September 3. Dragoncon is a multimedia convention held every year on Labor Day that attracts tens of thousands of comics, fantasy, gaming, book and film fans. (John Amis/AFP/Getty Images)
29. Makia Daniel (left) watches Lori King stick Lauren O'Neal before the West Indian Parade in Brooklyn on September 5. (Tina Fineberg/Associated Press)
30. A parade participant pretended to be killed during a mock battle on Peachtree Street during the DragonCon parade in Atlanta on September 3. (John Amis/AFP/Getty Images)
31. Kyrgyz people with flags during a military parade in honor of Kyrgyz Independence Day in Bishkek on August 31. The Kyrgyz president expressed hope that the state is moving toward prosperity after terrible ethnic unrest and two revolutions. (Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images)
32. Turkish veterans with flags at the parade in honor of the 89th anniversary of Victory Day in Ankara on August 30. (Umit Bektas/Reuters)
33. Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins holds the Stanley Cup in front of the crowd after the parade in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on August 29. (Mike Dembeck/Associated Press/The Canadian Press)
34. Former Miss Universe Japan Hiroko Mima attends a fashion show in Tokyo on August 20. The event, called "Tokyo Fashion Fuse", is a fusion of music and fashion featuring famous models and DJs. (Greg Baker/Associated Press)
37. A girl in a decorated car during a parade before the 190th anniversary of the country’s independence primary school in Los Encuentros, Solola, 130 km from Guatemala. (Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters)
A military parade was held in Moscow today in honor of the 71st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. About 10 thousand people, 136 pieces of equipment and 71 aircraft took part in it. HERE and TAM, in what other modern countries hold magnificent military parades
Russia
A military parade in Moscow takes place every year on May 9 on the occasion of Victory Day. For more than 20 years on this day, planes have been flying over the city to disperse the clouds (sometimes unsuccessfully). In 2016, they were going to spend 86 million rubles. In other countries, it is not customary to disperse clouds.
Spain
The military parade in Spain traditionally takes place on October 12, the Day Columbus discovered America - now it is National holiday Spain. Last year in Madrid there were 3,400 troops, 48 vehicles and 53 aircraft in the parade. The parade was hosted by King Felipe of Spain, who was accompanied by Queen Letizia and daughters Leonor and Sofia.
China
Russia can be compared to China in terms of the scale of military parades, where every September they celebrate the end of World War II and the victory over Japan. On September 3, 2015, 12 thousand people took part in the parade.
Great Britain
One of the victorious countries of World War II does not hold military parades on Victory Day on May 8-9. Those who died in the world wars are remembered by the British on November 11, Armistice Day.
In Scotland, military parades are held on Independence Day, which takes place on June 24th. As seen, military equipment does not participate in parades.
France
France also does not hold parades on Victory Day - for the French, the day of the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944 is more significant. But on Bastille Day, every July 14th, parades are held on the Champs-Élysées.
Czech
In countries of Eastern Europe Victory Day is celebrated more widely than in the West. In the Czech Republic, for example, on May 8, military parades and displays of modern and historical military equipment are held.
Serbia
Victory Day is widely celebrated in Serbia, but the first military parade in the country in 29 years was held on October 16, 2014, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from the Nazis.
Romania
Israel
In Israel, Victory Day began to be celebrated in 1995, but large celebrations are not held. Military parades are held on Jerusalem Day - a holiday proclaimed in honor of the reunification of the city after the six-day war of 1967.
Greece
In Greece, parades are held on Independence Day, which takes place on March 25th. On this day in 1821, the Greeks began a war against Ottoman Empire. Tanks and helicopters take part in the parade. Soldiers are performing a ceremonial changing of the guard, take a closer look.
North Korea
IN North Korea The founding day of the Democratic Republic of Korea is widely celebrated: every September 9, parades are held in Pyongyang with dancing military personnel and military equipment.
South Korea
The DPRK's neighbor does not stand aside and also organizes military parades (Pyongyang condemns them). The largest parade was held on October 1, 2013 on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the South Korean armed forces.
Mexico
The Mexican military holds parades in honor of the country's Independence Day, which is celebrated on September 16. They involve decorated military men, combat vehicles and airplanes.
India
In India, parades are traditionally held on Republic Day - it is celebrated on January 26 in honor of the adoption of the country's Constitution. Since this is India, men dance with women in parades.