“Set in the & nbsp; Armed Forces & nbsp; RF Pipeline Troops Day and & nbsp; celebrate it on 14 raquop & nbsp; & nbsp; it says in the & nbsp; decree.
The list of professional holidays and & nbsp; memorable days in the & nbsp; RF Armed Forces was supplemented with the corresponding date.
The pipeline troops were formed according to & nbsp; directive of the USSR Minister of Defense on January 14 & nbsp; January 14, 1952 in & nbsp ; the form of a separate battalion for pumping fuel and & nbsp; does not & nbsp; have analogues in & nbsp; foreign armies.
The pipeline troops of Russia perform tasks to & nbsp; ensure continuous delivery of fuel over long distances. Their main & nbsp; “ weapons '' make up pipelines, piping equipment and & nbsp; other means of mechanization of work, and & nbsp; also special vehicles and & nbsp; communication facilities.