Kazan Higher Tank Command School

Military training establishment in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

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Kazan Higher Tank
Command School
Казанское высшее танковое командное училище
Type	Higher military school
Established	1941
Rector	Major general Kirill Kulakov
Address	420059, Orenburg tract, 6 , Kazan ,
Campus	Urban
Website	https://kvtkku.mil.ru/

Kazan Higher Tank Command School (Russian: Казанское высшее танковое командное училище) is Russian higher military school conducting commissioned officer programmes (specialitet). It is located in Kazan.

History

The Kazan Tank School was founded in 1941 on the base of the former Kazan Infantry School. It was renamed the Kazan Higher Tank Command School in 1965.^[1]

In November 2022, several videos and photos of new T-14 Armata main battle tanks appeared on social media, apparently training at the same grounds as Russian military personnel who were mobilized. The videos were located to a training ground in Kazan, where the cadets of the Kazan Higher Tank Command School train.^[2]^[3]

Educational programmes

The School prepares officers for the tank troops of the Ground Forces.

Alumni

Vladislav Achalov
Valery Baranov
Valery Gerasimov
Gennady Troshev

References

^ "История - Казанское высшее танковое командное училище". kvtkku.mil.ru (in Russian).
^ "Новий російський танк Т-14 "Армата" помічено на полігоні під Казанню (відео)". focus.ua. 20 November 2022.
^ "Russian conscripts spotted training with T-14 Armata tanks". avia.pro. 20 November 2022.