Russian Keyboard Warriors to Test Their Battle Skills in Real Tanks

The online shooter Armored Warfare: Armata Project is launching a reality show, in which gamers will spend a week in one of the Russian army's elite units, according to the Russian news website Gazeta.ru.

Two radio hosts will join a group of gamers to spend a week in one of the elite units of the Russian Armed Forces and take part in Operation Storm, a reality show. The project is being sponsored by the online shooter Armored Warfare: Armata Project and the Russian radio station Mayak, the Russian news website Gazeta.ru reported.

The organizers have yet to select the approximately fourteen gamers who they've announced will go through a brief basic military training course in a Russian Airborne unit between May 29 and June 4.

During the training, the rookies will be drilled to handle automatic and special weapons, including bows and crossbows, to march in formation, to swim while fully armed, to carry out an amphibious beach landing, and to survive in the forest, among other tasks.

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In addition, the 14 participants will be able to become part of the crew of a Russian battle tank.

The reality show is being held in cooperation with the radio station Mayak, which plans to broadcasts the event live in the morning. Mayak hosts Sergey Stillavin and Rustam Vakhidov will cover the team as they participate in Operation Storm.

Armored Warfare: Armata Project is available for free over the Internet. It is a popular online shooter that lets players explore a diverse array of modern military technology developed by designers from the world's leading arms producers, from fast armored vehicles to powerful tanks, according to the website armoredtalk.com.