MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/. Moscow’s Domodedovo airport has purchased from the Uralvagonzavod corporation (an affiliate of Rostec) an armored tank recovery vehicle for moving planes in emergencies, UVZ press-service told TASS on Monday.

"Domodedovo is the first Russian airport to have purchased our tank recovery vehicle," the corporation said, adding that the vehicle had been demilitarized and the machinegun and other military equipment removed from it.

The UVZ said all of Russia’s airports would be equipped with such vehicles under a decision made by the Transport Ministry.

In the army the tank recovery vehicle is meant for evacuating defunct and damaged armored vehicles from the battlefield. Created on the tracked chassis of the T-72 main battle tank, it was authorized for service in 1975.