This year Russia is celebrationg the 71st anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. A traditional military parade is to be held on Moscow's Red Square on May 9. Some 40,000 servicemen and over 800 items of hardware will take part in military parades on May 9. Overall, Victory Parades will be held in 26 cities of the country. The parade on Moscow's Red Square will involve more than 10,000 servicemen, over 170 items of military hardware, including more than 70 aircraft and helicopters. Overall, more than 10,000 troops are involved in training drills together with over 100 pieces of modern weaponry and military hardware that include Tigr (Tiger) armored vehicles, T-90 main battle tanks, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, Msta-S self-propelled howitzers, Buk-M2 antiaircraft missile systems, Pantsyr-S1 air defense missile/gun complexes, Yars missile systems and others.