The guests of the 8th international arms and munitions exhibition called Nizhniy Tagil Russian Defence Expo 2011 will be able to see the battlefield and maintenance potential of the foreign states’ military equipment for the first time this year.

France and Italy will exhibit their vehicles at the event for the first time ever.

Remarkably, these participants are planning to show some combat action moves,’ says Sverdlovsk Region Minister for Industry & Science.

For one, the coordinators of the exhibition have already signed contracts with the Italian Iveco, Thales, Nexter, and Renault Trucks Defense of France as well as with the Ukrainian Ukrspetsexport and the Byelorussian Peleng.