Main Automotive-Armoured Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (, abbr.
GABTU; another translation:
Main Directorate of Armoured Forces) is a department of the
Russian Ministry of Defence which is subordinated to the Chief of
Armaments and
Munitions of the
Armed Forces, vice-minister of defense . Its director appears to currently be General Major Vladislav Polonskiy, as identified by
Krasnaya Zvezda on September 14, 2004.