live fire of CITER 155mm and D-30 122mm
Fuerzas Terrestres, actualidad - Noticias Breves
- Tema iniciado Shandor
- Fecha de inicio
Vídeo de las pruebas de 5 BM tanques "Oplot" para Tailandia.
Turquía: Parada militar anual
Parada militar nacional de Turquía
M113 reformados por Aselsan como IFV y cazatanques. También unos cohetones de 300mm de un sistema coproducido con China.
Un kit IFV en un M113 con cañón de 30mm
M113 provisto de ATGM TOW, efectivo cazatanques
F-16 turcos
MRLS coproducido con China
http://fdra.blogspot.com.ar/
Parada militar nacional de Turquía
M113 reformados por Aselsan como IFV y cazatanques. También unos cohetones de 300mm de un sistema coproducido con China.
Un kit IFV en un M113 con cañón de 30mm
M113 provisto de ATGM TOW, efectivo cazatanques
F-16 turcos
MRLS coproducido con China
http://fdra.blogspot.com.ar/
Ucrania y Polonia pueden fabricar sistemas antitanques
Foto: http://lenta.ru/
El Ministerio de Defensa de Polonia sostuvo negociaciones con representantes de Ucrania sobre la posibilidad de la producción conjunta en el territorio polaco de los sistemas de misiles antitanques.
Polonia se ha interesado por los sistemas de misiles Barrera, elaborados por la oficina de diseños y proyectos de Kiev Luch.
El sistema de misiles antitanques Barrera está destinado a ser instalados en los vehículos blindados y lanchas blindadas. Puede alcanzar objetivos a una distancia de hasta cinco mil metros y está equipado con el sistema semiautomático de rayo láser. Los misiles Barrera están equipados con una ojiva de carga hueca de combate que abastecen una defensa dinámica de hasta ochocientos milímetros.
Leer más: http://spanish.ruvr.ru/news/2013_11_12/Ucrania-Polonia-produccion-sistemas-antitanques/
Foto: http://lenta.ru/
El Ministerio de Defensa de Polonia sostuvo negociaciones con representantes de Ucrania sobre la posibilidad de la producción conjunta en el territorio polaco de los sistemas de misiles antitanques.
Polonia se ha interesado por los sistemas de misiles Barrera, elaborados por la oficina de diseños y proyectos de Kiev Luch.
El sistema de misiles antitanques Barrera está destinado a ser instalados en los vehículos blindados y lanchas blindadas. Puede alcanzar objetivos a una distancia de hasta cinco mil metros y está equipado con el sistema semiautomático de rayo láser. Los misiles Barrera están equipados con una ojiva de carga hueca de combate que abastecen una defensa dinámica de hasta ochocientos milímetros.
Leer más: http://spanish.ruvr.ru/news/2013_11_12/Ucrania-Polonia-produccion-sistemas-antitanques/
Indonesia compra Leopard 2A4 y Marder 1A3 a Rheinmetall por 216 millones de euros.
The Indonesian Ministry of Defence has contracted with the Rheinmetall Group of Düsseldorf to supply it with 103 Leopard 2A4 main battle tank and 43 Marder 1A3 tracked armoured infantry fighting vehicles , logistical support and ammunition worth roughly €216 million. The contract, which was signed in December 2012, now comes into full force following the successful completion of all legal formalities.
Fuente: http://www.armyrecognition.com/nove...3_infantry_armoured_to_indonesia_1311131.html
The Indonesian Ministry of Defence has contracted with the Rheinmetall Group of Düsseldorf to supply it with 103 Leopard 2A4 main battle tank and 43 Marder 1A3 tracked armoured infantry fighting vehicles , logistical support and ammunition worth roughly €216 million. The contract, which was signed in December 2012, now comes into full force following the successful completion of all legal formalities.
Fuente: http://www.armyrecognition.com/nove...3_infantry_armoured_to_indonesia_1311131.html
Entra en vigor el contrato suscrito en Indonesia con Rheinmetall para el suministro de blindados de orugas
Jueves 14 de Noviembre de 2013 09:06
(defensa.com)
El contrato suscrito en diciembre de 2012 entre el Ministerio de Defensa de Indonesia con Rheinmetall para el suministro de vehículos blindados de orugas, apoyo logístico y munición, por un monto de 216 millones de euros, ha pasado a estar vigente.
Junto a 103 carros de combate Leopard 2 (su 18º usuario mundial) revisados y modernizados, comprende 42 vehículos de combate de infantería Marder 1A3 actualizados y 11 diversos de recuperación y de ingeniería, más la documentación asociada, equipos de entrenamiento y soporte logístico adicional.
Además, incluye munición de prácticas y de servicio. Las entregas se producirán entre el año que viene y 2016. Con una población de unos 240 millones de personas, se excusa de cara a su capacidad de responder a amenazas potenciales contra su integridad territorial y tomar parte en misiones de paz de la ONU.
Fotografías:
“Marder 1A3” en Yakarta.
“Leopar 2A4” durante el desfile de Yakarta del 5 de octubre pasado.
Jueves 14 de Noviembre de 2013 09:06
(defensa.com)
El contrato suscrito en diciembre de 2012 entre el Ministerio de Defensa de Indonesia con Rheinmetall para el suministro de vehículos blindados de orugas, apoyo logístico y munición, por un monto de 216 millones de euros, ha pasado a estar vigente.
Junto a 103 carros de combate Leopard 2 (su 18º usuario mundial) revisados y modernizados, comprende 42 vehículos de combate de infantería Marder 1A3 actualizados y 11 diversos de recuperación y de ingeniería, más la documentación asociada, equipos de entrenamiento y soporte logístico adicional.
Además, incluye munición de prácticas y de servicio. Las entregas se producirán entre el año que viene y 2016. Con una población de unos 240 millones de personas, se excusa de cara a su capacidad de responder a amenazas potenciales contra su integridad territorial y tomar parte en misiones de paz de la ONU.
Fotografías:
“Marder 1A3” en Yakarta.
“Leopar 2A4” durante el desfile de Yakarta del 5 de octubre pasado.
Turkey Mulling 'Big Team' for Tank Production
Nov. 14, 2013 - 07:23PM |
By BURAK EGE BEKDIL
Turkey may add several companies in a 'big team' to participate in serial production of the next-generation Altay. (File)
ANKARA — Turkey’s top procurement planners may reshape the industrial strategy for serial production of the Altay new generation tank by creating a “big team” of several companies, including foreign ones, rather than leaving Otokar as prime contractor.
The planners are weighing the merits of awarding a multi-billion dollar contract to such a team, which industry sources said could involve several foreign companies in technology transfer.
Turkey’s national tank program foresees the eventual manufacturing of the Altay by a local company or companies under a serial production program, but foreign companies could take part in various components, most notably its engine, armor and complex systems integration.
Turkey’s armored vehicles maker, Otokar, has designed and is producing four prototypes of the Altay in a deal to sell four 250-unit batches to the Turkish military. The Turkish Army has 720 German-made Leopard 1 and 2 tanks, 930 American M-60s and 1,370 M-48s, most of which are Cold War-era tanks and need replacement.
In 2008, Otokar signed a US $500 million contract with Turkey’s procurement office, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM). SSM selected South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem for technical support system and command, control and communications information system.
State-owned MKEK was selected as the subcontractor for the 120mm primary weapon, while Roketsan will provide the armor.
“We will place our first order in early 2014,” said SSM’s chief, Murad Bayar.
Bayar said production planning for the Altay had not yet been made.
“We are thinking about a large consortium of players for the Altay, including military production plants ... like a cooperative,” he said.
Otokar has produced the prototypes under a contract, but it does not have a contract for serial production which, technically speaking, keeps the deal open to other players.
“As far as the serial production deal is concerned, we would not be keen to change the company that has developed
and produced the prototypes. Although selecting a producer other than Otokar is possible, I don’t think this would make much sense,” Bayar said.
Otokar is owned by Turkey’s biggest business conglomerate, Koc Holding, whose defense business may be a casualty of a row between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and one of its top executives after a month of civil unrest that battered the Turkish government. In one incident during June demonstrations, protesters tried to escape police tear gas and pepper spray by taking refuge in a posh Istanbul hotel, Divan, owned by Koc. Hotel management admitted the protesters to its lobby, but police fired more tear gas and pepper spray into the hotel lobby, although it is illegal to fire these chemicals into indoor spaces.
It was reported that Ali Koc, a board member and family member, had ordered the hotel to help the protesters. On June 16, an angry Erdogan said in a rally: “We know which hotel owners helped terrorists [protesters]. It is a crime to abet terrorists. And those crimes will not remain unpunished.”
On Sept. 26, a defense industry executive committee that oversees procurement decisions and is chaired by Erdogan scrapped a $2 billion corvette deal with RMK Marine, a Koc shipyard.
Meanwhile, procurement officials said Turkey was negotiating with Japan for a joint engine that would power the Altay. Talks with the German engine-maker MTU also continue.
“Talks with the Japanese are quite fresh, and we hope they would progress quickly,” said one official familiar with the Altay tank program.
Nov. 14, 2013 - 07:23PM |
By BURAK EGE BEKDIL
Turkey may add several companies in a 'big team' to participate in serial production of the next-generation Altay. (File)
ANKARA — Turkey’s top procurement planners may reshape the industrial strategy for serial production of the Altay new generation tank by creating a “big team” of several companies, including foreign ones, rather than leaving Otokar as prime contractor.
The planners are weighing the merits of awarding a multi-billion dollar contract to such a team, which industry sources said could involve several foreign companies in technology transfer.
Turkey’s national tank program foresees the eventual manufacturing of the Altay by a local company or companies under a serial production program, but foreign companies could take part in various components, most notably its engine, armor and complex systems integration.
Turkey’s armored vehicles maker, Otokar, has designed and is producing four prototypes of the Altay in a deal to sell four 250-unit batches to the Turkish military. The Turkish Army has 720 German-made Leopard 1 and 2 tanks, 930 American M-60s and 1,370 M-48s, most of which are Cold War-era tanks and need replacement.
In 2008, Otokar signed a US $500 million contract with Turkey’s procurement office, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM). SSM selected South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem for technical support system and command, control and communications information system.
State-owned MKEK was selected as the subcontractor for the 120mm primary weapon, while Roketsan will provide the armor.
“We will place our first order in early 2014,” said SSM’s chief, Murad Bayar.
Bayar said production planning for the Altay had not yet been made.
“We are thinking about a large consortium of players for the Altay, including military production plants ... like a cooperative,” he said.
Otokar has produced the prototypes under a contract, but it does not have a contract for serial production which, technically speaking, keeps the deal open to other players.
“As far as the serial production deal is concerned, we would not be keen to change the company that has developed
and produced the prototypes. Although selecting a producer other than Otokar is possible, I don’t think this would make much sense,” Bayar said.
Otokar is owned by Turkey’s biggest business conglomerate, Koc Holding, whose defense business may be a casualty of a row between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and one of its top executives after a month of civil unrest that battered the Turkish government. In one incident during June demonstrations, protesters tried to escape police tear gas and pepper spray by taking refuge in a posh Istanbul hotel, Divan, owned by Koc. Hotel management admitted the protesters to its lobby, but police fired more tear gas and pepper spray into the hotel lobby, although it is illegal to fire these chemicals into indoor spaces.
It was reported that Ali Koc, a board member and family member, had ordered the hotel to help the protesters. On June 16, an angry Erdogan said in a rally: “We know which hotel owners helped terrorists [protesters]. It is a crime to abet terrorists. And those crimes will not remain unpunished.”
On Sept. 26, a defense industry executive committee that oversees procurement decisions and is chaired by Erdogan scrapped a $2 billion corvette deal with RMK Marine, a Koc shipyard.
Meanwhile, procurement officials said Turkey was negotiating with Japan for a joint engine that would power the Altay. Talks with the German engine-maker MTU also continue.
“Talks with the Japanese are quite fresh, and we hope they would progress quickly,” said one official familiar with the Altay tank program.
US to End Controversial Russian Helicopter Purchases
Nov. 14, 2013 - 06:10PM |
By AARON MEHTA
The US has decided to discontinue purchases of Russian-built Mi-17 helicopters to equip the Afghan military. (Romeo Gacad / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress and human rights activists alike have lauded the Pentagon’s decision to not request any new purchases of Mi-17 military helicopters.
The Pentagon has purchased 63 of the rotorcraft, exported by Russian firm Rosoboronexport, to equip the Afghan Air Force. But after months of political pressure, the Defense Department has decided to remove a request for more helicopters from the fiscal 2014 budget.
“After initially requesting funds from Congress in the FY14 budget to provide additional enhancements for the Afghan National Security Forces, the department has re-evaluated requirements in consultation with Congress,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “We currently do not have plans to purchase additional Mi-17s from Rosoboronexport beyond those in the Afghan Program of Record.”
Previously purchased rotorcraft will not be impacted by the decision.
The purchase of Mi-17s has been controversial due to the relationship between Rosoboronexport and the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The Russian firm has supplied Assad’s military with weaponry used in its ongoing struggle against rebel forces in Syria.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who last year held up the nomination of Heidi Shyu to become the Army’s top acquisitions officer over the Pentagon’s decision to purchase from Rosoboronexport, has been active in opposing future deals with the Russian firm. He supported DoD’s decision.
“I applaud the Defense Department’s decision to finally cancel its plan to buy additional helicopters from Rosoboronexport,” Cornyn said in a statement. “Doing business with the supplier of these helicopters has been a morally bankrupt policy, and as a nation, we should no longer be subsidizing Assad’s war crimes.”
Cornyn was notified of the decision by Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, a Cornyn aide told Defense News.
The announcement also drew praise from a human rights organization concerned with the ongoing situation in Syria.
“This is both the right thing to do and the smart thing to do,” said Human Rights First’s Sonni Efron. “It will save American taxpayers money while showing that the United States will not keep doing business as usual with firms that are profiting from enabling gross human rights violations.”
In June, the Pentagon’s Inspector General called a decision to purchase 30 Mi-17s, at a cost of $553 million for the Afghan Special Missions Wing “imprudent” due to a variety of issues with training and capability.
“Without an effective support structure, US-funded SMW aircraft could be left sitting on runways in Afghanistan, rather than supporting critical missions, resulting in waste of US funds,” the IG report said.
It’s been a rough few months for relations between Afghanistan and the US, with negotiations between the two countries regarding a long-term military presence turning testy and a major government watchdog saying much of the country is too dangerous to inspect. But military officials at the Defense One conference in Washington on Nov. 14 indicated positive signs for the Afghan military.
“The real goal is to help them build a force they need to sustain,” Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning said. “That’s been our focus, working with them to help them understand what kind of platforms they need and what ones they can actually realistically maintain on their own.”
“Their fighting prowess against the Taliban this year, they’ve done pretty well,” said Lt. Gen. Terry Wolff, director for Strategic Plans and Policy on the Joint Staff. “The belief is there is some more work institutionally that the Afghan Ministry of Interior and Defense have to do. There is still a lot of work that has to occur, but this year has been encouraging in terms of how it fights the Taliban.”
John T. Bennett in Washington contributed to this report.
Nov. 14, 2013 - 06:10PM |
By AARON MEHTA
The US has decided to discontinue purchases of Russian-built Mi-17 helicopters to equip the Afghan military. (Romeo Gacad / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress and human rights activists alike have lauded the Pentagon’s decision to not request any new purchases of Mi-17 military helicopters.
The Pentagon has purchased 63 of the rotorcraft, exported by Russian firm Rosoboronexport, to equip the Afghan Air Force. But after months of political pressure, the Defense Department has decided to remove a request for more helicopters from the fiscal 2014 budget.
“After initially requesting funds from Congress in the FY14 budget to provide additional enhancements for the Afghan National Security Forces, the department has re-evaluated requirements in consultation with Congress,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “We currently do not have plans to purchase additional Mi-17s from Rosoboronexport beyond those in the Afghan Program of Record.”
Previously purchased rotorcraft will not be impacted by the decision.
The purchase of Mi-17s has been controversial due to the relationship between Rosoboronexport and the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The Russian firm has supplied Assad’s military with weaponry used in its ongoing struggle against rebel forces in Syria.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who last year held up the nomination of Heidi Shyu to become the Army’s top acquisitions officer over the Pentagon’s decision to purchase from Rosoboronexport, has been active in opposing future deals with the Russian firm. He supported DoD’s decision.
“I applaud the Defense Department’s decision to finally cancel its plan to buy additional helicopters from Rosoboronexport,” Cornyn said in a statement. “Doing business with the supplier of these helicopters has been a morally bankrupt policy, and as a nation, we should no longer be subsidizing Assad’s war crimes.”
Cornyn was notified of the decision by Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, a Cornyn aide told Defense News.
The announcement also drew praise from a human rights organization concerned with the ongoing situation in Syria.
“This is both the right thing to do and the smart thing to do,” said Human Rights First’s Sonni Efron. “It will save American taxpayers money while showing that the United States will not keep doing business as usual with firms that are profiting from enabling gross human rights violations.”
In June, the Pentagon’s Inspector General called a decision to purchase 30 Mi-17s, at a cost of $553 million for the Afghan Special Missions Wing “imprudent” due to a variety of issues with training and capability.
“Without an effective support structure, US-funded SMW aircraft could be left sitting on runways in Afghanistan, rather than supporting critical missions, resulting in waste of US funds,” the IG report said.
It’s been a rough few months for relations between Afghanistan and the US, with negotiations between the two countries regarding a long-term military presence turning testy and a major government watchdog saying much of the country is too dangerous to inspect. But military officials at the Defense One conference in Washington on Nov. 14 indicated positive signs for the Afghan military.
“The real goal is to help them build a force they need to sustain,” Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning said. “That’s been our focus, working with them to help them understand what kind of platforms they need and what ones they can actually realistically maintain on their own.”
“Their fighting prowess against the Taliban this year, they’ve done pretty well,” said Lt. Gen. Terry Wolff, director for Strategic Plans and Policy on the Joint Staff. “The belief is there is some more work institutionally that the Afghan Ministry of Interior and Defense have to do. There is still a lot of work that has to occur, but this year has been encouraging in terms of how it fights the Taliban.”
John T. Bennett in Washington contributed to this report.
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¿Por qué el ejército noruego no comerá carne los lunes?
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El día de dieta vegetariana ya se incorporó en las principales bases militares noruegas.
Las autoridades militares en Noruega anunciaron un plan para imponer una dieta vegetariana a sus tropas una vez por semana para combatir un nuevo enemigo: el cambio climático.
Según el ejército, la comida de los lunes no incluirá carne para reducir el consumo de alimentos considerados perjudiciales para el medio ambiente y cuya producción contribuye de manera desproporcionada al calentamiento global.
La dieta ya se ha incorporado en una de las principales bases militares noruegas y pronto se impondrá en todas las unidades, incluyendo las de ultramar.
El ejército estima que reducirá el consumo de carne en 150 toneladas al año.
"Es un paso hacia la protección de nuestro clima. La idea es servir comida que es respetuosa de nuestro medio ambiente", le dijo el portavoz Eystein Kvarving a la agencia noticiosa AFP.
Un día de abstinencia
Kvarving aseguró que el programa no tiene nada que ver con ahorrar dinero, sino que es producto de una preocupación con el medio ambiente que contribuye a la ecología y que, de paso, es más saludable.
Un informe publicado en 2006 por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) concluyó que la industria de ganadería emite más gases de efecto invernadero que el sector de transporte.
Añade que también es una de las principales causas de degradación de aguas y tierra. En su momento, el autor del reporte alertó que la ganadería constituía una de las mayores amenazas ambientales y pidió que se tomaran medidas urgentes para remediar la situación.
"El Ministerio de Defensa merece muchos elogios por abordar los temas climáticos y ambientalistas con seriedad"
Arild Hermstad, organización ambientalista El Futuro está en Nuestras Manos
Según una organización de protección del medio ambiente en Noruega, The Future is in Our Hands (El Futuro está en Nuestras Manos), el noruego promedio consume más de 1.200 animales en su vida, incluyendo 1.147 pollos, 22 corderos, seis vacas y 2,6 venados.
La organización hace campaña para que se imponga un lunes de abstinencia a nivel nacional con el propósito de "reducir el consumo de los recursos naturales por los sectores más pudientes de la sociedad en aras de la protección ambiental y de los pobres del mundo", como declara en su sitio de internet.
"El Ministerio de Defensa merece muchos elogios por abordar los temas climáticos y ambientalistas con seriedad", expresó Arild Hermstad, director de esa organización.
El movimiento de los "Lunes sin carne" se inició en 2003 en Estados Unidos como un programa de concientización auspiciado por la Escuela de Salud Pública Johns Hopkins Bloomberg.
Varios lugares por todo el mundo han adoptado sus propias versiones de días de abstinencia carnívora, incluyendo Israel, Croacia, Australia y las ciudades de Gante, Bélgica, y Sao Paulo, Brasil.
En 2009, el ex Beatle Paul McCartney -un rígido promotor del vegetarianismo- lanzó con dos de sus hijas una campaña en Reino Unido para el "Lunes sin carne".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias...idades_noruega_ejercito_vegetariano_wbm.shtml
Polonia suma 119 Leopards 2 a su flota.
http://www.defence24.pl/news_niemieckie-leopardy-dla-polskiej-armii
http://www.defence24.pl/news_niemieckie-leopardy-dla-polskiej-armii
El nuevo contrato ruso-argelino
http://charly015.blogspot.com.ar/2013/11/el-nuevo-contrato-ruso-argelino.html
Un medio argelino saltó la liebre (LeSoirdAlgerie ) sobre un nuevo megacontrato de armamento entre Rusia y Argelia que puede incluir los siguientes equipos y sistemas :
Sistemas de defensa aérea S-400
Sistemas de defensa aérea Tor
180 tanques T-90SM
Una cantidad sin especificar de BMPT-72
Fuentes:
http://topwar.ru/36356-s-400-dlya-alzhira.html
http://charly015.blogspot.com.ar/2013/11/el-nuevo-contrato-ruso-argelino.html
Un medio argelino saltó la liebre (LeSoirdAlgerie ) sobre un nuevo megacontrato de armamento entre Rusia y Argelia que puede incluir los siguientes equipos y sistemas :
Sistemas de defensa aérea S-400
Sistemas de defensa aérea Tor
180 tanques T-90SM
Una cantidad sin especificar de BMPT-72
Fuentes:
http://topwar.ru/36356-s-400-dlya-alzhira.html
Polonia recibirá 119 “Leopard 2” adicionales
Los ministros de Defensa de Alemania y Polonia, Thomas de Maizière y Tomasz Siemoniak, respectivamente, han firmado un contrato para la transferencia de 119 carros de combate Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leopard 2 excedentes del Ejército alemán. El valor asciende a 180 millones de euros y comprende el suministro, entre 2014 y 2015, de 105 2A5 y 14 2A4, así como unos 200 vehículos de apoyo de diversos modelos, configuraciones y equipos y servicios asociados y documentación técnica. Se desconoce cuál es la brigada de destino de los tanques y si sufrirán alguna mejora, pero se estima que sustituirán progresivamente a los T-72M/M1 de origen ruso.
El Leopard 2 está armado con una pieza de 120 mm. y una ametralladora de 7,62 mm. MG42-59. El Ejército polaco opera 128 Leopard 2A4, recibidos en el pasado desde Alemania. Actualmente lós emplean dos batallones de la 10ª Brigada de Caballería Blindada de Swietoszow y se modernizarán localmente en los próximos anos, probablemente a una configuración muy próxima al 2A5. Polonia opera todavía importantes cantidades de carros de combate PT-91 Twardy, del que Zaklady Mechaniczne Bumar-Labedy, del grupo PHO (Polski Holding Obronny), fue el fabricante local (Victor M.S. Barreira, corresponsal de Grupo Edefa en Lisboa).
http://www.defensa.com/index.php?op...eopard-2-adicionales&catid=57:otan&Itemid=186
Grim Campaigner 2013
The largest 2013 land and air force exercise Grim Campaigner held at the Hradiste Training Area from 7 to 18 October 2013 confirmed that the 41st Mechanised Battalion and 43rd Airborne Mechanised Battalion of the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade (RDB) are fully capable to conduct defence and attack operations complying with NATO standards. The battalions form the core of the 4th Brigade Task Force which will be fully operational in 2014.
Activities of more than 1900 soldiers with 600 pieces of equipment not only from the 4th RDB but also from other 15 headquarters and units of the Czech military, included scenarios of possible engagement of units both in defence of the Czech Republic and deployment on foreign missions within allied commitments.
The largest 2013 land and air force exercise Grim Campaigner held at the Hradiste Training Area from 7 to 18 October 2013 confirmed that the 41st Mechanised Battalion and 43rd Airborne Mechanised Battalion of the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade (RDB) are fully capable to conduct defence and attack operations complying with NATO standards. The battalions form the core of the 4th Brigade Task Force which will be fully operational in 2014.
Activities of more than 1900 soldiers with 600 pieces of equipment not only from the 4th RDB but also from other 15 headquarters and units of the Czech military, included scenarios of possible engagement of units both in defence of the Czech Republic and deployment on foreign missions within allied commitments.
