UK troops train on NATO’s eastern flank with state-of-the-art Javelin and NLAW anti-tank weapons systems. About 40 soldiers from the British Army took part in Exercise Hunter 22 in Lithuania, using state-of-the-art Javelin and NLAW anti-tank weapons systems alongside their Lithuanian allies. This was a pre-planned bilateral exercise focusing on shared anti-tank capabilities.
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The soldiers from Black Horse Troop, the UK contribution to the US-led NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup in Poland, is formed from B Squadron The Royal Dragoon Guards.
Black Horse Troop are equipped with Jackal and Coyote vehicles as well as NLAW and Javelin anti-tank weapons. These two anti-tank systems have been employed by the British Army for a number of years and are a significant force multiplier for lightly armoured troops.
Footage includes shots of UK troops operating the Javelin and NLAW weapons systems alongside the Lithuanian Army and an interview with Commander of Black Horse Troop Major Will Roome, Royal Dragoon Guards, British Army.
COMMANDER OF BLACK HORSE TROOP MAJOR WILL ROOME, ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS, BRITISH ARMY
“As a reconnaissance squadron, two of the main anti-tank capabilities that we have are NLAW, which is relatively short-range, kind of three to 400 metres ideally anti-tank capability carried on pretty much every vehicle. And there's a more deliberate, kind of slightly longer-range anti-tank capability, we have the Javelin missile out to two, two and a half kilometres that allows us to deliver that slightly longer-range anti-tank capability.”
“We would never go to conduct any sort of conflict on our own and the strength of NATO is the Alliance and the different nations within it and the ability to come here, train alongside our Lithuanian partners and then conduct joint exercises is kind of real proof of that. And the soldiers get a lot out of it as well, kind of meeting soldiers from other nations and learning about how they do things and learning and improving both nations as a result of it.”
“So yeah, absolutely. It is absolutely business as usual for us. We are continuing to conduct our mission to demonstrate our readiness to ensure that we're interoperable with our NATO Allies and our other partners and to make sure that we're ready for whatever comes.”
Around 40 soldiers from the Royal Dragoon Guards took part in Exercise Hunter 22 in Lithuania, as part of a pre-planned bilateral exercise focusing on shared anti-tank capabilities.
Black Horse Troop, the British contribution to the US-led NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup in Poland, took part in the live fire exercise alongside their Lithuanian Army counterparts. This included training with Jackal and Coyote vehicles as well as NLAW and Javelin anti-tank weapons.
These two anti-tank systems have been employed by the British Army for several years and are a significant force-multiplier for lightly armoured troops.
The UK has a long-standing partnership with Lithuania and eight other nations as part of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF).
Established in 2014, the JEF is a concept that draws on a pool of high-readiness forces from the UK and like-minded partner nations to provide military options that respond rapidly in peacetime or crisis. The UK as the framework nation may activate a JEF deployment unilaterally or as part of a JEF coalition.
The UK fronts the JEF as the Framework Nation, working alongside nine partner nations; Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. The JEF has the potential to grow and develop key interoperability focus areas specifically assigned to each nation’s subject matter expertise and recent experiences.
The JEF is a key contribution to European security: ten nations stronger when working together; delivering forces at high readiness, across a range of roles; increasing capacity; and complementary to NATO and other European and global security arrangements.
