The IRON WOLF 2025 field training exercise took place in Lithuania with the participation of around 3,700 troops from NATO member countries.
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The IRON WOLF 2025 field training exercise took place in Lithuania with the participation of around 3,700 troops and 700 military vehicles from several NATO member countries including Czechia, Germany, Lithuania and Norway. The exercise saw troops from the Lithuanian Iron Wolf Infantry Brigade and the NATO Multinational Battlegroup Lithuania, integrated into the brigade and based in Rukla, train the planning and execution of defensive and offensive operations. The exercise culminated in an airborne assault operation executed by the US Army 173rd Airborne brigade which saw the operation transition to exercise SWIFT RESPONSE 2025.
This NATO Multimedia footage, filmed 15 May and released this week, includes mechanised infantry from Germany, Lithuania and Norway performing manoeuvres as well as a parachute drop from the US Army 173rd Airborne brigade alongside interviews with Lieutenant Colonel Malte Bolanz, German Armed Forces, and Major Andreas Hultgren, Norwegian Army.
Shot list:-
- 00:00 ~ German Leopard tanks firing smoke
- 00:08 ~ German Puma armoured vehicles
- 00:15 ~ German Leopard tanks
- 00:20 ~ Lithuanian Boxer armoured vehicle
- 00:29 ~ German command post
- 00:33 ~ German command post
- 00:39 ~ German command post
- 00:46 ~ German soldiers in forest
- 01:00 ~ Norwegian CV90 armoured vehicle
- 01:03 ~ Lithuanian soldiers firing small arms
- 01:12 ~ Lithuanian soldiers patrolling through the forest
- 01:21 ~ Norwegian CV90 armoured vehicle
- 01:29 ~ German Army Leopard tank
- 01:54 ~ German soldiers running through smoke
- 02:30 ~ US 173rd Airborne paratroopers dropping onto airfield near Rukla
- 02:56 ~ German and Norwegian soldiers standing on top of a Norwegian CV90 AFV
- 03:02 ~ Norwegian soldier standing on top of a Norwegian CV90 armoured fighting vehicle
- 03:16 ~ NATO flag with Norwegian soldier
- 03:37 ~ Lithuanian, Norwegian, Czech and German soldiers standing in front of a static display
- 03:47 ~ Lithuanian, Norwegian, Czech and German soldiers standing in front of a static display
- 04:24 ~ Soundbite: Major Andreas Hultgren, Norwegian Army
- 05:25 ~ Soundbite: Lieutenant Colonel Malte Bolanz, Commander Battlegroup Lithuania, German Armed Forces
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