Some serious NATO tank hardware was on display during Exercise IRON SPEAR 2025 at the Ādaži Training Ground in Latvia.
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IRON SPEAR 2025 recently took place at the Ādaži Training Ground in Latvia, bringing together NATO armoured crews from across the Alliance to compete in a series of live-fire and tactical challenges as crews from nine NATO Allies went head-to-head in a tank competition. The event tested tank crews on gunnery accuracy, crew coordination, and combat readiness under simulated operational conditions.
NATO Allies Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom participated, with crews operating main battle tanks such as the Leopard 2 and Challenger 2. The competition served both as a training opportunity and a demonstration of NATO’s interoperability and collective defence capabilities on its eastern flank. IRON SPEAR took place from 28 April – 3 May 2025.
This NATO Multimedia footage, filmed 30 April and released this week, includes various shots of the different tanks and crews in the field as they manoeuvre and fire at the Ādaži Training Ground in Latvia, and soundbites by Lieutenant Colonel Darryn Gray, Commander of the NATO multinational brigade Latvia.
Shot list:-
- 00:00 ~ Canadian Leopard 2 tanks manoeuvring and firing during the competition
- 00:32 ~ German Leopard 2 tanks manoeuvring and firing during the competition
- 00:53 ~ French AMX-10RC manoeuvring and firing during the competition
- 01:01 ~ Italian Centauro vehicles manoeuvring and firing during the competition
- 01:23 ~ Canadian leopard 2 tanks manoeuvring
- 01:58 ~ Canadian tanks arrive back to training area after taking part in competition
- 02:07 ~ Polish Leopard 2 tanks move through training area
- 02:16 ~ Norwegian Leopard 2 tanks manoeuvring and firing during the competition
- 02:54 ~ British Army Challenger 2 tanks manoeuvring and firing during the competition
- 04:05 ~ French crew prepare and load ammunition into AMX-10RC
- 04:31 ~ French AMX-10RC fires during the competition
- 04:34 ~ German Leopard 2 tank moves through training area
- 04:52 ~ Swedish Leopard 2 tanks taking part in the competition
- 05:06 ~ Soundbite: Lieutenant Colonel Darryn Gray – Commander, NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia
- 05:24 ~ Soundbite: Lieutenant Colonel Darryn Gray
- 05:49 ~ Soundbite: Lieutenant Colonel Darryn Gray
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