![]() ![]() The UK-led BG EST operates under the command of Estonia’s 1st Infantry Brigade ( 1.Jalaväebrigaadi) based at Tapa, about 100km by road from Tallinn, and regularly exercises alongside Estonian troops on the nearby Central Training Area at Tapa plus its immediate environs. A secondary rotating contingent provided by either France, Denmark or Belgium, brings the battlegroup strength up to over 1100 troops at any one time.Ĭhallenger 2 MBT making good use of natural camouflage in the Estonian forest The British Army is lead formation for the multinational NATO eFP (enhanced Forward Presence) battlegroup based in Estonia, abbreviated to BG EST, and since the spring of 2017 it has provided a rotating contingent numbering at least 825 personnel at any one time. Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, whose country neighbours Ukraine, said Warsaw would ask Germany for permission to re-export the Leopold 2 tanks to Kyiv during an EU meeting in Brussels.In Part Eight of Spring Storm In The Baltic Region we turn our attention to the British Army battlegroup on KEVADTORM 2021 in Estonia, reports Bob Morrison. Ukraine and Russia are both believed to be planning spring offensives to break the deadlock in what has become a war of attrition in eastern and southern Ukraine, as the first anniversary of the Russian invasion nears.įighting is now centred on the town of Bakhmut in the east, where Russia’s Wagner mercenaries and Ukrainian forces have been locked in battle. It is used by reconnaissance regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps and ‘recce’ elements of the armoured infantry.” Who else is sending tanks to Ukraine? “Scimitar carries a 30mm Rarden cannon for self-defence. “The Scimitar armoured fighting vehicle’s exceptionally low ground pressure and small size make it useful where the terrain is hostile and movement is difficult,” the Ministry of Defence says. The British Army also has 181 Scimitars, which are its light battle tanks. ![]()
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