Spain sends Leopard tanks and Pizarro tanks to Norway for the largest NATO exercises this year
Spain participates with one Ten Leopardo tanks and six armored Pizarros Norway has been selected as one of the largest NATO exercises this year.
It belongs to a unit that spans a month in this Scandinavian country 12. “Guaderrama” brigade And they move 250 military According to military sources.
“About 2500 soldiers , mainly from the four NATO countries (France, Italy, Poland and Spain) participating in the field. These forces are supported by ten warships from eight NATO countries (Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom). 750 sailors operates off the coast of Norway and actively Abdominal Delivered by NATO member countries “, describes the headquarters of the Joint Command of Forces of the Atlantic Alliance located in Bransom (Netherlands).
This year, the maneuver will consist of distinguishing military exercises: “Brilliant Jump 2022” and “Cold Response 2022”. These maneuvers will continue until April 1.
Leopardo and Pizarro armored tanks will soon leave port Santander on the way to the Norwegian port Friedrichstadt . Most of the soldiers will be transported to the airport Gardermoen to be Rena Reference city for maneuvers.
The “Cold Response 2022” exercise is defensive and includes the assumption in NATO’s Article 5, in which allies commit themselves to defending and other NATO countries under attack.
Norway is a country Member of the Atlantic Alliance since 1949 . In connection with the war in Ukraine, NATO clarified in a statement, “Norway announced this planned exercise years in advance in accordance with the requirements of the Vienna document. The Vienna Document requires all host countries to notify the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) of major military exercises. For that reason, Norway has all OSCE member states to send observers to the “Cold Response 2022” exercise. “
The assignment also has cars in Latvia
It should be remembered that the deployment of Spanish tanks with NATO in Norway, even if only for one month, including 6 Leopard tanks and 14 armored Pizarro tanks deployed by Spain in a preventive mission in Latvia since June 2017 with 360 soldiers.
As reported by the Ministry of Defense this week, 150 soldiers will join the mission in the coming days. The new contingent will be part of a new artillery unit with half a dozen from the 11th Field Artillery Regiment (RACA 11). ATP M-109 A5E self-propelled howitzers.