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01. AFTER COMPLETING THEIR MISSION MEMBERS OF A SNIPER
alliance Forces
TEAM ARE EXTRACTED BY MIL MI-17 HIP TACTICAL TRANSPORT
HELICOPTERS OF THE 25. BRYGADA KAWALERII POWIETRZNEJ
WA R FA R E
I N MASU R I A
NATO A R M O U R ED
report & images

by carl schulze
e x e r c i s e
dragon 15
in October 2015 Exercise DRAGON 15 (DRAGOON 15 in
English) saw forces from Germany, Poland and the
United Kingdom train for armoured warfare on the
Orzysz Training Area in Masuria in eastern Poland with
specialist Canadian and US light troops also taking
part in the manoeuvres. Conducted by the Polish Armed
Forces General Command, and involving some 7,000
troops, DRAGON 15 was the largest exercise held in
Poland in 2015. C&S closely followed the exercise to
bring this exclusive report and accompanying images.
I
ts 21st October, circa 08:30, armoured elements into a pre-
Orzysz Training Area, Eastern planned killing area, where its
Poland: The attack of the advance had been stopped in its
enemy armoured forces had tracks by concentrated artillery re
been blunted on the well- and well aimed gunre from British
prepared defences of the British Challenger 2 and German Leopard
Lead Armoured Battle Group 2A6 main battle tanks, as well as
(LABG) from the 3rd [UK] Division, British Javelin LFATGW and German
reinforced by a company of German MILAN anti-tank missiles.
Panzer Grenadiers from Panzer
grenadier bataillon 212. Mineelds The time was now right for the
had channelled the leading enemy commander of the 17th Mechanised
01.
alliance Forces
02.
Brigade (17. Wielkopolska Brygada the mineelds in order to clear the

Zmechanizowana) to unleash a pre- way for the counter-attack. 03.
planned counter-attack in order to
destroy the enemy before he could The mine-clearing devices go off
refresh his attack by deploying in lines of reballs, accompanied
reinforcements. Only minutes after by massive bangs and the ground
the order for the counter-attack is heaving almost like an earthquake.
given, columns of large numbers of The sudden counter-attack of the
KTO Rosomak wheeled armoured defenders is also supported by heavy
infantry ghting vehicles from the artillery re provided by 152mm AHS
1st Motorised Infantry Battalion (1. (Armato-Haubica Samobiena) Dana 04.
Batalionu Piechoty Zmotoryzowanej wheeled self-propelled howitzers
Ziemi Rzeszowskiej) can be seen and 122mm WR-40 Langusta self-
emerging from wooded areas and propelled multiple launch rocket
deploying into attack formation. systems that have a devastating
Images Carl Schulze
effect.
On the right ank the mechanised
infantry is supported by a company The overwhelming repower of the
of Leopard 2A5PL MBTs from the 1st all-arms force soon has its effect on
Tank Battalion (1. Brabancki Batalion the enemy forces, who begin a hasty
Czogw) of 34th Armoured Cavalry withdrawal. Blocking an enemy
05.
Brigade (34. Brygady Kawalerii attack and conducting a counter-
Pancernej). Simultaneously with attack was only one of the scenarios
the initial advance of the armoured trained by the NATO force in eastern
assets, engineers using mine clearing Poland. Others were, for example,
line charges prepare gaps through to conduct delaying operations, to
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02. THE LEOPARD 2A5PL MBT ONLY RECENTLY ENTERED
SERVICE WITH THE 1ST TANK BATTALION (1. BRABANCKI
BATALION CZOGW) OF THE 34. BRYGADY KAWALERII
PANCERNEJ
03. LANGUSTA 122MM WR-40 SELF-PROPELLED MULTIPLE
LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEMS ARE DECONTAMINATED BY 06.
NBC DEFENCE ASSETS OF THE POLISH ARMY AFTER
CONTAMINATION DURING AN ENEMY CHEMICAL ATTACK
04. STAR 266M HIBNERYT-3 TRUCKS OF THE POLISH

ARMY FITTED WITH 23MM ZU-23-2 ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS
PROVIDED CLOSE AIR-DEFENCE FOR THE ARMOURED FORCES
05. THE ARMOURED INFANTRY UNITS OF THE POLISH ARMY

ARE EQUIPPED WITH BWP-1 ARMOURED INFANTRY FIGHTING
VEHICLES - A NUMBER WERE EMPLOYED BY THE ENEMY
FORCES
06. THE WEM ROSMAK IS THE AMBULANCE VARIANT OF THE

KTO ROSOMAK - IT HAS A CREW OF FOUR AND CAN CARRY
UP TO THREE PATIENTS ON STRETCHERS
07. EXERCISE DRAGON 15 SAW THE PARTICIPATION OF THE

LABG OF 3RD [UK] DIVISION EQUIPPED WITH CHALLENGER 2
MBTS AND WARRIOR AIFVS
08. POLISH SPECIAL FORCES FROM JEDNOSTKA WOJSKOWA

KOMANDOSW ALSO PARTICIPATED - THIS IS ONE OF
SEVERAL SF ASSETS BELONGING TO SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
07.
advance to contact and border. The latest evolution of the

to perform a rearward exercise, controlled by the General
passage of lines. Command of the Polish Armed
Forces (Dowdztwo Generalne
LATEST IN A Rodzajw Sil Zbrojnych) which was

formed in January 2014, was the rst
SERIES
Exercise DRAGON
one conducted since the command
and control system of the armed
forces of Poland was restructured.
15 was the latest in
a series of exercises Unlike earlier exercises in the series,
conducted by the the latest also saw special attention
Polish armed forces being paid to the preparation of
every two years. It armed forces in the run-up to a crisis.
took place between As part of this, the mobilisation of
the 13th and selected units of the Polish Army
23rd of October Reserves was conducted for real,
on the Orzysz with reserve soldiers being called in
Training Area in to take over vehicles and equipment
Masuria in north- and then deploy into the eld.
eastern Poland,
south of the
Russian exclave PRIMARY TRAINING
08.
of Kaliningrad and
around 100km west
of the Belarus
AUDIENCE
Key player of Exercise DRAGON

alliance Forces
09.
10.
11.
15 was the 11th Armoured Brigade (17. Wielkopolska Brygada

Cavalry Division (11. Lubuska Zmechanizowana) conducting eld
Dywizja Kawalerii Pancernej) with training, including a two day live-re
its subordinated brigades. This package. For this the brigade was
formation, which is also known as the reinforced by divisional troops of
Black Division, is the only armoured 11th Armoured Cavalry Division, such
division of the Polish land forces. The as the 23rd Artillery Regiment (23.
aim of the exercise was to validate laski Pulk Artylerii) and the 4th Anti-
the abilities of the division to conduct Aircraft Regiment (4. Zielonogrski
combat operations while acting Pulk Prezeciwlotniczy).
as reserve for a Land Component
Command during a defensive The Polish brigade was also
operation. reinforced by elements of the 34th
Armoured Cavalry Brigade (34.
In addition, the exercise was Brygady Kawalerii Pancernej). It
conducted to allow the troops also gained command of the Lead
of the division to train for Armoured Battle Group of the 3rd
operations in a multinational [UK] Division; this formation was
joint combined environment. centred around the 1st Battalion
While major parts of the exercise of The Yorkshire Regiment and
were conducted as command reinforced by a company-size task
post exercise, the DRAGON 15 group from the German Panzer
also saw the 17th Mechanised grenadier bataillon 212.
12.
Images Carl Schulze
14.
13. Elements of the 25th Air Assault Brygada Zmechanizowana included
Brigade (25. Brygada Kawalerii 14 Leopard 2A5PL, 66 KTO Rosomak
09. FOR ANTI-ARMOUR TASKS THE MECHANISED INFANTRY Powietrznej) of the Polish Army wheeled armoured infantry ghting
OF THE 17 BRIGADE EMPLOYS THE SPIKE LR ANTI-TANK also played a role in the exercise, vehicles in different variants, six
GUIDED WEAPON WHICH CAN DESTROY ARMOUR OUT TO A which was set in a hypothetical 122mm WR-40 Langusta self-
RANGE OF 4,000M
crisis scenario that saw two blocks propelled multiple launch rocket
10. MIL MI-24W HIND ATTACK HELICOPTER OF THE POLISH of states clash after an argument systems and four 152 mm AHS Dana
ARMY SUPPORT THE ALLIED ARMOURED FORCES ON THE erupted over natural resources and wheeled self-propelled howitzers. On
GROUND then diplomatic efforts failed to solve the aviation side, 21 rotary and xed
the issue. wing aircraft supported the exercise
11. A WB ELECTRONICS FLY EYE UAV IS LAUNCHED BY A
POLISH SOLDIER - THE 11KG LIGHT UAV CAN REACH A TOP including several Mil Mi-24W Hind
SPEED OF 170KM/HR AND HAS AN OPERATIONAL RADIUS OF
UP TO 50KM DRAGON 15 NUMBERS
The exercise involved some 7,000
attack helicopters and Mil Mi-17 Hip
tactical transport helicopters.
12. LEOPARD 2A5PL MBTS FROM 1 BRABANCKI BATALION
CZOGW OF 34. BRYGADY KAWALERII PANCERNEJ ADVANCE
TO A START LINE FOR AN ATTACK
troops, of which 800 were British,
180 German, 40 American and 12 NATO ASSURANCE
13. POLISH INFANTRYMAN JUST DISMOUNTED FROM A
KTO ROSOMAK HE IS ARMED WITH A 5.56MM KBS WZ.
Canadian. The troops deployed on
exercise with some 1,150 wheeled and
tracked vehicles.
MEASURES
The deployment of the British,
1996 BERYL ASSAULT RIFLE FITTED WITH A 40MM WZ. 83
PALLAD-D UNDER-BARREL GRENADE LAUNCHER Canadian, German and US troops on
Major ghting vehicles employed by the exercise was conducted as part
14. THE GERMAN TASK GROUP ON DRAGON 15 WAS the Polish forces of the 11. Lubuska of the NATO Assurance Measures
MAINLY EQUIPPED WITH SCHTZENPANZER MARDER Dywizja Kawalerii Pancernej and programme triggered by the Ukraine
1A3 ARMOURED INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES
its subordinated 17 Wielkopolska crisis and Russias quite aggressive

alliance Forces
15.
15. THE 1 BATALIONU PIECHOTY ZMOTORYZOWANEJ ZIEMI

RZESZOWSKIEJ USES THE APC VARIANT OF THE KTO
ROSOMAK TO TRANSPORT ITS ANTI-ARMOUR TEAMS
EQUIPPED WITH SPIKE LR
16. A BERGEPANZER 2 ARMOURED RECOVERY VEHICLE OF 1.
BRABANCKI BATALION CZOGW IMPROVES THE CONDITIONS
OF A TRACK AFTER A COMPANY OF LEOPARD 2A5PL HAS
PASSED OVER IT
16. 17. 17. THE ENEMY FORCES ALSO EMPLOYED BRDM-2
RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES - THE FIRST HERE IS A BRDM-
MULTINATIONAL
role in it. The aim of these assurance 2D COMMAND VEHICLE AND THE TWO OTHERS ARE BRDM-
measures is to assure the Alliances 2M-96 RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES
eastern allies of its assistance in case
of any further Russian expansionism. TRAINING 18. POLISH COMBAT ENGINEERS PREPARE DEFENSIVE
POSITIONS FOR THE BRITISH LEAD ARMOURED BATTLE
The British troops participating in
the exercise belonged to the Lead
ENVIRONMENT
For the troops involved, Exercise
GROUP USING STAR 266 BASED EXCAVATORS
19. DRAGON 15 ALSO INVOLVED TRAINING CONDUCTED

Armoured Battle Group (LABG) of UNDER NBC THREAT - HERE VEHICLES ARE DECONTAMINATED
DRAGON 15 was a good opportunity BY A POLISH NBC DEFENCE UNIT AFTER THE ENEMY
the 3rd [UK] Division, centred around to conduct training in a multinational EMPLOYED CHEMICAL WEAPONS
the 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire combined and joint environment.
Regiment and accompanied by a Major issues they had to cope with
Combat Service Support Group (for during the exercise were the usual
more see the separate article starting ones regarding the compatibility of 18.
on Page 16 of this issue). Germany communication equipment and the
participated in the exercise with a language barrier that still exists at all
company-size task group centred levels, even with English being the
around one company from Panzer language of choice of NATO. They
grenadier bataillon 212 of Panzer also had to deal with different tactics
brigade 12 Lipperland. This task and procedures employed by the
group also included a tank platoon varied forces of the different nations.
from Panzer bataillon 203.
From the British point of view
The platoon of US paratroopers Exercise DRAGON 15 offered the
participating in the exercise belonged benet of exercising the deployment 19.
to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Sky capabilities of the LABG, while
Soldiers, based in Vicenza in Italy. from the Polish point of view
Canada participated in the exercise the participation of multinational
with a sniper and reconnaissance forces in the exercise was a great
detachment from the 3rd Battalion, opportunity to allow the elements
Royal 22e Rgiment (3 R22eR) of the 11. Lubuska Dywizja Kawalerii
based at Valcartier Garrison, Quebec Pancernej to train in a multinational
in Canada. environment.

british forces 01.
Images Carl Schulze

1Yorks Battle
The British Army participants in the Polish-hosted
multinational Exercise DRAGON 15 , covered in the
previous feature, were the Lead Armoured Battle Group
04.
(LABG) of the 3rd [UK] Division. The formation deployed
together with a Combat Service Support Group providing
logistic support. The British troops spent the best of
two months in Poland, first exercising on the Drawsko
Pomorskie Training Area in the west before moving east
to the Orzysz Training Area. In this article we provide
some key facts of their deployment.
T
he participation of During 2015 a total of some 5,000
British troops on the British troops from the British
multinational DRAGON 15 Army, Royal Air Force and Royal
exercise was conducted Navy participated in several NATO
as part of the NATO Assurance Measures deployments
Assurance Measures, which were aimed at reassuring NATOs eastern
initiated in May 2014 after relations allies such as Poland, Latvia,
with Russia had deteriorated in Lithuania and Estonia of Alliance
the wake of the Ukraine crisis. support in case of a wider Russian
02. 03.

01. The main weapon system
of 1 YORKS in its role as
armoured infantry battalion
is the FV510 Warrior
Armoured Infantry Fighting
Vehicle
05. expansionism. The participation of
02. The FV510 Warrior the LABG, and other Allied forces,
AIFV in section vehicle
configuration has a crew of on DRAGON 15 was therefore a
three and can transport up demonstration of the Alliances
to seven infantrymen and political will and military capability
their kit in its rear fighting to defend its allies against any
compartment threat.
03. Digging in - 8 Armoured
Engineer Squadron, 35
Regiment RE prepare FROM DRAWSKO
POMORSKIE
defensive positions for
armoured vehicles of the
LABG
04. The Warrior-borne
Anti-Tank Platoon of the
TO ORZYSZ
The deployment of the British
Support Company of 1 YORKS
06. is equipped with the Javelin
formation to Poland started on
Light Forces Anti-Tank the 7th of September. While the
Guided Weapon troops were own out to Poland,
their vehicles and equipment took
05. Trojan AVRE (Armoured to sea by means of a roll-on/roll-
Vehicle Royal Engineers)
from 8 Armoured Engineer off ferry. In total some 800 troops
Squadron, 35 Regiment RE with 157 tracked and 315 wheeled
advancing on Polish soil at vehicles were deployed.
high speed
Training in Poland was divided
06. On the Orzysz Training
Area a Challenger 2 MBT of into two main phases. Phase 1 saw
C Squadron, The Kings Royal the Lead Armoured Battle Group
Hussars engages targets
group
(LABG) with assigned Combat
with its 120mm L30A1 rifled Service Support Group (CSS
tank gun
Group) conducting continuation
07. Challenger 2 MBTs training on the Drawsko
of C Squadron, The Kings Pomorskie Training Area (DPTA)
Royal Hussars formed the in western Poland between the
armoured fist of the 1 YORKS 21st of September and the 2nd of
Battle Group
Poland - Exercise DRAGON 15

report & Images by
carl schulze
06.

british forces
08.
October. The bulk the 13th and 23rd of October.

of the forces were 10.
then deployed During this multinational exercise
by rail from the LABG was assigned under
DPTA to Orzysz command of 17th Mechanised
Training Area Brigade (17. Wielkopolska Brygada
in north-eastern
Poland, where they
took part in the
actual exercise
DRAGON 15
between
09.

11.
Images Carl Schulze

Zmechanizowana) of the 11th
Armoured Division (11. Dywizja
12.
Kawalerii Pancernej) and a 08. Armour attack
- Challenger 2 of C
German armoured infantry Squadron, The Kings Royal
company from Panzer grenadier Hussars and Leopard 2A5PL
bataillon 212 was assigned to the of the 1 Brabancki Batalion
battlegroup for the operational Czolgw operating side by
part of the exercise. The side
redeployment to the UK was 09. This tank crew member
again conducted by sea and from C Squadron, The
rail, with the bulk of Kings Royal Hussars
the troops own out is armed with a 5.56mm
L22A2 carbine - a compact
of Poland on the 1st of version of the SA80A2
November.
10. Trojan AVRE of 8
Armoured Engineer
Squadron, carrying a
Maxi Pipe Fascine, deploys
LEAD
to prepare an obstacle
crossing point deployed within short
time on operations
11. Interoperability.
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew ARMOURED anywhere worldwide;
for example in reaction
BATTLE GROUP
Garner MBE, Commanding to an emerging crisis.
Officer 1 YORKS, briefs
German NCOs of Panzer The task of providing
grenadier battalion 212 Under the new Army the LABG is rotated
on their mission during the 2020 restructuring, the between the brigades
defensive battle Lead Armoured Battle and battalions of the
12. 18th October - 1 YORKS Group is the armoured 3rd [UK] Division; at
Battle Group deploys from spearhead of the the time of exercise
the leaguer to positions at Reaction Force of the DRAGON 15 the LABG
the southern edge of the British Army. Kept at was centred around
Orzysz Training Area prior high readiness, it can be the Warminster-based
to conducting offensive
and defensive operations
british forces Royal Hussars
13. 3. 8 Armoured Engineer Squadron, 15.
35 Regiment RE
4. 28/143 Battery (Tombss Troop),
19th Regiment RA
5. 4 Regiment, The Royal Logistic
Corps
6. 10 Armoured Company, 4
Armoured CS Battalion, REME
7. 80 Squadron, 29
Regiment, RLC
1st Battalion of The Yorkshire 8. 4 Armoured
Regiment (1 YORKS) which is Medical
a component of the Bulford-
based 12th Armoured Infantry
Brigade.
Regiment
9. 174th
Provost
A BUSY YEAR
For the troops of the 1 YORKS
Company, 3rd Battle Group and the CSS Group
During deployments the LABG is Regiment RMP the deployment to Poland marked
supported by a Combat Service 10. 16th Signal another highlight in a busy year,
Support Group formed by various Regiment which saw the unit taking part in
units of the Aldershot-based 101 11. 4 Military Exercise TRACTABLE in March and
Logistic Brigade, as well as units Intelligence April. Then from May onwards it
of the Force Troops Command. Regiment provided a Short Term Training Team
In the case of Ex. DRAGON 15 12. 11 Explosive (STTT) to Ukraine under Operation
the following units belonged Ordnance Disposal ORBITAL. However, for the troops
to the LABG and CSS Group, Regiment RLC Ex. DRAGON 15 was still a welcome
or assigned detachments to opportunity to test their rapid
them: deployment skills as well as to
1. 1st Battalion, The improve their experience
Yorkshire Regiment operating in a combined
2. C Squadron, The Kings environment.
13. Double strike - two

Javelin LFATGW missiles 14.
are simultaneously
launched by the Anti-
Tank Platoon of the
Support Company of the
1 YORKS
14. The power pack of a
Warrior infantry section
vehicle is replaced
by the craftsmen of
10 Armoured Company,
4 Close Support
Battalion, REME
15. Prior to the combat

phase of DRAGON 15
the 1 YORKS Battle
Group spent a couple
of days in a leaguer
on the Orzysz Training
Area where final
preparations were
conducted

outdoor survival
01.
BUSH by Jason Polley
MEDICINE
+ wellness in the field
You are on your own in the back of beyond. You have a nasty cut, 02.
an atomic headache and cannot think straight. You may soon be
in a life-threatening situation. Do you know how to treat common
ailments and injuries with and without a proper medical kit?
Are you aware of the risks, and what medical conditions could
escalate if left unattended? Time for a refresher.
to deal with things like pain, serious
PREPARATIONS AND COURSES cuts, infections, burns, insect stings,
M
edical courses must
fractures, as well as sickness and
form part of your
diarrhoea.
survival training.
You must undertake
regular refreshers to
If you are leaving the UK, you may 03.
Images or via Jason Polley
also need to know about snake bites

keep knowledge and skills usable.
and tropical diseases such as malaria.
A basic First Aid course is the
Do your research, seek expert advice
minimum; get on to specialist courses
from the likes of MASTA, the travel
aimed at outdoors people and do
health advisers (masta-travel-health.
some background reading rust
com / tel. 0330 1004200).
never sleeps.
Build yourself a customised medical BUSH MEDICINE
kit suited to your circumstances, You need to know how to improvise
foreseeable medical issues, and and deal with medical problems if
taking into account the terrain and you do not have any medical supplies
climate. Make sure you know how with you. Also, if you are in a country
04.
01. ON YOUR OWN IN THE BACK
OF BEYOND WHEN ACCIDENT OR
ILLNESS STRIKES ... ARE YOU
PREPARED TO DEAL WITH IT?
leaves of either 02. THE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
willow or birch. OF COMMONLY OBTAINED ITEMS
For sore throats, CAN HELP IF USUAL MEDICINES ARE
gargle on warm UNAVAILABLE.
salty water or a
03. FOODS TO EAT WHEN DEALING
tea made with WITH DIARRHOEA - BANANAS, RICE,
sage leaves. APPLES AND TOAST.
Ice or cold
water numbs, 04. GINGER COUNTERS NAUSEA,
and will relieve GRATE SOME UP AND MAKE A TEA.
the pain from 05. BIRCH LEAF TEA HELPS.
insect bites and COUNTER PAIN, CRAMPS AND
burns. Although KIDNEY INFECTIONS.
pain can often
be tolerated 06. GARGLE ON A TEA MADE WITH
and put out of THYME TO TREAT SORE THROATS.
your mind, it can be an irritation
and affect concentration and
performance.
Bleeding although compression
is the rst thing to do, blood
coagulation is improved if you take
in vitamin K, found in green leafy
vegetables such as spinach and
cabbage.
Infection wash the wound
with clean water rst. Natural
antiseptics include lavender oil, the
juice from onions or garlic, or tea
made with thyme. Re-wash and
re-apply antiseptic a few times a
day where possible. Remember:
BUILD YOURSELF A CUSTOMISED MEDICAL KIT

SUITED TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, FORESEEABLE
05.
MEDICAL ISSUES, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
where medical supplies are scarce or of
dubious quality, you need to know how
THE TERRAIN AND CLIMATE.
to treat yourself using local produce. For
example:-
Constipation a cup of slightly diluted
lemon juice, or a teaspoon of olive oil in
the morning will help. A hot tea made with
dandelion leaves is pretty effective as well.
High bre foods like nuts, fruit, beans and
drinks of just plain warm water will also get
things moving.
Diarrhoea stop eating for at least 24
hours, but take regular drinks of mint tea
and/or strong black tea. Avoid fruit, beans,
spices and stick to plain soups and BRAT
foods: Bananas, Rice, Apples (grated up)
and Toast.
Sickness treat like diarrhoea, but also
drink bits of charcoal mixed with water
as this can absorb poisons that you may
have taken in. Ginger suppresses nausea
grate up some and make into a hot drink,
but take it in any form you can get it, the
stronger the better. 06.
Pain try drinking a tea made with the

outdoor survival
07.
infections can kill, and may sunlight. A foot bath made by

spread rapidly if left untreated. boiling up marigold owers
Fungal infections those is particularly effective; dry
around the feet can be thoroughly afterwards. Where ere
countered with regular washing possible, reduce your intake e of
and exposing the feet to strong sugar and alcohol, as these e help
fungal infections spread.
Earache drip onion juice ce into
08. the ear and take something
thing for
the pain.
INSECTS
Insect repellents are a formm of
preventative medicine because
some insect bites pass on 09.
disease, induce anaphylactic
shock, hurt like hell, and at the 3. Mud.
very least can be a distraction
that could lead you to making Wear a long sleeved shirt and lon
long
mistakes. trousers. A head-net or something
methin
improvised is benecial. Insects hate
Apply whatever repellent you the wind and smoky res. Dusk can be
have, or smear exposed skin feeding time for mosquitoes and other
with one of the following every smaller biting insects, so be prepared.
couple of hours:
1. Anything unsweetened and Treatment - Do not scratch as this
strong smelling, e.g. crushed exposes you to infection. Cooling the
garlic, onion juice, pepper, lemon bite with anything cold helps. Carefully
thyme, wet tobacco or crushed remove the sting if left behind, wash with
lavender owers soap if you have any, and then either
2. The liquid created from dab with vinegar if a wasp or hornet, or
boiling up pieces of oak bark smear with baking soda (found in some

10.
INSECT REPELLENTS ARE A FORM OF PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE BECAUSE

SOME INSECT BITES PASS ON DISEASE, INDUCE ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK
[AND] HURT LIKE HELL...
toothpastes) if a bee sting or which will also help with
ant bite. the swelling. Do this for the
rst 48 hours, after which 11.
WOUNDS, S
SPRAINS substitute the ice for heat to
FRACTURES
AND FRACT help heal the damaged tissue.
Wounds stopsto the bleeding Fractures in the eld
by applying p pressure to the it is not always easy to
wound. Use a eld dressing tell a nasty sprain from a
Once bleeding
or similar. On fracture, so take seriously. 07. SURVIVAL OFTEN MEANS BEING
control, clean and
is under cont Treat as for a sprain, but ABLE TO KEEP MOVING, SO MAKE
antiseptic. Dress the
apply antisep immobilise the affected part SURE YOU CAN DEAL WITH CUTS
Change the dressing
wound. Chan by bracing with a splint and AND INJURIES EFFECTIVELY
keep the wound
daily and kee supporting bandages. Again,
08. MEDICAL KITS MUST BE
clean; apply m more antiseptics. take painkillers to enable
CARRIED ROUTINELY, YOUR LIFE
wounds might need
Larger wound movement and to control the COULD DEPEND ON IT
improvise using
closing; impro swelling.
sticky tape, eeven glue, to 09. VINEGAR (ACETIC ACID)
draw the skin together. RESOURCES NEUTRALISES THE ALKALI STING OF & Other Wilderness Activities,
remember RICE?
Sprains rem Read up on the likely health WASPS AND HORNETS Dr James Wilkerson
Rest the wound, apply Ice conditions that may affect US Army Special Forces
10. ANTI-VENOM AND STING KITS
to counter the swelling, you and be you own medic. ARE INVALUABLE IN THE TROPIC, Medical Handbook (Manual ST
Compress by wrapping with Pocket First Aid and AND EASILY OBTAINED 31-91B), Glen Craig
a crepe bandage, and Elevate Wilderness Medicine, Dr Jim The Rough Guide to Travel
the affected part where Duff and Dr Peter Gormly 11. KEEP YOUR MEDICINE Health, Dr Nick Jones
possible. Take painkillers, Medicine for Mountaineering KNOWLEDGE USABLE AND FRESH,
DO REFRESHER COURSES AND READ
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british forces
TRIDENT JUNCTURE 15, billed words & Images
as being the largest by bob morrison
exercise conducted by
NATO since STRONG RESOLVE
in 2002, was both the
Alliances most important
training exercise of the
year and a flagship
activity for its Connected
Forces Initiative. Ranging
from Sicily in the east
to Portugals western
coast, in addition to a
multi-location Command
Post Exercise (CPX) it
also encompassed a
Live Exercise (LIVEX) for
tactical level troop
engagements involving no
less than four brigade-
level multinational Land
Forces formations, on
training areas in Italy
Spain and Portugal, plus
two amphibious task
groups operating in the
Mediterranean Sea and
Atlantic Ocean.
01.
02.
C
&S joined the British-led
Multinational Brigade
at the Spanish CENAD
(Centro Nacional de
Adiestramiento or
National Training Centre) Chinchilla,
near the city of Albacete and a
couple of hours drive inland from
the port city of Valencia, for much
of their nal exercise phase at the
beginning of November before
driving six hours north to cover a
demonstration by the Spanish-led
Multinational Brigade on the 4th.
03.
01. Map of the exercise area:
Sector U was used for Urban 04. 05.
Ops training; Sector R was for
Rural Ops training; Sector A
was for Advance to Contact;
X marked the initial enemy
probes and the refugee
village we visited; Brigade
HQ is circled and the Brigade
Support Group was off the
map (arrowed).
02. A brace of 1 R IRISH
Manoeuvre Support Company
R-WMIK+ Land Rover Defenders
on patrol - both have a
12.7mm HMG as their primary
06.
armour
03. Royal Irish soldier

providing perimeter security
for the CIMIC team in
the village - he wears
his regiments Tactical
Recognition Flash on his hat
and the 160 Brigade TRF on his
arm
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04. A Royal Irish Regiment
platoon in five Foxhounds
pulls into a muster area
where a sister platoon has
formed a defensive perimeter
for its company headquarters
05. A platoon in Foxhounds

musters with the B Company
headquarters vehicles at one
of the few flattish spots on
the CENAD Chinchilla training
area
trident
06. B Company headquarters
vehicles included a couple
of Husky Tactical Support
Vehicles and a Foxhound LPPV
plus a MAN SV truck and some
Land Rovers
07. As the Royal Irish
Regiment recruits from both
sides of Ulsters religious
juncture 15
divide and more than a
quarter of the troops hail
from the Irish Republic on
OpSec grounds we have
pixellated all faces
The British-led Multinational Brigade

Designated 4 [GBR] Multinational in Catterick and formed on 1st
Brigade or 4 MNB, the NATO December 2014 by the merger of 4th
formation on the Chinchilla Trainingg g
Mechanized Brigade and 15th (North
Area was led by y 4th [UK] Infantry East) Brigade as part of the
Brigade Headquarters,
uarters, the Black new Adaptable Force under
Rats, commandedded by ARMY 2020 restructuring,
re
Brigadier Geraldd Gez led the Chinchilla
Chinch brigade
Strickland DSO O MBE, not all of the
t British
who commanded ed Army units
un under
1st Battalion The
he its command
com were
Royal Gurkha Ries actually
actual drawn
when it was partrt from its order of
of the former 4th battle.
battle The British
Mechanized Brigade
igade battalion-sized
batt
in Afghanistan on battlegroup
batt was
Operation HERRICKRICK formed
form around
XVII. 1st Battalion
of The
T Royal
Although the Irish Regiment,
Headquarters now part
p of
of 4th Infantry 07. 160th (Wales)
(
Brigade, based Infantry Brigade and

british forces
08. 11.
09.
operating in the new Light Protected 10.

Mobility role, with The Light
Dragoons, a Light Cavalry regiment
now subordinated to 4th Infantry
Brigade, operating with Jackals in the
recce role. Other major British units
participating in 4 MNB included 6th
Force Logistic Regiment of The Royal
Logistic Corps (RLC) which provided
integrated Combat Service Support,
Host Nation Coordination and the
UK National Support Element, and
1st Close Support Battalion Royal
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(REME), both from 102 Logistic
Brigade.
The two other battalions which

formed 4 MNB were 2nd Armoured
Infantry Battalion, the Jutland
Dragoons Regiment, of the Danish
Army and the 8th Bersaglieri
(Sharpshooter) Regiment of the
Italian Army. Our time with the
British-led brigade was limited to

08. R-WMIK+ Defender
passes through a Spanish
Army checkpoint - though
visually similar the green
vehicle is a Santana
Hanibal 2.8TD and not a
Land Rover
09. Foot patrol from
A Company of 1 R IRISH
escorting an Italian CIMIC
team approaches a war-
torn village where they
will provide security for
refugees
10. The Light Dragoons use
the Supacat HMT Jackal 2
in the Light Cavalry role
- this one is armed with a
the Jutland 12.7mm HMG and a 7.62mm
GPMG
Dragoons or
12. the Bersaglieri 11. The Italian CIMIC (Civil-
who were Military Cooperation)
operating team meets with an NGO
in different (Non-Governmental
Organisation) worker and
areas of the a village elder to discuss
vast CENAD bringing stability to a
training village
area but we 12. Troops from 47 Palma
Infantry Regiment based
were able to on Majorca alternated
photograph between role-playing
some of as refugees, as here,
their key and operating as OpFor
equipment. (Opposing Forces)
The Jutland Dragoons are an

Armoured Infantry formation who
form the core of the Danish Reaction
less than three days in the eld, British-led Amphibious Task Force Battlegroup with two armoured
as during the ve days of the nal on Portugals Tria Peninsula to infantry companies equipped with
LIVEX phase we wanted to also the south of Lisbon to try to bring the CV 9035 Infantry Fighting
spend a day up north in Zaragoza readers maximum coverage of Vehicle supported by a tank platoon
with the Spanish-led MNB and TRIDENT JUNCTURE, so we were equipped with the Leopard 2A5DK
then the following day with the unable to devote much time to Main Battle Tank plus an armoured

british forces
14.
15.
political, military and civil pressure
and has water, or the lack of it, as
the actual catalyst for the notional
conict. The comparatively (it was hit
by an unexpected massive rainstorm
at the start of the exercise) arid and
barren CENAD training area with its
rolling hills and challenging unfamiliar
13. terrain for operating armoured
vehicles proved to be excellent for
engineer troop and logistic elements. mix of mechanised and armoured the British-led multinational brigade
The 8th Bersaglieri is a heavy infantry for the NATO commanders to test its troops and procedures.
mechanised infantry regiment from to train with. To be continued.
the Garibaldi Brigade equipped
with tracked Dardo and wheeled As explained last month, in the 13. REME mechanics from Gtersloh-
Freccia Infantry Fighting Vehicles rst part of what will be a series of based 1st Close Support Battalion
kept the fleet running by repairing
(see page 42). Combined with the articles on TJ15, although it could breakdowns and accident damage at
Royal Irish Regiment battlegroup, be presumed that this long-planned the Brigade Support Group
operating with FOXHOUND Light exercise was aimed at training
Protected Patrol Vehicles (see page commanders, headquarters, units 14. The Brigade Support Group was
based in a mothballed cement works
36) and a Norwegian JTAC (Joint and troops to be ready to deal with - here a fuel tanker crew check tank
Terminal Attack Controller) team, any further westward expansion levels before a refuelling task
which we will cover in a future Kit & by by Russia, in reality the setting
Camo article, calling in supporting and the scope of its 15. Danish and British refuellers with
airstrikes from NATO aircraft SOROTAN scenario their MAN SV tankers - under 4 MNB
three different nationalities worked
operating out deals with a very side-by-side on logistic support tasks
of Albacete unstable region
Air Base, the (dubbed Cerasia) which 16. A squadron of Light Dragoons
British-led is under mounting formed into five fighting sub-units
deployed on TRIDENT JUNCTURE - both
4 MNB of this pair have 12.7mm HMG main
offered a armament
potent
16.

uk armour focus
IN AFGHANISTAN FOXHOUND PROVED ITSELF TO BE COMPETENT, SO IT WAS
LITTLE SURPRISE WHEN THE MOD ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY 2014 THAT, ONCE
NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR OPERATIONAL SERVICE, IT WAS PLANNED TO
BRING THE NIMBLE LITTLE UOR VEHICLE INTO CORE FLEET

01.
foxhound
LIGHT PROTECTED PATROL VEHICLE
For around three decades until 2012 the British Army mostly, with the exception of the lightly
armoured Saxon battlefield taxi personnel carrier, had to rely on tracked armoured vehicles
for infantry patrol duties as the UK MoD, unlike many of its NATO allies, had not adopted a
dual approach and procured wheeled armoured vehicles as well. The downside to this short-
sightedness was that the Land Rover CAV-100 Internal Security Vehicle, nicknamed Snatch as
its initial role in Ulster was to snatch ringleaders during urban disorder, was the only light
armoured high mobility vehicle on the inventory for Operations TELIC and HERRICK.
M
uch maligned in the 01. FOXHOUND RB43AB (22C) PROVIDING STEERING - THIS IS 22C AGAIN
mainstream media PERIMETER SECURITY AS B COMPANY
on account of the MUSTERS IN THE FIELD 03. FOXHOUND RB12AB (22B) - EACH
VEHICLE HAS TWO TOP COVER GPMGS
number of soldiers 02. TO GIVE A VERY TIGHT TURNING NEXT TO ROOF HATCHES
lives lost in Iraq (Op. CIRCLE FOXHOUND HAS FOUR-WHEEL
TELIC) and then Afghanistan (Op.
HERRICK) as a result of Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) attacks, even
by bob morrison 03.
though the lightweight composite
armour construction of the Snatch
possibly saved more lives in strikes
than were lost in the vehicle, it
02.
uk armour focus
04. TORSION BAR SUSPENSION IS
EMPLOYED - THE BARS RUN ALONG
THE LOWER HULL ON EACH SIDE
05. RB44AB (22D) - COMPACT
INTERNAL DIMENSIONS LIMIT
OCCUPANT SPACE SO BERGENS
ARE HUNG OUTSIDE
06. WE CAME ACROSS RB12AB
AGAIN AT THE BRIGADE SUPPORT
GROUP ON OUR LAST DAY AT
CHINCHILLA
07. TWO MASSIVE HINGES ALLOW
THE MISSION MODULE TO BE
HINGED CLEAR OF THE DRIVE
MODULE FOR MAINTENANCE
08. RB43AB HEADS UP A PLATOON
OF FOXHOUNDS - THE ONLY SIDE
DOOR IS ON THE COMMANDERS
SIDE
09. IN THEORY REME FITTERS CAN
SWAP A FOXHOUND 3.2-LITRE
STEYR MOTORS EURO III ENGINE
IN HALF AN HOUR
04.
was patently obvious that it was 05.
over-matched by the threats and
a purpose-designed wheeled light
protected patrol vehicle needed
to be speedily procured as an
Urgent Operational Requirement
(UOR). The problem UK MoD faced,
however, was that the only off-the-
shelf solutions available at the time,
although they offered the level of
protection required, were both too

Images Bob Morrison
foxhound
06.
07.
08.
09.
heavy for the terrain in Afghanistans solution but, although both shorter, Supacat (now SC Group) who
Helmand Valley and insufciently narrower and lighter than MASTIFF, manufacture the in-service JACKAL
compact and manoeuvrable for the RIDGBACK was still too large and 4x4 reconnaissance vehicle and
operating in and through medieval- too heavy for many infantry patrol its COYOTE 6x6 tactical support
like villages of walled compounds. tasks in Helmand Province. To solve vehicle sibling offered their SPV
the dilemma the Protected Mobility 400, which was a clean sheet design
In 2008 a quantity of 4x4 RIDGBACK Team at DE&S (Defence Equipment in conjunction with NP Aerospace.
variants of the 6x6 MASTIFF was & Support) invited industry to Force Protection Europe, a British-
procured from US manufacturer suggest new solutions and in 2009 based subsidiary of the producer of
Force Protection Inc. under the two proposed new designs emerged MASTIFF and RIDGBACK, teamed
UOR process to provide a temporary which showed potential. up with Ricardos Special Vehicles

UK armour focus
10.
11.
12.
military design team, responsible

for the evolution of the Land Rover
Defender WMIK family of conversion
and other military specials, to offer
their equally clean sheet OCELOT
design.
Orders to produce a pair of

prototypes for full evaluation were
placed with each manufacturer in
13. April 2010 and invitations to tender
for a production contract were sent
out to both within a few weeks.
Such was the urgency to procure a
new Light Protected Patrol Vehicle
(the peak years for fatalities and
serious injuries on Op HERRICK in
Afghanistan were 2009 and 2010)
that by the September the MoD
had opted for OCELOT and in the
November they placed an initial
contract for 200 vehicles with Force
Protection Europe.
Subsequently named FOXHOUND

by the MoD, the OCELOT design
required more design work before
being declared ready for bulk
manufacture and the rst examples
equipped to Theatre Entry Standard

10. RJ02AB (22G) - TO
DECREASE MINE STRIKE
EFFECT FOXHOUND HAS
A V-SHAPED HULL AND
SACRIFICIAL WHEELS
Images Bob Morrison
11. SA48AB FROM THE OTHER
SIDE - GREY BOX ON LEFT
REAR DOOR (UNDER HELMET)
IS ITS ON-BOARD BOILING
VESSEL
12. RB52AB (22A) - THE TWO
PINTLE-MOUNTED GPMGS
(HERE MINUS AMMO BOXES)
ALLOW ALL-ROUND TOP
COVER
13. RJ02AB FROM OPPOSITE

SIDE - TWO CREW AND FOUR
DISMOUNTS SIT BETWEEN THE
WHEELS IN A SURVIVAL POD 15.
14. AS WE SAW AT
CHINCHILLA, FOXHOUND HAS
VERY IMPRESSIVE OFF-ROAD
ABILITY- THIS IS SA48AB
(22C)
15. THE FIRST FOXHOUND

ARRIVED AT CAMP BASTION
ON 2ND JUNE 2012 (CROWN
COPYRIGHT, SGT. ANDY
REDDY)
16. INTERNAL SHOT THROUGH

THE REAR DOORS TAKEN
WITH PERMISSION AND
AVOIDING SHOWING SENSITIVE 16.
EQUIPMENT
good off-road manoeuvrability,
17. THE OTHER SIDE OF
RB52AB - EVEN IF ONE WHEEL courtesy of its independent
STATION IS BLOWN OFF suspension and 4-wheel steering
FOXHOUND SHOULD STILL BE plus good ground clearance. It was
MOBILE therefore little surprise when the
18. The two roof hatches MoD announced in January 2014
hinge along the centre of that, once no longer required for
the troop compartment and operational service, it was planned
are staggered each side to bring the nimble little UOR vehicle
18. into Core Fleet along with the rest
of the new generation of wheeled
armoured vehicles procured primarily
for Op. HERRICK.
Under the initial ARMY 2020

14. restructuring it was decided six
infantry battalions would eventually
(TES) would not arrive at Camp
Bastion in Afghanistan until June 17.
2012. In that year serious injuries
had dropped to about a quarter of
those in the peak years and combat
fatalities had dropped to around a
half plus it was becoming clear that
drawdown was on the cards; indeed
just six moths after FOXHOUND
went operational on Op. HERRICK
it was formally announced that UK
troop levels would drop by roughly
half in 2013 with the intention of
ceasing combat operations in
Helmand Province entirely by the end
of 2014.
Despite its relatively short

operational use in Afghanistan,
OCELOT/FOXHOUND proved itself
to be a competent vehicle with very

19. TRIALS OCELOT PHOTOGRAPHED
IN JUNE 2012 - COMPARE THE BODY
SHAPE WITH THE 2010 PROTOTYPE
20. EARLY OCELOT PROTOTYPE
UK armour focus PHOTOGRAPHED AT MILLBROOK
PROVING GROUND IN JUNE 2010
21. PRODUCTION BATCH FOXHOUND AT

ITS FORMAL UNVEILING AT DVD 2012
22. OPPOSITE SIDES OF PRODUCTION
BATCH VEHICLE NL14AB AT DVD 2012
23. FORCE PROTECTION EUROPE ALSO

PRODUCED LOGISTIC (AS HERE) AND
OPEN-TOPPED RECCE VARIANTS
24. OCELOT WAS DESIGNED FROM

THE OUTSET TO ALLOW DIFFERENT
MISSION MODULES TO BE SPEEDILY
SWAPPED
19.
21.
20. 22.
operate in the Light Protected JUNCTURE to photographically
Mobility, four in the UK as part of the document the WOLFHOUND
Adaptable Force and two with British eet taken out to Chinchilla by
Forces Cyprus. The FOXHOUND, of 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish
which orders totalled 375, has been Regiment. Previously 1 R IRISH
deemed as ideal for this role and were part of 16 Air Assault Brigade,
in October 2015 for the rst time operating for many years in the
an LPM battalion equipped with heliborne infantry role, but under
this nimble 4x4 armoured vehicle ARMY 2020 restructuring they have 23.
deployed one of its companies on a now taken on the Light Protected
multinational NATO exercise. Mobility role. All but one of the
images on the rst ve pages of this
Recognising the signicance of brief feature are of FOXHOUNDS
this deployment, C&S made it our used by B Company 1 R IRISH.
priority when covering Ex. TRIDENT
40 | COMBAT & SURVIVAL 24.

armour focus
BERSAGLIERI TRACKS & WHEELS
italian arm
When out on the CENAD Chinchilla training area in Spain in early
November we grabbed the opportunity to photograph the three
primary armoured vehicles used by the Italian battlegroup,
based around 8th Bersaglieri Regiment from the Garibaldi
Brigade, which served as part of 4 (GBR) Multinational Brigade.
A
lthough the third, the Melara consortium which is part
LINCE or LYNX, should of Finmeccanica. Dimensionally
be familiar to our UK similar to Britains FV510 Warrior
readership as it is the and weighing roughly the same,
elder sibling of Britains around 25 tonnes, though only able
PANTHER Command and Liaison to transport six infantry rather than 02.
Vehicle, the DARDO (DART) and seven in addition to its three-man
FRECCIA (ARROW) Infantry Fighting crew, the DARDO has a welded
Vehicles will be less familiar as only aluminium hull and turret to which
the Italian Army uses them. supplementary armoured steel panels
are added. There are two ring ports
DARDO IFV
Turning rst to the DARDO, ordered
in each side of the upper hull and one
in the door in the rear ramp which
allow the infantry squad to ght from
in 1999 with the rst production the vehicle.
vehicle being handed over to the
Italian Army in May 2002, this Its primary armament is a 25mm
tracked infantry ghting vehicle is Oerlikon KBA automatic cannon in 03.
produced by the Iveco Fiat - Oto a two-man HITFIST turret, similar

04.
Images Bob Morrison

infantry brigades. Like DARDO, it
05. has a 25mm main armament and
a 7.62mm coaxial machinegun in a
HITFIST turret to provide support for
its dismounted infantry section, plus
a pintle-mounted Beretta MG 42/59
in front of the commanders hatch for
close air defence. Those vehicles used
by the Fire Support companies have
Israeli SPIKE anti-armour launchers
06. tted either side, but we did not spot
any of these variants at Chinchilla.
Being wheeled, FRECCIA can travel

faster and further on roads and
tracks than its tracked equivalent
01. and with less maintenance being
required; tracks offer better off-road
mour
performance
01. Note the two than wheels but
07. vision blocks with
require constant
firing ports beneath
- tubular frames attention
for bergens hinge plus being
outwards mechanical
02. Main armament they wear out
is an Oerlikon 25mm much faster.
automatic cannon
- note rear bergen Top road speed
to the one on Polands ROSOMAK plans to produce several different frame hinged out is quoted as
though that vehicle uses a 30mm variants. 03. The large rear being 105km/hr,
Bushmaster cannon, secondary ramp for access and off-road speeds
armament is a 7.62mm coaxial
machinegun, and a second 7.62mm
machinegun can be tted on a pintle
FRECCIA IFV
Like the tracked DARDO, the
egress also has a
secondary door let
into it
of 25-30km/
hr are possible
and operational
mount on the turret roof for close wheeled FRECCIA was procured to 04. The 8x8 FRECCIA range is out to
air defence; known as the Beretta replace the licence-built version of is slightly heavier 1,000km on-
than the DARDO and
MG 42/59, these machineguns the M113 armoured personnel carrier. carries two more road or 800km
are licensed copies of the German Ordered in 2006, with the rst dismounts off-road.
Rheinmetall MG3. Either TOW or production vehicle being delivered 05. Troop seats can
SPIKE anti-armour missile launchers in 2009, the FRECCIA is essentially just be seen in this Although
can be added each side of the turret, an up-armoured evolution of the view - they are much FRECCIA is
but these were not tted to the CENTAURO 8x8 tank destroyer less rudimentary classed as
than in the FRECCIA
examples we photographed in Spain. redesigned to carry a full eight man an Infantry
infantry section plus a crew of three. 06. Driver sits behind Fighting Vehicle
the engine on the
The DARDO has operationally left side in front of rather than
deployed on Op IRAQI FREEDOM Also built by the Iveco Fiat - Oto the turret - note the an Armoured
and with ISAF in Afghanistan, plus Melara consortium, this well- Beretta MG 42/59 Personnel
has served under UN colours in protected wheeled IFV which tips 07. There are no Carrier, it does
Lebanon with UNIFIL. In total 200 the scales at around 28 tonnes in firing ports in the not have any
were originally ordered with plans to standard conguration has allowed sides - an appliqu ring ports
increase the eet to 500, but defence the Italian Army to start transitioning armour can be in the sides
fitted to increase
cutbacks in the middle of the last to a more mobile and modern force protection to allow the
decade limited total numbers and built primarily around mechanised infantry to ght

armour focus
10.
11.
infantry weapons. The vehicle has
been deployed operationally in
08. Afghanistan by Italy, Norway and the
UK, plus the Italians have also used
from the vehicle, though of course Usually described as the Iveco LMV, it on United Nations service with
the turret with 25mm cannon and in addition to a couple of thousand UNIFIL.
7.62mm coaxial machinegun allow already in service with the Italian
the crew to engage attackers. There Armed Forces, well over 2,000 more Powered by an Iveco F1D engine
is, however, a large rectangular roof have entered service with other developing 185hp, through a six-
hatch behind the turret which allows nations including Albania, Austria, speed automatic gearbox, the LINCE
soldiers to provide top cover during Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, has a road speed in excess of 125
patrols if the vehicle is not battened Norway, Slovakia, Spain, and the km/hr and a range of 400km. In
down to protect against shrapnel and United Kingdom, plus Lebanon addition to driver plus four troops
CBRN threats. and Tunisia, with even the Russians in its armoured crew compartment,
now elding both Italian-made and which sits inside the wheelbase for
The original Italian Army order for licence-built versions. The Ukraine landmine blast protection, it can also
249 IFVs plus four ambulances also ordered a small number of LMVs carry a small payload in a hard top
is now close to completion and a just prior to the Russian-backed cargo compartment over the rear
second order has been placed for 381 insurrection in its eastern provinces. wheels with accessible lockers both
more vehicles to enter service over Known as the PANTHER CLV sides and to the rear.
the next decade. It is hoped that this (Command & Liaison Vehicle) in
latest generation IFV will serve the UK service, where it is congured Dimensionally the LINCE is
needs of the modernised Italian Army to carry four plus a BOWMAN reasonably similar in height and
through to the middle of the 21st communications package, the length to a Land Rover Defender
Century. LINCE is a ve-man light armoured 110, but it is about 250mm wider
utility vehicle with and it weighs twice as much.
LINCE VTLM a combat weight of 08. LINCE is

primarily a light Like the British, the Italians
around 7 tonnes which protected liaison use the LMV/CLV as a
Manufactured by Iveco, the LINCE can be up-armoured and communications protected vehicle performing
Veicolo Tattico Leggero Multiruolo or with composite vehicle tasks which previously
LYNX Light Tactical Multirole Vehicle panels to provide would previously have been
09. A belly plate
is possibly the most successful protection against provides landmine undertaken with unarmoured
European vehicle in its category. mines and heavier blast protection Defenders (the Italians use a
- note heavy duty large number of Defender 90s
self-recovery
09. winch which they call AR90) but
which now need to be carried
10. The Italian out in armoured vehicles
Armed Forces now due to the often asymmetric
have around 2,000 nature of modern conicts.
of the LINCE in
widespread service
As and when space and time
11. Troops sit in permit we will try to take a
an armoured pod more in-depth look at the
between the wheels
- rear cargo IVECO LMV/CLV in British
compartment is service.
sacrificial

rations
01.
marching
ammo:
I
(pt.25)
I had my rst taste of an
Italian Armed Forces ration
pack while sitting in a
meadow alongside the Tejo
(Tagus) River near Tancos in
by bob morrison
It has been said a million
times before, and it is very
doubtful that Napoleon
Bonaparte was the first to
say it, but an army really
does march on its stomach.
On the modern battlefield
Portugal during a memorable lunch
break in an ACE Mobile Force there is even less chance
artillery heli-mobility exercise in of living off the land in
1992. Some of the gun crews from the way that Napoleons
the various nations participating, troops opponents were
on spotting that I had not been often expected to do, so the
issued a ration pack, offered me individual combat ration pack
spare items from their own cartons.
There was a fair bit of banter at the
is an essential part of the
time about which country served kit carried by almost every
their troops the best rations, with frontline soldier today, be
Italians and Spanish arguing theirs that in or on his vehicle or in
were the best; I was too much of a his pack and webbing.
02.
01. Everything stops for
lunch in Italy... and while
abroad on NATO exercises
too - Italian armoured
vehicle crewmen prepare
their rations on the ramp
of a Freccia IFV
02. The Razione Viveri

Da Combattimento is
supplied in a tough green
foil outer pouch
03. Inside the vacuum-

packed pouch there are
three individual meal
cartons
04. The Italians still use

tins rather than retort
pouches for main menu
constituents
05. The Breakfast
carton also includes the
accessory pack and field
cooker
06. Contents of Module
G Lunch carton - this is
the main meal of the day
07. Module G Dinner
carton contents - dinner
03. comes second to lunch
04. 05. 06.
RAZIONE VIVERI DA COMBATTIMENTO

Italian 24-Hour Ration Packdiplomat to pass an opinion and just
mumbled platitudes.
The Italian rations today have not

changed very much from those
issued in 1992, though the current
pack conguration appears to have
been instigated around 1996/7 and
has been tweaked a little every few
years since. As far as I can determine,
the last technical specication
(316/U.I.) for the Razione Viveri
Da Combattimento (Combat Food
Ration) was issued in June 2012 and
the Module G ration I photographed
out in Chinchilla in November is to
Images Bob Morrison
this spec.
A total of seven different 24-hour

packs, one for each day of the week,
consisting of Breakfast, Lunch and
Dinner courses packed in individual
white cardboard cartons in a tough
green foil outer pouch are issued.
Each Menu, which the Italians call
07. a Module, bears a letter between A
and G and each is also colour coded;

rations 08. Pouches are printed
in Italian, English and
in addition to a large circular spot French - label gives
production and expiry
on the foil outer pouch, the label dates
on each inner carton is the same
colour. The ration photographed 09. Each Breakfast
carton contains a
here is Module G, colour-coded pressed metal field
blue, and it appeared this was the cooker and six fuel
only menu being eaten by the crew tablets
of the Freccia IFV I chanced upon 10. Discolouration on
one lunchtime during TRIDENT the bottom edge shows
JUNCTURE. this hexamine block
has just been ignited
As the troops were out in the eld for 11. Tinned Turkey In
several days and only had sufcient 09. Gelatine from Module
ration packs for the duration, I was G being heated over
not able to liberate one but I did burning hexamine
photograph the contents of one pack blocks
which they specically opened for and an energy bar is
me. The Breakfast carton, which is issued for dinner.
the smallest of the three meals, also
contains the Accessories and the The only drinks are
Lunch carton is the largest of the one powdered coffee
three; in the Mediterranean region sachet per meal, with
where a siesta is often the norm it is one sugar sachet for
lunch, rather than dinner, that is often each. Three disposable
the main meal of the day. toothbrushes are
included in the
Many NATO countries have gone Breakfast carton, as are
over to retort pouches, or freeze- a eld cooker with fuel
dried packs if operating under Alpine 10. tablets and matches,
or Arctic conditions where water is one spoon, two cutlery
freely available, but the Italians still containing ham or tuna plus olives). Sweet biscuits sets and six napkins. As
include a number of tinned products. are included for breakfast and savoury crackers is to be expected, each
This makes their 24-hour packs for the other two meals. A large boxed tube of Module varies slightly
heavier than the UK equivalent, sweetened condensed milk paste comes in the in food contents, but
and most references put them as breakfast carton and this is intended to last all day, in essence all are quite
being around 2.8kg for the full daily both as a creamer for coffee and a spread for the similar to Module G and
complement. crackers. Two packs of fruit jelly sweets are also I suspect meals might
issued for breakfast, as is a bar of dark chocolate, get rather boring after a
Module G tins include Tortellini al bran tablets and multivitamins are issued for lunch, week or two in the eld.
Rag (ring pasta in meat sauce) and
Wurstel (small Vienna sausages) plus
Macedonia (fruit salad) for lunch. The 11.
tins for dinner are Tacchino (Turkey)
and Insalata di Riso (a rice salad dish
08.

armour focus
report and images

by carl schulze
gtx boxer 01.
ambulance
Schweres Geschtztes Sanittsfahrzeug A1
The Gepanzertes Transport-Kraftfahrzeug Boxer is a modern 8x8 wheeled
armoured personnel carrier in service with the armed forces of both Germany
and the Netherlands. Germany fields Boxer in infantry section vehicle, command
post vehicle, armoured ambulance and driver training vehicle configurations.
In this feature, intended to complement Ians Scale Models column starting
on Page 70, we will take a brief look at the GTK Boxer schweres geschtztes
Sanittsfahrzeug, or Heavy Protected Ambulance, variant.
W
ith modern forces
increasingly 02.
operating in
environments
with asymmetric
threats where the status of marked
ambulance vehicles is no longer
taken for granted, it has become
necessary to eld medical vehicles
with the same level of protection
as ghting vehicles. The medical
service of the German Armed
armour focus
Images Carl Schulze
03.
04.
Forces therefore elds a full range

of armoured ambulances, including: DRIVE MODULE AND
the Eagle IV Beweglicher Arzt
Trupp (BAT), which weighs 9,500kg
and allows its crew to provide
MISSION MODULE
The GTK Boxer family of vehicles
emergency care to one patient; the features a modular design. All
Yak BAT, which weighs 13,500kg variants consist of the common drive
and allows its crew to provide module and a mission module that is
emergency care to one patient mounted onto it. By 2016 Germany
on a stretcher and, in addition, to will receive a total of 272 of the GTK
transport two seated patients; and Boxer, of which 72 will be tted with
the Transportpanzer 1A8A2 Fuchs the ambulance module.
BAT, which weighs 22,500kg and
allows its crew to either provide First series production GTK Boxers
intensive care for one patient on a were delivered to the Bundeswehr
stretcher or alternatively emergency in November 2010, and the rst
care for two patients on stretchers GTK Boxer sgSanKfz ambulance
and in addition transport one seated variant entered service in late 2011.
patient. The best-protected, and Since then they have already seen
most capable, but also the heaviest, extensive service with the German
armoured ambulance in service is the ISAF contingent in Afghanistan.
GTK Boxer schweres geschtztes 05.
Sanittsfahrzeug (sgSanKfz). The GTK Boxer sgSanKfz is in service

01. all variants of the GTK
Boxer sgSanKfz, like the A0
variant pictured here, feature
hydraulically assisted power
steering that works on the two
front axles.
02. The GTK Boxer schweres

geschtztes Sanittsfahrzeug is
a wheeled armoured ambulance
that has a crew of three and can
transport up to seven patients -
this is the basic A0 configuration
03. The GTK Boxer A0 sgSanKfz
has a combat weight of 34,850kg,
is 8,330mm long, 3,000mm wide and
3,360mm high
04. All variants of the GTK Boxer

sgSanKfz, like this A0 model, are
powered by an MTU 8V 199 TE20
8-cylinder turbocharged diesel
engine that allows the vehicles to
reach a top speed of 103km/hr
05. The driver is seated to the front
right in the vehicle and to his left
is the engine compartment - access
to the drivers compartment is
from the rear through the main
compartment
06. The commanders station is
situated to the front left in the
main compartment, directly behind
the engine compartment - note the
monitors for the Optronic Co-
Drivers Sight (OCDS) system
06.
in three different variants, with the

A0 being the one initially produced.
The A1 variant features several
improvements over the basic model;
its drive module features improved
mine protection and an upgraded
electrical system. Also new is that the
vehicle is tted with the CG-12 RCIED
ECM system, Optronic Co-Drivers
Sight system, BGAN Explorer 727
SatCom system and TETRAPOL
radio system. Externally these
versions can be identied by the new
style Red Cross markings that are
now situated on plates that can be
folded away.

armour focus
07. This vehicle
with the nickname
Black Pearl was
seen operationally
deployed with
Germanys ISAF
contingent in
Mazar-i-Sharif in
November 2013
08. During an
exercise a
simulated casualty
is loaded into a GTK
Boxer A1 sgSanKfz
09. Three patients
on stretchers can
be transported by
the GTK Boxer A0/
A1/A1+ sgSanKfz -
the power operated
stretcher platform
can be moved to
the centre or to
the left side of the
compartment
10. Access to the
main compartment
of the GTK Boxer
A0/A1/A1+ sgSanKfz
is provided by
a large power
operated rear ramp
in which also a door
is mounted
The A1+ features many small

07. modications such as an edge
protection for the power operated
four movement stretcher platform
and a new storage concept.
MEDICAL STUFF
The primary role of the GTK Boxer
sgSanKfz is to transport wounded
personnel from the point of injury
to Role 1 or Role 2 medical facilities.
Its high mobility and high level
of mine and armour protection,
means the vehicle can operate
alongside mechanised and armoured
formations, even in high threat areas.
The on-board medical equipment

allows the three-man crew of

08.
09.
syringe pumps, an Accuvac exudate
suction pump, two Propaq 106
EL vital-signs monitors, a Zoll M
debrillator, medical anti-shock
trousers, two Lifebase III oxygen
resuscitation apparatus, four oxygen
bottles, two spine-boards, a scoop
stretcher, some pulse oxymeters, an
emergency kit for heart and cardio
treatment, a refrigerator and three
vacuum mattresses.
Centrally mounted in the mission

module is a power-operated four-
movement stretcher platform that
can be moved to the left if required.
In case intensive care has to be
applied to a patient he is placed
on this platform. The tray of the
platform can be pulled out to allow
easier loading and unloading of
patients.
Along the left and right side of

the hull two additional stretcher
platforms are situated. These can be
folded away when not needed. For
transporting seated patients seven
mine protected suspended strap
seats can be mounted under the roof
of the mission module.
the vehicle, among them an

emergency physician, to provide
10.
emergency and even intensive care.
Dependent on the situation, the
vehicle can transport either seven
seated patients or three patients
on stretchers or two patients on
stretchers and three seated patients
or one intensive care patient.
The vehicle is kitted out to allow

its crew to perform virtually all
advanced cardiac and trauma life
support as well as to deal with airway
issues and intoxication issues. In
addition to standard materials that
are found in the rst responder
emergency medical pack, the on-
board medical equipment includes:
an intubation kit, three threefold

armour focus
11. compared to the
A0 the GTK Boxer A1
11. TECHNICAL DATA
GTK Boxer schweres geschtztes
sgSanKfz features Sanittsfahrzeug A1
many improvements
such as a modified
electrical system, Crew: 3 (driver, vehicle commander and
red cross markings emergency physician) plus up to 7 patients
that can be folded Manufacturer: ARTEC GmbH, a joint venture
away, improved armour
protection etc of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG,
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH and
12. Since entering Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Nederland
service the GTK Boxer B.V.
A1 sgSanKfz has seen
excessive service
with the German ISAF Length: 8,330mm
contingent in northern Width: 3,000mm
Afghanistan 12. Height (top of roof): 3,360mm
Ground clearance: 500mm
13. The tray of the
power-operated
stretcher platform Gross vehicle weight: 36,500kg
can be pulled out Combat weight: 34,850kg
to allow easier Payload: 1,920kg
loading and unloading Military Load Class (MLC): 42
of patients - the
platform is mainly
intended for Maximum speed: 103km/hr (statutorily
transporting intensive regulated to 85km/h)
care patients. Minimum speed: 3km/hr
Maximum gradient: 60%
13. Maximum side slope: 30%
Trench Crossing: 2,000mm
Step climbing capability: 800mm
Road range: 1,050km
Fording: 1,200mm
Engine: MTU 8V 199 TE20 8-cylinder V

turbocharged diesel engine developing 720hp
at 2,300rpm
Transmission: Allison HD4800SP automatic
transmission with seven forward and four
reverse gears
Drive conguration: permanent 8x8 drive
with four axle differentials and two inter-axle
differentials
Suspension: independent suspension with
two suspension units per wheel-station, each
including a large coil spring and a hydraulic
shock absorber
Steering: hydraulic assisted power steering
working on the two front axles
Brakes: pneumatically actuated hydraulic dual
circuit brake system, incorporating disc brakes
on all wheels
Wheels and tyres: at base rims tted with
Michelin 415/80R 685TR XML TL tyres with
Hutchinson run-at inserts
Other systems: Smoke grenade discharger

system, Central Tyre Ination System (CTIS),
overpressure type NBC protection system,
air conditioning, GPS based navigation
system, Optronic Co-Drivers Sight (OCDS)
system, rear view camera, Sanittsdienstliches
Fhrungs- und Einsatzsystem (SAFES)
medical service command and control system
and communication suit (including vehicle
intercom, SEM80/90 VHF radios, BGAN
Explorer 727 SatCom system and TETRAPOL
radio system).

security industry
TRENDS IN CONFLICT
FROM ASYMMETRIC WARFARE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
technology is one thing, but there
is also the issue of numbers. Even if
Russian and Chinese stealth ghters
werent as capable as US ones,
W
hen we look at the of origin if it was required. There will they could build higher numbers
current character also be increased tension with large of them and this might prove to be
of conict, in numbers of migrants if they fail to the winning advantage in any future
some circles integrate with their host nation. conict, especially in regional conict
called hybrid with neighbours such as Taiwan.
warfare, we see that a force can go The migration and growing numbers
from ghting a traditional state- of people will lead to increasing strain Over the next 30 years Chinese
on-state high intensity battle and on city infrastructures around the defence expenditure will rival that
then, within a limited geographical world and climate change will add to of the US and the two countries will
space, go to dispensing aid to the strain, especially if the cities are account for almost half of the worlds
displaced people, all under the eyes near the coast. Whilst there will be defence spending. Other countries
of journalists and the population an increasing demand for food some will rise in prominence through
instantly uploading everything the countries will suffer from a signicant increased technological capacity,
force does to social media. The decline in agricultural productivity including India, which is a major
current use of asymmetric tactics to and the climate change will add to customer for Russian technology
offset the technological advantage water shortages which will not only including the Sukhoi T 50 in which it
of high intensity forces means that lead to social tensions and conict has invested half of the development
governments have to keep force but also make humanitarian crises costs with the Russians. Although
structures and capabilities to tackle even greater in magnitude. Russia will also increase its defence
conict across the whole spectrum expenditure it will not be able to
and accept a certain amount of Increased globalisation and keep up with China or India.
risk in where they prioritise those interdependence means that the
capabilities. At the moment since it is impact of any disasters or conict
perceived that there is less risk from will affect far beyond where any Other countries, such as Brazil and
state-on-state high intensity warfare disaster has occurred and yet the Mexico, will increase their military
and more likelihood of having to evolution of information technology capacity and move their
ght asymmetric conict, most and increasing computing power forces onto the global
nations forces are restructuring and will allow people to more stage. Security forces
equipping for that. accurately predict the will use increasing
impacts of climate numbers of women in
But is the likelihood of state-on-state change and frontline roles, and more
conict on the rise? Can Western even crime unmanned systems
forces maintain the technological hotspots. It too, but then so will
advantage that they enjoy when it will become insurgent and ter-
comes to high intensity warfare? harder to remain rorist groups. The
One pressure that might cause anonymous and increased magni-
conict between states is that of a not be electronically tude of humani-
rapidly growing population which tracked and the tarian disaster
will strain resources. The global increased access to data will brought on by
population is likely to grow by up to raise education levels. the climate change
10 billion by 2045 due to increased means security
life expectancy and increased birth Travel and military technology forces will have to also
rates in developing countries. Add will become increasingly increase their capability to support
to rapid urbanisation (70% of the automated and the numbers their own governments in disaster
global population is likely to live in of countries which will use relief and to provide a deployable
cities by 2045) and a growing youth advanced military technology capacity to help other less
population in the Middle East and will increase. Insurgents already developed
sub-Saharan Africa (which might have access to advanced anti- countries.
Image Bob Morrison: Military Scene
become disaffected) and the fact tank capabilities, including By

that they are migrating in huge missiles and explosively Robert
numbers to developed countries and formed projectiles Shaw
one can see the potential for conict. in IEDs,
and at the
Increasing access to the internet will other end
allow, indeed is allowing, migrants of the scale
to remain more closely connected state military Robert Shaw of Optimal
to events in their native countries forces are Risk Management Ltd.
which could mean that conicts are building fth (OptimalRisk.com) is
brought back to the host countries generation stealth ghters a former British Army
they are residing in. It could also such as Chinas J-20 or J-31 ATO and IEDD/ WIS
mean that the migrants could affect and Russias Sukhoi T 50. Operator turned EOD
the ability of the host nation to take Threat and Counter-IED
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58 Combat & Survival
Combat & Survival 59
NATO multinational exercise
in their new Light Protected
Mobility role. The Royal Irish
Regiment, formed in 1992 by
the amalgamation of the Royal
Irish Rangers and the Ulster
Defence Regiment, today now
The 1st Battalion of the Initially 1 R IRISH comprises just two battalions,
Royal Irish Regiment [1 R were reassigned with the rst being Regulars
IRISH] is one of the UKs under the ARMY and the second being their
six new Light Protected 2020 restructuring paired Reserve Role Light
Mobility infantry battalions programme to 7th Infantry formation.
formed as part of the Infantry Brigade but
ARMY 2020 restructuring. it was subsequently The uniform worn by B
Numbering approximately decided to keep Companys CSM is, as is only camouage without losing the
600 personnel when at them based at Tern to be expected, manufactured general colours and effects
full establishment, the Hill in Shropshire from Multi-Terrain Pattern of the well-proven American
battalion operates primarily under 160th (MTP) camouage fabric camo, MTP has these days
from FOXHOUND Light Infantry Brigade which was speedily introduced replaced both Woodland
Protected Patrol Vehicles so the CSM wears in 2010 for operational and Desert variants of DPM
as part of the Adaptable the red on green service in Afghanistans pretty much across the board;
Force commanded by Tactical Recognition Helmand Province and was though, as can be seen in
Headquarters 1st [UK] flash, of what was subsequently adopted for the upper left corner of the
Division. Formerly part of formerly the Welsh general service. A skilful rework images on page 59, some
16 Air Assault Brigade, it Border Brigade, on of Crye Precisions commercial items of DPM kit such as
has recently been assigned his upper left arm MultiCam pattern incorporating rucksacks and pouches can
to 160th Infantry Brigade & below the small elements of Britains DPM still be spotted in use.
Headquarters Wales though Union Flag. On his
on its recent TRIDENT upper right arm he For those interested in
JUNCTURE deployment wears the shamrock rearms, the CSM carries an
it operated under HQ 4th green over black SA80A2 assault rie tted
Infantry Brigade (see page Drop Zone Flash with an Elcan SPECTER
28). of the Royal Irish sight, a Laser Light Module
Regiment and on his
T
Mk.3 mounted on the right
he focus of this months helmet the green on side, Picatinny rails and a
Kit & Camo is the black Shamrock cap vertical downgrip. His service
Company Sergeant badge, also sported footwear is the standard issue
Major of B Company, on bush hats Boot Combat High Liability
1 R IRISH who we met up (as seen above). (the Alt-Berg Defender
with on the battalions rst version) in MoD Brown.
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also help to keep the wind out.
One real word of warning on this jacket reference sizing. It

does state it is a form tting design but I requested an XL
to review as I am normally an L, but even then this is quite
a snug t. [Or is this the result of too many pints of Otter
Amber, Ed?]
This sizing caution aside, the Bormio is a really nice

comfortable, cosy, breathable jacket. Of note, this is one of
Vaudes Green Shape environmentally-friendly products.

Product - UK Contact: EDZ/EDZ Leatherman/Whitby and Co
Telephone/Web: 01900 810 260/edzlayering.com 01539 721 032/leatherman.co.uk
1 2
EDZ have an ever-expanding days on your feet. I have used 1: The EDZ and also work very well as
range of gear which now them on milder days out on the Merino gloves are liner gloves for the likes of
includes Merino wool; this moors and found them to be comfortable and waterproof mitts which,
wool from a breed of sheep of very comfortable and will most long enough to for me, make a great
southern Portuguese origins certainly take them on planned prevent cold wrists combination. These have a
is very soft and ne with high trips to the Arctic where I think good long cuff to prevent
lanolin content which gives it they will be very good to go in 2: EDZ Comfort that annoying cold spot
antibacterial properties. ski boots. Being Merino-based 5000 socks just around your wrist. I have
they can be worn for days off for a stomp on used these as stand-alone
Their Comfort 5000 Socks without washing. Dartmoor - ideal for gloves and they work well
are well named. Designed for a truly winter walk for this so, all in all, these are
colder conditions and well Merino Wool Gloves are a good practical solution to
padded for comfort on long seamless for added comfort cold hands.
4
3 The TREAD
can be worn
as a bracelet
so tools are
ready to go
as and when
required
Now here is something different, has three individual tools, including 3: Leatherman
and new, from Leatherman. For a two drivers and a hex key. Links TREAD on its own the scanner going if you forget
start this tool has no blades. can be added or taken off so as to with clasp opened to put it in the box at Security.
personalise the tool and/or make
I can think of a close mate of mine it t. Yes t. This is a wearable
who should have this one, having Leatherman, as it works as a
4: Diagram showing The TREAD is quite chunky to
recently stabbed his own hand bracelet. It can also be used as a
individual TREAD wear but if you want tools to
with his Leatherman. Oooops! He strap for a Leatherman Watch. Not link tools [ hand this is no bad place to have
is a C&S reader as well. Darby, you only this, it is currently acceptable Leatherman] them. Certainly different and I
know who you are... to take onto commercial aircraft, am sure it will have its place in
so if you are ying hand luggage Images or via the market as it has the expected
On the more serious side the only you can at least take some Mike Gormley credentials of a Leatherman
TREAD looks a bit like a section of tools with you. However, being being well made and, I am sure,
tank track. In most cases each link solid stainless steel it should get long-lasting.

Product - UK Contact: Kestrel/Richard Paul Russell Ltd Tilley/Tilley Endurables
Telephone/Web: 01590 679 755/r-p-r.co.uk 01326 574 402/tilley.com/uk
Set up on its tripod the

Kestrel Sportsman with
its own wind vane gives
wind direction as well as
a lot of other information
A while back I covered the Kestrel with the Kestrel Sportsman it is 5: It was very difficult model. As you will see from the
Drop, which is quite a simple yet really the only place to look. The indeed to get this picture, website, there is a wide range
effective device. The Sportsman Sportsman will do a great deal for taken on a very stormy of variants so suit both pocket
is a quantum leap forward in you and is quite task-specic in day on the highest and needs of the end user. Of
technical ability. In fact it is a bit detail and far more than I could point on Dartmoor (High specic interest to some readers
like having the Met Ofce in your ever deal with in my small space Willhays ) and therefore here, I am sure, is the ability of
pocket. here. In reality if you have any the highest place in the Kestrel to assist with ballistic
interest at all in the outdoors southern England ... and information. It can be matched to
Kestrel amounts to a handful or the weather or both this will I was on my own. Tricky. a number of specic weapons. If
of compressed technology. be of interest. If you depend on The wind, as you can see, you y, walk, ski, climb, get out
Sometimes I wonder if perhaps knowledge of weather-related info, was gusting at 42.8 mph on the water or just want to know
the weather forecasters should from wind speed and direction Below: A bubble level is the wind speed, this device will
have a Kestrel in hand and just pop to a whole raft of statistics from provided to enable greater have a place in your kit.
outside a few times a day. Perhaps temperature to pressure and accuracy
I should be careful here as my elevation, the Kestrel will help you. It is remarkably light and robust
neighbour works at the Met Ofce Since I rst became aware of these for its capability. As you will see
in Exeter. (So does my son-in-law, I have seen them in use by various from the photos this unit has its
Ed.) people on TV and of course many own tripod and is able to swing
military specialists, from snipers to with the wind to show wind
It is difcult to know where to JTACs, use Kestrel meters. speed and direction. I am quite
begin with this as it is just such sure anyone reading this will
a comprehensive device. I would The pictures here and this have a reason to be interested in
normally direct readers to a somewhat simplied review are one of these devices, if not the
website as a top-up for info, but based on the Kestrel Sportsman Sportsman model specically.
6
Out on
safari in
Botswana
the Tilley
was perfect
I caught the Tilley bug eight or nine in numerous rucksacks, and has been Above Left: Evening model, which was perfect for this trip
years ago... from my son, Bruce. washed many times. Over the years trip in a Makoro in as it is vented; being a hot-headed
So that puts to bed that these are it has appeared with me countless the Okavango Delta lass, she needs venting! Tilley now
old folks hats. Bruce was seldom times on the pages of C&S, so as I - low sun and flying have a huge range to choose from,
without his Tilley on his worldwide planned our trip to Africa I decided things made the which I got to see on a recent visit to
expeditions, and especially when it was time for Jean to have one too, Tilley ideal the Tilley Den in deepest Cornwall.
trekking in the Himalayas, but in the because there is really no better hat
end his original Tilley nally gave for such a trip. It is worthy of note that although
6: Head shaded by a these are not the cheapest hats in the
up and had to be replaced.
Our trip was going to be hot, dusty, Tilley, viewing the world, their Canadian manufacturer
It was my 2007 Everest Base Camp sunny and perhaps wet, with a whole famous Livingstone is happy to stand by them not to
trek that saw me with my rst and lot of travel also involved where it Bridge that spans wear out for life, and they are insured
only Tilley. Since then there are few would need to look decent straight Zambia and against loss for two years and with
trips where it has not been with me. It out of being stuffed into the daysack. Zimbabwe on the 50% discount against all perils. Not
has been to many countries, stuffed Jean chose the T5 MO Organic Airo Zambezi. bad really. Highly recommended.

We all need a decent daysack. It may be The lid has both inner and outer
for just day-to-day transport of our gear zipped pockets for those small
for work or around town, or perhaps on our items you need to hand. There are
travels, but also for days out on the hill. good size drink bottle pouches
Ideally we need one that will do all these on both sides (often these are too
things. small and bottles fall out) as well as
provision for a hydration bladder.
S
ize is always up for grabs and often very Straps are good and not bulky and
personal. Some prefer a very small back the waist strap has zip pockets for
pack on the assumption if you cant get munchies. Above all the buckles are
much into it will be lighter. Others, perhaps good ones. They have not bitten
where I stand on this, prefer something a me as some do and they work
bit larger. You dont have to ll it up but with gloves and one-handed. The
it is good to have a bit of spare capacity back is adjustable (Aerolex Easy
if you need it. Vaude have this argument Adjust) and also has a tensioned
covered with the Brenta range as it mesh panel to allow your hot back
covers from 25 through to 50 to breathe so reducing that nasty
litres. On this occasion I have sweaty back syndrome. Just to cap
had the smaller 25-litre to things off, when its raining
try and have not been there is a removable hi-
disappointed at all. viz cover tucked away
in the base.
For a relatively
small back pack For a small
the Brenta rucksack the
has plenty Brenta has a lot
of useful, to offer and is
practical comfortable to
features. carry.
The Brenta in use in wintry Devon

along with the Vaude Bormio
jacket, seen here with the attached
hood in use again the cold wind

product review
01.
british
02.
tactical
POUCHES & ATTACHMENTS
In the middle of the 1990s the US Armys SRD&EC (Soldier Research, Development and Engineering
Center) at Aberdeen Proving Ground (part of SSC Natick) developed the Modular Lightweight
Load-Bearing Equipment (MOLLE) system designed to enhance the survivability and lethality of
the modern Soldier and Marine. A replacement for the 1970s All-Purpose Lightweight Individual
Carrying Equipment (ALICE) system, MOLLE combat vests and load packs utilised the distinctive
Pouch Attachment Ladder System (PALS) consisting of inch-wide (25mm) parallel horizontal
straps onto which components with similar vertical straps could be laced to allow the user to
vary configuration to suit personal operational requirements.
F
rom the end of the valuable and relatively fragile cam-
millennium the US Army era and computing equipment to
and US Marine Corps transport it as cabin baggage in a
started to make extensive limited size and weight pack, with
use of the MOLLE system my less critical kit travelling as hold
and shortly afterwards the UK and luggage which is likely to be dropped
several other NATO nations armed and maybe even soaked between
forces adopted it on vests, packs drop-off and luggage reclaim belt. By
and load-carriage belts. It did not carrying MOLLE pouches inside my
take me long to pick up on how bergen rucksack I can comparatively 03.
this system could make my life speedily recongure my (usually
Images Bob Morrison
much easier on military (and off- 55x40x20cm and 10kg compliant)

road desert racing) photography daysack to allow me to carry up to
assignments which often require me 20kg of easily accessible cameras,
to travel with a lot of kit but then lenses, accessories and a laptop or
speedily recongure my load to split netbook with peripherals.
it into living and working packs.
Ilford-based British Tactical not
This dual travelling conguration only manufactures a wide range of
is most important when I am ying standard pouches which are compat-
commercially and need to separate ible with UK MoD issue kit, and with
04.
Mil-Spec double-action coil/spiral zip
with locking sliders, to prevent the
bag from opening by itself; para-
cord zip pulls for ease of opening
and silent operation; a storm bafe
over the zip to keep the elements
out; ITW D-rings on both ends for
a carrying strap - not supplied but
available separately; drainage eyelets
in the bottom; four PALS tapes on
each side and three on each end; a
pair of tape carrying handles at the
the top; and a hook & loop tape for
08. attaching a name tape. My example is
in MultiCam and has olive tapes, but
MultiCam tapes can be specied at a
small premium if desired.
Although I mostly wanted my Grab

Bag as a second item of carry-on
luggage (not only do budget airlines
05. keep C&S travel costs down but they
often get us to airports that the more
expensive carriers fail to reach) I also
wanted to be able to x it to my main
09. rucksack to leave my hands free (I
carry my SOURCE daysack/camera
One of the British Tactical standard bag on my chest when travelling).
product range which caught my The simple solution to this was to use
eye was their 8-litre Grab Bag Mk.1 two pairs of Straps with UK military
which, measuring 28.5x21.5x13cm, specication ITW NEXUS quick-re-
is very useful as a second carry-on lease buckles and National Mouldings
06. bag when travelling with RyanAir. T-mounts either end. As BritTac can
This airline allows a second piece of supply T-mounts on tapes tted with
hand luggage high quality D-ring, Square Ring, Lad-
01. GRAB BAG MK.1
HAS PALS TAPES measuring up der Lock, Tri-glide, or Split Bar (male
ALL ROUND AND TAPE to 35x20x20- or female) Side Release furniture to
HANDLES cm and, by suit customers precise requirements
02. T-MOUNT STRAP squeezing the it only took a couple of minutes on
COMPONENT PARTS top of the Grab the phone for Dave to suggest the
- THESE TAPES ARE
ROUGHLY 50CM & Bag, assuming combination I needed.
275CM it doesnt con-
03. THE BAG EASILY tain anything I also have a couple of stand-alone
HOLDS MY SNUGPAK solid that is equipment pouches with PALS tapes,
07. TRAVEL SLEEPING BAG thicker than or laser-cut slots, which from time to
04. STRAPPED ATOP MY 19cm, it should time I need to sling over my shoulder
MOLLE/PALS systems used by many BERGEN CLIPPED TO ITS t the gauge. rather than strapping to my daysack
other military plus police users, but ITW NEXUS BUCKLES The bag also or bergen. Using a short tape with a
they also produce their own designs 05. GRAB BAG only weighs T-mount on one end and a D-ring on
of load belts, yokes and harnesses as STRAPPED TO MY around 0.3kg the other allows me to use a remov-
BERGEN WITH QUICK
well as a number of unique pouches RELEASE BUCKLE so it does not able camera case or laptop case
and bags. In addition to bulk manu- T-MOUNTS add signicant strap with these pouches. For better
facturing standard designs, which 06. SING QUICK weight. illustration I have tted a military
are mostly made to order, they also RELEASE BUCKLES colour combination to a black pouch.
regularly produce specials and even ALLOWS ME TO DETACH A simple
AND ACCESS OUTER
one-offs as well as conguring their BERGEN POUCHES zipped bag If the illustrations on these pages
standard range to suit customers manufactured trigger an idea or two and you can-
07. GRAB BAG IN
specic requirements; for example, STAND-ALONE from laser not nd precisely what you need
if a unit or individual needed a very MODE WITH EXTRA cut military on the BritishTactical.com website,
small number of, say, non-standard ATTACHMENT STRAPS specication though there are plenty of options
BUCKLED TO EACH
ammo pouches to suit specialist OTHER 1000 Denier on there, give Dave or his team a ring
magazines their bespoke manufac- Nylon, in either on 0208 501 6803 and seek advice.
08. MANY HIGH SPEC
turing process is adaptable enough POLICE AND MILITARY genuine Multi- There is bound to be a solution and,
to cope with this without incurring ACCESSORIES USE ITW Cam, Coyote even though all fabrics and compo-
massive cost penalties or requiring NEXUS QUICK RELEASE Brown, Olive nents used are to genuine military
BUCKLES
large numbers to be produced to Drab or Black, specication, prices will not break the
make unit cost acceptable. 09. USING LAPTOP it has: a large bank.
STRAP TWO T-MOUNT
AND D-RING STRAPS
TURN A POUCH INTO A COMBAT & SURVIVAL | 69
SHOULDER BAG
1
This month Im looking

at some of the recently
released kits relating to
modern tanks and armoured
vehicles being offered by
Revell and Takom. First off
we have a number of new
kits from Revell, including 11.1cm in length. The kit itself Main Image: Box smaller cousin, this kit provides
1/35th scale and 1/72nd scale (Ref. 03209) is moulded in dark art depicts the separate moulded rubber tyres
examples of the German green plastic with a compre-
ambulance Boxer for the wheels. The quality and
hensive instruction booklet and t of the parts is excellent and
Bundeswehr GTK Boxer.
decal sheet included in the box.
in European theatre easily matches anything the Far
Revell have, quite rightly,
The model retails at around markings Eastern companies can supply
gained a reputation for
their 1/72nd scale military 11.99, so if you like modern but, unlike their competitors,
vehicles thanks to the superb German armour its well worth 1: Assembled and the Revell kits are signicantly
quality of the detailing and a look. painted 1/35th cheaper with this particular
moulding; this new Boxer is scale ambulance model retailing at around
Sticking with the same subject 26.99, whereas it would be
no exception.
but moving up in scale, we have close to double that from other
T
a 1/35th kit of the GTK Boxer manufacturers.
he level of detail is quite
sgSanKfz battleeld ambulance
superb for what is, after
(Ref.03241). Once again the The level of detailing, especially
all, a relatively small
mouldings are supplied in dark around the suspension area
model that measures just
green plastic but, unlike the is superb and interior detail

2
4 Assembled and painted MAN cargo trucks, while in the

1/72nd scale infantry case of the US Army set there
section vehicle are two Sherman tanks, two M8
Greyhound armoured cars and
two GMC cargo trucks.
The individual vehicles are

tiny, just 4.8cm in length at
their largest, but the detailing
is included for the drivers is reasonable considering
compartment, though not for their size, if a little simplied
the separately moulded mission compared to larger models. The
pod at the rear. Markings models should be fairly quick
and details of camouage to put together and are clearly
schemes are provided for two subject at a sensible price and 2: The mission module aimed at wargamers but, as
ambulances, one of which that is bound to ensure it sells lifts out just like the real with other Revell products, they
served in Afghanistan with ISAF in great numbers, especially vehicle represent good value for money
in 2013. For alternative paint as it represents fantastic value at just 8.99 each.
schemes turn back to Carls for money. 3: Box art depicts
article on page 51 of this issue. the infantry Boxer in
Our nal new releases from Afghanistan theatre
Revell this month go down markings
Once again Revell have released
a great model of a popular in size considerably, being
4: Each of the 1/144th
moulded to 1/144th scale. scale boxes contains
The two sets, Bundeswehr two of three different
Vehicles (Ref. 03351) and US types of vehicle
Army Vehicles (Ref. 03350)
each provide six vehicles Right: Detail in 1/72nd
in the box; in case of the is quite superb for a Revell model kits are available
Bundeswehr set there are relatively small model from all good toy and model
two M47 tanks, two HS30 that measures just retailers. For UK outlets visit:
infantry carriers and two 11.1cm in length
revell.de/en

Also new this month is a trio something that has only been
of 1/35th scale Chieftain tank available up until now as an
models from Takom. The rst add-on package to t the old
model represents the Mk 5/P Tamiya kit. Once again the
(Ref. 2027), the earliest of kits are beautifully detailed,
the marks from Takom and though I personally feel that
includes optional parts and they havent quite captured
decals to allow the builder to the look of the Stillbrew
create either the British Army armour on the turret, and may
Mk 5 or the export model. As have gone a step too far in
such its a much improved providing separate track pads
model compared to the much for the individual link tracks,
older Tamiya offering, but in which could drive you to
saying that it also costs more distraction if you dont have
than twice as much as the the patience of a saint! Photo
Tamiya kit so a lot depends etched brass parts and clear
on just how much you value moulded parts for the lights
the accuracy and detail of a are also included along with
model kit. decals for several vehicles.
Not content with releasing one

Left: A peek No doubt time will tell as
new Chieftain model, Takom inside the Mk.11 to how well these new kits
have also released kits of the box - parts are are received, but with a
later Mk 10 and Mk 11 versions moulded in light typical retail price ranging
of the Chieftain MBT (Ref. grey plastic anything from 40 to 60
depending on where you
2028 & 2026 respectively),
buy them from, theyre no
both of which are tted with
small investment.
the Stillbrew armour package,

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ext month we will has just nished working with elite of pages it is being held over until
continue our TRIDENT Canadian snipers in Poland and will the March issue. We will also have
Images Bob Morrison
JUNCTURE coverage be bringing us an exclusive feature a PREPPERS SPECIAL next month,

by focussing on on the men and their weapons. written by Jason and Bob who
NATOs Spanish-led On the operational side, Erwan both have internationally published
Multinational Armoured Brigade in de Cherisey has been on patrol Survival books with their name on the
action at CENAD San Gregorio, up with MINUSMA in Mali and we will cover, but as there is so much going
north near Zaragoza, where nearly be bringing you his report on the into the main magazine we will have
600 Paras from the 82nd Airborne Bangladeshi Battalion operating out to put that in a Free Supplement.
Brigade dropped straight into the of Gao. It had been our intention to
battle after ying overnight across bring you Part 2 of Bobs feature on Plus: News, Product Reviews &
the Atlantic from three different the UK Combined Arms Manoeuvre Books.
bases in the United States. Carl Demo this month but as we ran out Contents may change subject to operational developments!

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