The Spanish Army's massive deployment in the port of Vigo en route to Slovakia

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This exercise, which will take place in June in Slovakia, will have a significant Spanish contribution, as we saw this week in the city of Vigo. On the morning of Wednesday, May 14, a multitude of vehicles from BRILAT and AALOG 61 (Logistics Support Group No. 61, based in Santovenia de Pisuerga, Valladolid) began arriving at the port of Vigo, as we can see in this image from the municipal traffic camera located at the beginning of Sanjurjo Badía Street.

Vehicles have been lining up at one of the docks in the port of Vigo. Here are some of my own photos taken near the port, which I've uploaded to my Flickr account.

BRILAT's BMR armored vehicles have arrived on flatbed trucks. In addition to them, the images show Uro VAMTAC tactical vehicles, trucks of various models, ambulances, and Santana Aníbal all-terrain vehicles.

Today, the Army published more photos of this vehicle concentration at the port of Vigo. You can see them below:

An L-118 Light Gun from the 7th Field Artillery Group (GACA VII) of the BRILAT, next to the VAMTAC SK-95 truck towing it. Behind it is a tanker truck from AALOG 61.

More GACA VII vehicles, in the left row, and a VAMTAC ST-5 from the "Isabel La Católica" Light Infantry Regiment No. 29 (RI 29). Both units are based in Figueirido, Pontevedra.

An overview of the deployment. Click on the images to see enlarged and more detailed photos.

The vehicles were parked at the dock for two days, from May 14 to 16, when they were finally loaded.

Two VAMTACs from RI 29 boarding reverse on the Faroe Islands-flagged Smyril Line RO-RO vessel Akranes on May 16.

An ST-5 VAMTAC from RI 29 on the interior ramp of the Akranes. Below we can see three photos of this vessel, sailing through the Vigo Estuary with the Spanish military vehicles on board. As we can see, some of the vehicles are on an open-air upper deck.

According to Marine Traffic, this vessel is now sailing towards the port of Koper (Slovenia), where its arrival is expected on May 23. From there, the Spanish Army vehicles will be transported by land to Slovakia.