{"id":49487,"date":"2022-11-25T18:35:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T17:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=49487"},"modified":"2023-11-25T00:14:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:14:37","slug":"soldiers-from-spain-and-latvia-train-to-fight-in-a-wooded-and-snowy-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/11\/25\/soldiers-from-spain-and-latvia-train-to-fight-in-a-wooded-and-snowy-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers from Spain and Latvia train to fight in a wooded and snowy environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Central and Eastern Europe, the snowfall has already begun, which represents another challenge for the Spanish military contingent deployed in Adazi, Latvia.<\/p>\n

Spanish participation in the Latvian Independence Day parade<\/a><\/rel>
\nImpressive storm of fire and steel with the participation of Spanish tanks<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

This noon, NATO's eFP Battle Group Latvia has published a series of photos<\/a> of a joint exercise between Spanish and Latvian soldiers, supported by armored vehicles<\/strong>, in the wooded and snowy environment that the Camp Adazi base and its training field present these days. The Spanish soldiers belong to the Brigade \"Guzm\u00e1n El Bueno\" X<\/strong>. You can see some of those photos below.<\/p>\n

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A Latvian Army soldier<\/strong>, armed with a Heckler & Koch G-36 assault rifle and carrying a Carl Gustaf rocket launcher.<\/p>\n

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Two Spanish soldiers ambushed<\/strong> and taking aim with their Heckler & Koch G-36E assault rifles.<\/p>\n

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This is how the roads of Camp Adazi remain due to the snowfall<\/strong>, plaguing the passage of vehicles with obstacles.<\/p>\n

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A Spanish soldier guiding an ASCOD Pizarro infantry fighting vehicle from the Spanish Army<\/strong> along the tortuous road to Camp Adazi.<\/p>\n

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An ASCOD Pizarro from the Spanish Army <\/strong>facing the difficult relief of the terrain due to the snowfall.<\/p>\n

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Two Latvian soldiers in a Can-Am Outlander off-road vehicle<\/strong>, made in Canada. These vehicles are very practical for moving through the snowy forests of that Baltic republic.<\/p>\n

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A Latvian soldier armed with an FN Minimi light machine gun<\/strong>, made in Belgium. This soldier wears the new WoodLatpat fractal camouflage adopted by the Latvian Army in April 2020 on his uniform. The helmet is still covered with the Multi-LATPAT camouflage adopted by Latvia in 2016.<\/p>\n

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A Spanish ASCOD Pizarro infantry fighting vehicle<\/strong>, next to a Latvian Army Can-Am Outlander SUV.<\/p>\n

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Two Latvian soldiers preparing to fire a Carl Gustaf rocket launcher.<\/strong> Latvia is a small country (population 1.8 million) and has a small armed forces, with active personnel of about 16,700 military divided in four arms: Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces and National Guard. Latvia has been a member of NATO since 2004. Its membership in the Atlantic Alliance offers it a defensive shield against its main threat to its security and national sovereignty: neighboring Russia.<\/p>\n

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A Leopard 2E tank of the Spanish Army<\/strong> during the exercise. Spain has deployed several of these tanks in Latvia, as well as Pizarro infantry fighting vehicles, M-109 self-propelled howitzers, M-113 VCZ sapper combat vehicles, VAMTAC ST-5 tactical vehicles and other types of vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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