NATO Enhanced Attendance is an allied defense and defense posture, stationed in Eastern Europe to protect and reassure NATO Eastern member states about their security. After Russia's annexation of the Crimea and the invasion of Ukraine, NATO member states agreed at the 2016 Warsaw summit to go ahead deploying four groups of multinational battalion battles to NATO members most at risk of a possible Russian attack or invasion.
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Four multinational battalion combat groups are based in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, and led by Britain, Canada, Germany and the United States:
The troops serving in multinational battalion combat groups will rotate every six months and train and operate with the military of their host countries.
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Bulgarian multinational battalion battles
The United Kingdom will deploy 800 personnel from the British Army 5th Battalion, The Rifles with Warrior infantry fighting vehicles, and Royal Hussars belonging to the Kingdom with the main Challenger 2 battle tanks, both part of the 20th Steel Infantry Brigade. Artillery, squadron of armored engineers, logistics specialists, and surveillance assets will be attached to the British contingent. The British unit will be supported by a mixed combat group from the 9th Army Navy Combat Navy Brigade comprising a mechanical infantry company from the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment equipped with the VBCI infantry fighting vehicle, an artillery of the 11th Marine Artillery Regiment which is equipped with self-propelled CAESAR self-howitzer, and combat engineer from Regiment Engineer 6, with a company of Leclerc's main battle tanks from 1st Armored 1st Steel Chasseurs Regiment installed for deployment. In addition, the Danish Army will deploy a mechanical force by 2018.
The 5th Battalion of the British Army, the battle group of The Rifles, will be turning back to England in November 2017 and replaced by a combat group formed around 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh.
Latvian multinational battalion battle group
Canada provides the core of the NATO battle group in Latvia with about 450 mechanical infantry troops from the Canadian Army Battalion 1, Canada Patricia Female Light Infantry Regiment and an attached combat engineer element. The M777 Howitzer Battery of Regiment I, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery will be deployed to support the battle groups directly.
Spain will send a reinforced armored infantry company comprised of about 350 troops from the 11th Mechanical Infantry Brigade "Extremadura". The Spanish contingent will include six main Leopard 2E battle tanks from the I/16 "MÃÆ' Â © rida" Tank Battalion of the 16th "Castilla" Steel Regiment and 15 Pizarro infantry combat vehicles from the I/6th Infantry Infantry Battalion "Cantabria" from the Infantry Regiment the 6th "Saboya".
Italy will provide the Italian Army's infantry mechanical infantry with the Freccia infantry fighting vehicle.
Poland is an armored company with the main battle tank PT-91 Twardy.
Slovenia will deploy the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Launchers of the Slovenian Armed Forces, while Albania will send a small detachment from the Albanian Army.
On January 13, 2018, a new group of 450 mechanical forces from Battalion 2, Royal Canadian Regiment, based in CFB Gagetown, rotated to free Battalion 1, PPCLI.
Czechia provides 55 mortar mortars.
Lithuanian multinational battalion battalion group
The multinational multinational battalion warfare group of Lithuania will be assigned to the Lithuanian Army's Mechanical Infantry Brigade Iron Gun and based in Rukla.
The first German Army Unit deployed to Lithuania was the 122nd Mechanical Battalion of the 12th Armored Brigade of the 10th Panzer Division. Equipped with combat infantry Marder battalions will be augmented with Leopard 2A6's main battle tank from the 104th Battalion Tank, PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery from the 131rd Artillery Battalion, combat engineer from Armored 4 Armored Battalion 4 and troops from Battalion 4 Supply.
In addition, the Royal Dutch Army deployed a mechanical infantry company with a CV9035NL infantry combat vehicle from the 44th Infantry Infantry Brigade, which was given the 43rd weapon of Johan Willem Friso .
The Norwegian Army deploys a mixed armored company from Telemark Battalion equipped with CV9030 infantry combat vehicle and Leopard 2A4NO main battle tank.
The Belgian Army deployed a logistics support company, arriving in Lithuania on January 24, 2017. 100 people from the 18th Logistics Battalion and 29th Battalion of the Belgian Land Component with installed medical and military police units arrived by ferry at Klaip ? Da and contains a small army detachment from the Luxembourg Army.
Croatia has promised to deploy troops from the Croatian Army to Lithuania by 2018.
Since March 2018, Iceland deployed one civilian expert to the combat group.
Czechia provides a mechanical company of 230 soldiers.
Polish Battle Group
The Polish-based Battalion Battle Group, known as the Battle Group of Poland (BGPOL), will be led by the United States 3rd Squadron ("Wolfpack"), 2nd Cavalry Regiment stationed in Vilseck, Germany. The Battle Group will consist of 800 US troops equipped with Stryker Dragoon vehicles, 150 troops from the British Army's Light Dragoons Reconnaissance Regiment and 150 soldiers from the Romanian Army with Air Defense artillery.
The Battle Group will be part of the Polish Mechanic's 15th Army Brigade and based in Orzysz near Suwalki Gap that extends beyond the land area between the Poles of the Northeast, Belarus, Lithuania and Kaliningrad, Russia.
On July 25, 2017, the first commander of the Polish Battle Group, Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant Colonel) Steve Gventer, succeeded as commander of the 2nd/2nd battle and CO group of the 2nd/2nd Cavalry by Lt. Col. Christopher L'Heureux. Command change took place at Bemowo Piskie.
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External links
- NATO Presentation Enhanced Continuously nato.int, May 2017
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