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UK Army Challenger tanks take part in Exercise Spring Storm 2019
Publication date
09 May 2019 16:26
Country
Estonia
Themes
Filming date
08 May 2019
Location
Jõhvi
Type
RAW
Format
16:9
Version
B-roll
British Army Challenger tanks engage in simulated combat scenarios, including tactical manoeuvres and laying smokescreens during exercise Spring Storm 2019 in Estonia.
Synopsis
UK Army Challenger tanks are taking part in Spring Storm 19, Estonia’s largest annual military exercise.
The exercise involves more than 9,000 troops from 16 NATO and partner nations. The majority of participants are from Estonia’s conscript and reserve units. British attack helicopters have also been deployed to the country to take part. The exercise, in Estonia’s north-eastern town of Jõhvi, runs from 29 April to 10 May.
Footage includes shots of British Army Challenger 2 main battle tanks, attack helicopters, plus soundbites from Mark Lancaster, UK Minister of State for the Armed Forces, and Lt Col Angus Tilney, Commander of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup Estonia.
The exercise involves more than 9,000 troops from 16 NATO and partner nations. The majority of participants are from Estonia’s conscript and reserve units. British attack helicopters have also been deployed to the country to take part. The exercise, in Estonia’s north-eastern town of Jõhvi, runs from 29 April to 10 May.
Footage includes shots of British Army Challenger 2 main battle tanks, attack helicopters, plus soundbites from Mark Lancaster, UK Minister of State for the Armed Forces, and Lt Col Angus Tilney, Commander of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup Estonia.
Transcript
- (00:00) BRITISH ARMY CHALLENGER 2 MAIN BATTLE TANK DRIVING ALONG A ROAD GIVING OFF SMOKESCREEN
- (00:18) BRITISH ARMY CHALLENGER 2 TANK DRIVING ALONG FOREST ROAD
- (00:31) BRITISH ARMY CHALLENGER 2 TANK REVERSING THROUGH SMOKESCREEN
- (00:46) BRITISH ARMY WARRIOR VEHICLE DRIVING THROUGH FOREST
- (00:55) BRITISH ARMY CHALLENGER 2 TANK REVERSING THROUGH SMOKESCREEN
- (01:05) BRITISH ARMY CHALLENGER 2 TANK DRIVING THROUGH FOREST
- (01:13) SOLDIERS FROM THE KING’S ROYAL HUSSARS PATROLLING THROUGH FOREST
- (01:30) MARK LANCASTER, UK MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE ARMED FORCES, MEETING SOLDIERS
- (01:38) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) LT COL ANGUS TILNEY, COMMANDER NATO EFP BATTLEGROUP ESTONIA
- (02:01) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) LT COL ANGUS TILNEY, COMMANDER NATO EFP BATTLEGROUP ESTONIA
- (02:38) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) MARK LANCASTER, UK MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE ARMED FORCES
- (02:57) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) MARK LANCASTER, UK MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE ARMED FORCES
- (03:22) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) MARK LANCASTER, UK MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE ARMED FORCES
END
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Reference
NATO760720
ID
1610