The IRON WOLF 2025 field training exercise took place in Lithuania with the participation of around 3,700 troops from NATO member countries.

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A Norwegian Army CV90 armoured fighting vehicle takes aim [© NATO Multimedia]

The IRON WOLF 2025 field training exercise took place in Lithuania with the participation of around 3,700 troops and 700 military vehicles from several NATO member countries including Czechia, Germany, Lithuania and Norway. The exercise saw troops from the Lithuanian Iron Wolf Infantry Brigade and the NATO Multinational Battlegroup Lithuania, integrated into the brigade and based in Rukla, train the planning and execution of defensive and offensive operations. The exercise culminated in an airborne assault operation executed by the US Army 173rd Airborne brigade which saw the operation transition to exercise SWIFT RESPONSE 2025.

German, Czech, Lithuanian and Norwegian troops pose in front of their vehicles during a pause in the exercise [© NATO Multimedia]

This NATO Multimedia footage, filmed 15 May and released this week, includes mechanised infantry from Germany, Lithuania and Norway performing manoeuvres as well as a parachute drop from the US Army 173rd Airborne brigade alongside interviews with Lieutenant Colonel Malte Bolanz, German Armed Forces, and Major Andreas Hultgren, Norwegian Army.

[© NATO Multimedia]

Shot list:-

00:00 ~ German Leopard tanks firing smoke

00:08 ~ German Puma armoured vehicles

00:15 ~ German Leopard tanks

00:20 ~ Lithuanian Boxer armoured vehicle

00:29 ~ German command post

00:33 ~ German command post

00:39 ~ German command post

00:46 ~ German soldiers in forest

01:00 ~ Norwegian CV90 armoured vehicle

01:03 ~ Lithuanian soldiers firing small arms

01:12 ~ Lithuanian soldiers patrolling through the forest

01:21 ~ Norwegian CV90 armoured vehicle

01:29 ~ German Army Leopard tank

01:54 ~ German soldiers running through smoke

02:30 ~ US 173rd Airborne paratroopers dropping onto airfield near Rukla

02:56 ~ German and Norwegian soldiers standing on top of a Norwegian CV90 AFV

03:02 ~ Norwegian soldier standing on top of a Norwegian CV90 armoured fighting vehicle

03:16 ~ NATO flag with Norwegian soldier

03:37 ~ Lithuanian, Norwegian, Czech and German soldiers standing in front of a static display

03:47 ~ Lithuanian, Norwegian, Czech and German soldiers standing in front of a static display

04:24 ~ Soundbite: Major Andreas Hultgren, Norwegian Army

05:25 ~ Soundbite: Lieutenant Colonel Malte Bolanz, Commander Battlegroup Lithuania, German Armed Forces

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