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Croatian, Hungarian and Italian forces demonstrated their combat readiness with a live-fire exercise in Hungary, boosting defence and the ability of different Allied forces to operate effectively together on NATO’s eastern flank.
The battlegroup conducted a multinational live-fire exercise at the Bakony Training Area in Hungary. The training featured Leopard 2 tanks, Italian Centauro wheeled tank destroyers and BTR-80 infantry fighting vehicles. Hungarian troops carried out dismounted infantry assaults supported by anti-tank guided missiles and mortars while Italian forces fired artillery, including howitzers and mortars.
The exercise forms part of NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Hungary, integrating approximately 800 personnel from Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Türkiye and the United States. Exercises like this strengthen NATO’s collective defence posture and enhance the ability of different Allied forces to operate effectively together for the protection of NATO’s eastern flank.
[© NATO Multimedia]
This recently circulated NATO Multimedia B-roll footage, filmed at the end of June, includes various shots of Croatian, Hungarian and Italian troops working together during the live-fire exercise.
Shot list:-
00:00 ~ Hungarian Leopard 2 tanks manoeuvre through the Bakony Training Area in Hungary
00:21 ~ Italian Centauro wheeled tank destroyers firing at Bakony Training Area in Hungary
00:32 ~ Hungarian troops in BTR-80 infantry fighting vehicles head into training area
01:08 ~ BTR-80s at training area
01:21 ~ Hungarian soldier inside BTR-80
01:27 ~ Hungarian troops exit BTR-80s and conduct a live-fire dismounted infantry assault
03:36 ~ Hungarian soldiers conduct a dismounted infantry assault
04:22 ~ Hungarian soldiers fire an anti-tank guided missile
04:28 ~ Hungarian and Croatian soldiers talk together during the exercise
04:48 ~ Croatian flag patches on the shoulders of Croatian soldiers
04:58 ~ Italian soldiers receive grid coordinates before firing mortars
05:27 ~ Italian soldiers fire mortars at Bakony training area
06:39 ~ Italian soldiers advancing and firing during exercise at Bakony Training Area
07:40 ~ Soundbite – 1st Lt Tamas, 39th Infantry Battalion, Hungarian Defence Forces
07:50 ~ Soundbite – 1st Lt Tamas
08:05 ~ Soundbite – 1st Lt Tamas
08:20 ~ Soundbite – Lt Col Botond Hetényi, Commander, Forward Land Forces Hungary
08:20 ~ Soundbite – Lieutenant Colonel Botond Hetényi
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