Germany sent new armored personnel carriers to Lithuania
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The Bundeswehr sent 14 armored personnel carriers to the NATO base in Lithuania. About this on Thursday, 25 January, the agency reported dpa with reference to the German Ministry of Defense. According to the ministry, the armored personnel carriers will be deployed within four days.
Combat vehicles are part of the 292 Battalion from Donaueschingen in Baden-Wortemberg. This is not about reinforcement: according to the plan of regular rotation, he must change the servicemen from Saxon Marienberg at the NATO base.
In total, 150 vehicles and 60 containers were sent to Lithuania
- stated battalion commander Wolf Rüdiger Otto.
The total number of NATO battalions in Lithuania, commanded by Germany, is 1200 people. In addition to the soldiers of the Bundeswehr, it includes soldiers from France, the Benelux countries, Norway and Croatia. In total, four NATO battalions are in rotation in the Baltic countries and Poland.
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