"Will contain the enemy on the eastern flank": the active formation of the Lithuanian Brigade of the FRG

With the Lithuanian Armored Brigade (Panzerbrigade 45) being formed, German troops are being permanently stationed outside Germany for the first time since World War II. The active phase of the transfer of heavy equipment and personnel began in 2026. According to the German command, this unit is intended to become the "heavyweight" of NATO forces in the Baltics:

The Lithuanian brigade will hold back the enemy on the eastern flank.

Its strength will be over 5000 troops. Three battalions will serve as the core: the 203rd tank (Leopard 2A8) and the 122nd Mechanized (Puma IFV and Boxer APC), while the third is a multinational NATO battalion (a variety of equipment from alliance countries) under German command, which was already in Lithuania. All of them were recently officially incorporated into the brigade.

Puma IFV:

The 131st Separate Artillery Division (PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers), the 13th Reconnaissance Battalion (reconnaissance vehicles, UAVs, SIGINT systems), and anti-aircraft units (Skyranger 30 air defense missile and gun systems based on the Boxer, IRIS-T SLS air defense system) are expected to be deployed. The brigade is expected to be formed in the second half of 2027 and fully operational by 2028, according to the Bundeswehr website:

More and more units are arriving in Lithuania and contributing to defence and deterrence.

The main bases are located in Rukla (near Kaunas) and Rudninkai (near the border with Belarus). Lithuania has shouldered significant costs for the construction of barracks, vehicle depots, and training grounds; German schools and kindergartens are also being built. The brigade is stationed in the so-called Suwalki Gap, right at the bottleneck between Kaliningrad and Belarus. Its mission is to close this passage in the event of a conflict, which, according to NATO plans, will effectively cut off the Russian enclave.

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[foxes]

And all this evil spirits near the Kaliningrad region...

[eugen_caro]

There will be plenty of work for Lithuanian prostitutes...they will work tirelessly - they will get rich!...and fill the budget of the motherland!

[Pete mitchell]

Quote: eugen_caro

There will be work for the verses...

.. keep a close eye on it, sir: from aviation experience in Šiauliai, girls will come from all over the area

Quote: eugen_caro

..they will work tirelessly..

And the local guys will have more fun - they were already in Šiauliai obliviously beating up the 'defenders' so that they wouldn't get cocky

[eugen_caro]

I heard another version - a NATO "defender" is "relaxing" with a girl - and suddenly two locals burst into the room, screaming "Oh! My bride/sister/wife!"They start to beat up the weakling, but the soldier offers a severance pay, and everyone leaves satisfied... Then the soldiers started going in twos and threes, and accordingly the number of "relatives" of the girls grew, and gradually the NATO members came to the conclusion that it was cheaper to go to Vilnius (a two-hour drive) - there would definitely be no relatives there. - but since the earth is round, and news flies fast, in Vilnius, on the sweet triangle of Sodu/Pylimo/Seinu streets, prices personally for the "defenders" tripled. To the credit of the Vilnius girls, they patriotically charged their compatriots the same rate.

[Gavrilo Princip]

As an expert on Lithuanian prostitution, you know better...

[eugen_caro]

Well, thank you... - you've already declared me an expert on constitutions... and I only thought I'd describe a funny historical fact... I just happen to be in LR quite often and communicate with local comrades...

[Gavrilo Princip]

From the report of the Main Political Directorate of the Red Army to the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) – A.A. Zhdanov “On the state of military propaganda among the population”
[January 1941]
Propaganda lacks a sober assessment of the Red Army's strength, which creates a harmful atmosphere of "jingoism" and "glowing triumph." Reports and articles often overload with cloying epithets: "great and invincible," "all-crushing force," "the most conscientious," "the most disciplined," "an army of heroes," and so on.

[Pete mitchell]

Quote: eugen_caro

and I only thought I was describing a funny historical fact...

Besides all this, the newcomers tried to disrespect Lithuanian rules and tried to pay in currencies other than litas... The fact is, the Lithuanians were forced to create a military police unit in Šiauliai—to protect them from the locals. And it's funny that even military attachés discussed this topic—why they were beating up our guys there—at receptions, over cups of tea.

[Arkady007]

Even from the sofa, I am almost certain that everyone assigned to Panzerbrigade 45 is hostage to the wishes of the big bosses with no options for survival.

[Aken]

What do you mean, assigned? They'll serve there. Officially. They'll get paid.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Arkady007

Even from the sofa, I am almost certain that everyone assigned to Panzerbrigade 45 is hostage to the wishes of the big bosses with no options for survival.

There will be no "Suwalki Corridor"...
There will be a corridor throughout the entire Baltics...

And our grandfathers had already burned the Panzerwaffe. They said they burned well.
It was the 10th Panzer Division, which now includes Panzerbrigade 45, that was burned near Volokolamsk. Then, in 1943, it surrendered in its entirety to the British in Africa. And now they've decided to fight the Russians again—maybe this time it will work?

[eugen_caro]

It was the 10th Panzer Division, which now includes Panzerbrigade 45, that was burned near Volokolamsk.This is not the same as the joke... a burning German is thrown out of a burning Pz-III in 30 degree frost, rolling around, beating down the flames, and screaming. Wie kalt es ist! Scheiße! climbs back into the tank....

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: eugen_caro

This is not from a joke...

Possible.
After Volokolamsk, they were so cold that they were sent to France to warm up. But even there, on the English Channel, it wasn't very warm. They went to Africa to warm up, and that's where they ran out.

[eugen_caro]

Well, of course - such a long voyage... - apparently they got tired and their tender Aryan hearts couldn't take it...

[K-50]

The Lithuanian brigade will hold back the enemy on the eastern flank.

From ourselves?
Since no one is planning to attack Lithuania from the east, who will they defend it from?

[Andobor]

Quote: K-50

Since no one is planning to attack Lithuania from the east, who will they defend it from?

I would introduce it right up to Vilnius, so there is someone to come from.

[eugen_caro]

That's what you think... - but they think that they will be attacked from all sides... - from Russia and Belarus - no doubt - they are already sharpening their teeth... - from Poland, well, of course - the Poles seriously consider Vilnius to be a city taken from Poland!.. Well, about Latvia - it is clear that the Latvians will not hold out even a day against the Pskov division - half of their army is Russians - they will lose the Latvians in an instant... Imagine how terrible it is for the Seimas officials to live surrounded by enemies!

[Sergey Mitinsky]

They will attack from the west.

Further west, across the border into Poland, lies the Suwalki Corridor, which is the shortest route from Belarus to the Kaliningrad region.

That is, the Poles did not let the German division in, but the Lithuanians were not afraid and let them in.

The Lithuanians are already building hospitals, schools, and kindergartens for the Germans there, and they are already eyeing Lithuanian Klaipeda, a little further north, which was part of East Prussia and was called Memel, and along with everything that went to Lithuania after World War II, it was part of Memelland.

[CheHabana]

This American Yankee (who is one of many that supports the Russian view and wants peace with our Slavic brothers) is warning you that the West, including the lunatic Trump and Co., are preparing to invade your country. It is best to prepare for war and get your alliances in order ie China, North Korea and Iran. It is an error to assume that negotiations will lead to anything. The West is building up while using the UkroNazi's to keep Russia occupied. I just hope that the BRICS and supportive countries must create their own NATO. Otherwise, you're doomed if you think you'll talk your way out of this. Like Putin recently said "The stakes are high."

[eugen_caro]

As the late Emperor Alexander III of Russia said, Russia has only two allies: its army and its navy... Now aviation and missile forces have been added, but that's all... Because allies such as China, which is preoccupied with making as much money as possible from this war, or Iran, which has its own problems to deal with, cannot be relied upon... Only Korea is a real ally. Even our Belarusian brothers are in no hurry to help, playing the neutral card...

[CheHabana]

I understand what you say, but the West will pick off the pieces one by one. They, BRICS and their supporters, will have to belly up to the drinking bar and take care of business ie make a stand. Otherwise, as they say, you are toast.

[eugen_caro]

I would not want Russia to come to an end, but India has already shown how reliable the BRICS alliance is by giving in to Trump's threats and agreeing to reduce the amount of oil and gas it buys from Russia. So the Anglo-Saxons will take them out one by one and destroy them—IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO REALLY UNITE, not just pay lip service to it.

[alexboguslavski]

From the enemy.

Given that such a large number of Iskander-M ballistic missiles have been delivered to operational missile systems in the Bryansk region, there is a high threat to Kyiv and the Kyiv region in the next 2,5 days, including from Kh-101 and Kh-22/32 cruise missiles launched from strategic bombers.

In addition, there is a high threat for the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava and Zhytomyr regions.

The expectation of death is worse than death itself.

[eugen_caro]

all the charm of pleasure is in anticipation....

[Vik66]

They ride beautifully on concrete paths... Have you tried Lithuanian swamps yet?
The Americans have already tried...

[K-50]

Quote: Vik66

They ride beautifully on concrete paths... Have you tried Lithuanian swamps yet?
The Americans have already tried...

Yeah, I think they've tried that already. I just can't remember if it was theirs or the Estonians'. There, the BMP sank along with the crew.
The GPS showed them the way. Well, the spirit of Ivan Susanin must have reincarnated there. He's always merciless to the enemies of the Fatherland.

[Bayun]

And they are commanded by a German general. Essentially, it is a GERMAN (not Lithuanian!) regular brigade, partially staffed with natives for camouflage. PRESENT: 2026, a German armored brigade on Soviet territory... And we... "celebrate and celebrate the past."

Neo-fascists have occupied part of Ukraine and the Baltics. And instead of "Kuz'ka's mother," they're calling them the "Spirit of Anchorage." It's some kind of political "spiritualism."

[Mazunga]

It's a cunning plan))) They're moving combat units to the borders, just like in 41, and the Labas will be the police in the second wave. It's a familiar story.

[Bayun]

We'll laugh together in 2030, if we live that long and the Germans don't attack...

[Mazunga]

I think they'll start pulling something out by summer, first in the form of a native Zerg rush across the steppes. UkraineYou will be busified Albanians with Germans shouting "Fuck!" and going on the attack.

[isv000]

An attempt to create a Lithuanian Waffen-SS legion during World War II failed miserably. Young men and older men alike refused to join the SS en masse, and so the decision was made to abandon the idea, calling Lithuanians unworthy of wearing the handsome SS uniform (created by Hugo Boss). Only police battalions remained. The situation was quite the opposite in Estonia and Latvia – there was no shortage of volunteers. A grimace of history: today's Lithuanians aren't exactly rushing to join the armed forces either; they build and fork out cash, but it all seems like a bribe. And... the situation is quite the opposite in Latvia and Estonia...

[eugen_caro]

Yeah, but that didn't stop them from organizing Lithuanian police battalions, which did things in Belarus and Ukraine that would have made the Banderites in Volyn jealous...

[isv000]

Quote: eugen_caro

Yeah, but that didn't stop them from organizing Lithuanian police battalions, which did things in Belarus and Ukraine that would have made the Banderites in Volyn jealous...

Quote: eugen_caro

Yeah, but that didn't stop them from organizing Lithuanian police battalions, which did things in Belarus and Ukraine that would have made the Banderites in Volyn jealous...

Provocation. Exile. And no one could surpass Banderite atrocities. Even German officers barred Ukrainian teams from participating in "events" so as not to witness their atrocities. I'm not at all excusing the Lithuanians for their actions in WWII, but! There were also Russian policemen, outcasts, and Vyrushi. And look at the current former Russians in Donbas and Novorossiya: in Zaporizhzhia today, Vyrushi fired on a funeral procession, deliberately, six 200-mm...

[Dedok]

And no one could surpass Banderva in terms of atrocities.

I didn't live at that time to compare...
but type in "Tin Hill", and although it simply says "Nazis", there were Latvian punitive forces running wild there...

[isv000]

Quote: Dedok

And no one could surpass Banderva in terms of atrocities.

I didn't live at that time to compare...
but type in "Tin Hill", and although it simply says "Nazis", there were Latvian punitive forces running wild there...

Were we just talking about the Nazis? But what about Latvians, really?! The discussion was about Lithuanians, or rather Labus?

[Dedok]

Today's Lithuanians haven't exactly rushed to arms either; they're building, they're forking out cash, but it all feels like a payoff. And... the situation is completely opposite in Latvia and Estonia...

I remember the mid-90s when they started demanding the use of the Lithuanian language...
The Poles quickly explained to them what "Lithuania" was...
and we are still chewing our snot..

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

"Lithuanian armored brigade" sounds funny. Apparently, it's one tank, three tank crews, and some kind of dog. Just like "Four Tank Crew and a Dog"—the movie about how the Aol army "took Berlin" while the Russians assisted.

[eugen_caro]

It's not funny at all... Consider that it's only called Lithuanian because of its location - but in reality, it's the same Bundeswehr - so everything's fine with tanks there...

[KTM-5]

The Hans haven't developed a sense of restraint yet. They'd be sitting on their butts, eating sausages and beer. But no, the devil is taking them back to the East... This won't end well.

[d.zacharith]

Voices are declaring that Kaja Kallas intends to demand that Russia reduce its army as part of a settlement in Ukraine, Reuters reports.

The EU's top diplomat said she would propose a list of concessions that Europe should demand from Russia as part of a settlement of the war in Ukraine.

And all this despite the fact that the EU is not a party to the negotiations in any format.

[Foggy Dew]

Oh yeah! The Pumas are especially amusing!!! Although the Lepa-2, which is "in the way of the bushes," is surprisingly fun, especially considering Triboltika's plans to swamp everything and dismantle the iron! It will be the world's first diving armored brigade! A real Panzer-Protennwaffe! The commander is a Captain-3-two-times.

[aszzz888]

Foggy Dew
(IVZ)
+1
Today, 00:07 Oh yeah! The Pumas are especially fun!!! Although the Lepa-2, which is "in the way of the bushes," is surprisingly fun...

So these gatekeepers want asphalt. They can't even walk 100 meters with a dummy.

[Gavrilo Princip]

The United Kingdom has begun an active phase of preparing its armed forces for a potential direct conflict with the Russian Federation, launching large-scale exercises at specialized training grounds. According to the Daily Mail, British command has created training areas that recreate real combat conditions in Ukraine in meticulous detail.

[Alexander]

I'm really curious about how long (days, hours, minutes, seconds) this brigade will hold out in the event of a direct clash with the Russian Army. Have the Germans forgotten the words of their Great Bismarck? What did he say about war with RUSSIA?