British Army versus Nato war games on Russia's doorstep

British soldiers have been advancing through the forests of Latvia as they take on the role of enemy forces to test Nato's resilience during Exercise Titan Shield.
Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Latvia has bolstered its defences on its eastern flank, and carries out regular drills to test its defensive capabilities.
British soldiers, who were involved in this type of exercise for the first time, deployed from their base in Poland to the Adazi training grounds, which are 11.2km long and 6.4km wide.
The British troops, who played the red force in Titan Shield, needed to prove they could fight when they were outnumbered, while the blue forces - representing Nato - had to defend their territory, Latvia having joined the alliance in 2004.
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[@MutheiM_Marz]

NATO forces : dumping tea to the ground British forces : switch to live ammunition

[@alanandconnielast]

No French to help you now ;P

[@MutheiM_Marz]

@@alanandconnielast British Army : Drive over a Baguette. French Army : Resurrect Napoleon "It's time for the Eighth Coalition War"

[@suckyourdeadnan4805]

@@MutheiM_Marzjust too prolly lose again britain always win in the end 💀

[@paulmcphillips7540]

Jokes aside, how do they know who wins the firefight? Especially when heavier weapons like artillery is used. Is it essentially a big game of lazer tag?

[@qhawker98]

​@@paulmcphillips7540basically yes. It's Lazer tag with blanks. Each weapon system has a Laser pointer that only emits when firing. Both vehicles and personnel a sensor type thing that that will detect when hit. For vehicles that are hit or taken out the battle the begin flashing ( basically that vehicle is destroyed and will no longer operate unless brought back into the battle to simulate reinforcements ). For personnel they will have sensors covering the helmet and torso over their gear. And if hit the system tell them where and how bad to simulate a casualty ( you could be a casualty but still fight or badly wounded and taken out of the fight until medic have sorted you or pulled you from the battle ) if you are hit really bad the system will just take you out the fight entirely saying your dead. I did 8 years with the British army and managed to use this kit. Believe it's called TES ( tactical engagement simulation) it's quite good to get a real feel for a semi real life battle but very complicated to set up and use. Plus quite heavy on top of everything else you wear. So if you got killed in the war games you just sat down and chilled while watching your mates getting hammered 🤣

[@Twirlyhead]

For those consoling the Brits for "losing" or crowing about the NATO win: the exercise was a great success as the object was to have the multinational NATO force work together and succeed in defending against a well trained and coherent single nation attack. If the outnumbered British had won then NATO would have a real problem to address. Most commenters have completely missed the point.

[@foxxy46213]

Definitely it would be pretty odd for a small but we'll trained force to beat a whole nato taskforce. But they definitely made them work for it

[@AC-dw9ur]

Respect to the British soldiers I was lucky to have worked alongside them in my military career. They are some of the most incredible soldiers and Im sure we can all agree we are thankful they are on our side rather than against us, Love from the USA.

[@tommyatkins2527]

back at you ex british army reservist i have known some national guardsmen of us army

[@alastairwallace6153]

We are lucky to have each other, please vote against putins friend in the usa though 😉❤ rhymes with rump.

[@raven-wf9so]

✌️🇬🇧🇺🇸💯

[@BraLin99]

Man I love you

[@kidneystones8449]

Ww2 made us friends to the bitter end.

[@dwsg1990]

The love for the brits in these comments is really uplifting 🥺🇬🇧

[@corvanphoenix]

What did you expect? You guys have been batting for Ukraine since day 1. That buys you a lot of street cred in NATO these days.

[@dwsg1990]

@@corvanphoenix media would rather have us think we are a bunch of scum and no use, as much as I know mainstream media is dumb entertainment these days when it's all you hear it's starts to grind a bit. So thank you for this ✌️👍

[@caiwilloughby868]

Yh usually all I hear about us is that we are worthless country now that is unreliable, so it is nice to hear people actually be nice to us

[@SamFBM]

@@dwsg1990 we am dont forget it lol

[@bobdillan9400]

Don’t call us brits call us British it’s an insult

[@brasso4984]

We all don’t need to be told the Brits have incredible army, they’ve proven that for centuries, love from USA 🇺🇸

[@Alfie-ei3sg]

Love from Windsor🇬🇧❤

[@dumptrump2294]

Thank You USA. ❤Love from accross the pond to America,... ( excepting the Trumpturds )

[@omlette0]

Proud to have served along side the USAF in the UK in my youth. Brothers and Sisters in Arms. God bless America 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸

[@tommyatkins2527]

trans atlantic cousins

[@drewwilliams6888]

Thanks for the praise, but what lets down the British Army, are useless, cost cutting British politicians.

[@adriankrajewski85]

Respect to our British Brothers in Arms🇬🇧 from Polish Army🇵🇱 corporal in Reserve. NATO # Stronger Together!🤝🏻💪🏻😎

[@adzaladd2387]

Allies through thick and thin. We’re with you Poland 👏

[@UltimatelyEverything]

We have your back no matter what

[@ndie8075]

God bless our british comrades and cousins...🇬🇧🇩🇪

[@MrPhoenixWT]

Danke! 🇬🇧❤️🇩🇪 love to deustchland, we are forever powerful.

[@Dave-hu5hr]

Always liked Germany. Must be a Saxon thing.. 🇩🇪🇬🇧

[@Sneppydeppy]

Love Germany 🇩🇪🇬🇧

[@ndie8075]

@@Dave-hu5hr Yes we are the same tribe.....🤗

[@RonSill1986]

​@Dave-hu5hr it definitely is!

[@Flying_Birb]

As a Latvian, im soo happy to see Nato train here, make it feel a lot saver and knowing that we are protected and the alliance stays true to there moto

[@Dreadnought16]

The Brits were heavily outnumbered, a sigh of relief they lost….if they were able to beat a combined NATO battle group that was superior in numbers…..we would be in bad shape….taking nothing away from the Brits….everyone knows how good they are.

[@jkhsdjkhfjkhh3]

I thought the British weren't really a tier 1 force anymore?

[@Jordon168]

@@jkhsdjkhfjkhh3 That what a us general said. What the us general was implying is that the uks military capabilities and readiness is not among the top tier powers in the world. You can’t argue with what he said because he’s right uk aren’t fit to fight a war nor are they ready to fight a war with Russia. There has been a decline in the uks military capabilities or readiness to the point where it no longer ranks among the top tier military forces globally.

[@dumptrump2294]

​@@jkhsdjkhfjkhh3 well, you thought wrong.

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

We need to be ready to stick it out long term potentially.

[@flavio7180]

​@@jkhsdjkhfjkhh3They suck when compared to the US, but so do pretty much all countries. They are still among the best trained and most powerful NATO members after the US, along with France. Italy also has a good navy and a decent military, but it's not enough. Turkey and Poland seem to be increasing their own military funding, so we'll see how strong they will become (especially since Turkey has some decent amount of experience as well due to their wars against the Kurds and their invasions of Syria, which they did without NATO).

[@chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320]

The strength of the British military is their tactics and innovation. During WW2 the British invented the radar, which was invaluable in detecting German bombers locations. I hope even with all the idiotic cuts by the UK government, that they continue this tradition of fighting smarter, not necessarily harder.

[@davequin7051]

No whit people left so no it won't

[@wardygrub]

Cool! My Grandad worked on the radars in the seas around Gibraltar. Keeping their eyes on “Jerry” as he used to say!

[@waylingtons]

@@davequin7051brain dead sap.

[@davequin7051]

@@JamesCasey-mv9qp what have any of them races invented? It was majority British people stop being silly

[@joshvines1765]

@@JamesCasey-mv9qp of course it includes them you twit, are they or not at the time in the British empire. What you just said is like saying Rome didnt do it alone what about the legions from north Africa or the Samnites earlier than that.

[@rogerrees9845]

Very impressive....the British Army whilst outnumbered excecelled, well done.... Roger... Pembrokeshire UK

[@WhyteBritish13]

They aren’t even fighting the war yet, they will get murked if they fought Russia and obviously need help from America and the rest of Europe.

[@Sephh28695]

as a brit, I'm proud of the response of the British armed forces, And I'm happy that we know that NATO can reliably work against attackers. Russia has no chance

[@Scarlettvoid]

Does it make it right that ukraine was used as a pawn for nato to inch closer towards russian boarders?

[@generalzucc462]

imagine supporting NATO

[@slashingbison2503]

Also what use is an army against a nuke.. this is why we haven't had a major conflict!

[@NeoECCHI]

@@Scarlettvoid yep spreading society one nation at a time

[@user-kh8cc4bx7y]

Im just unhappy on our goverment as were so much weaker than what we could be if our goverment actually put some more effort to defend our island at the very least

[@corvanphoenix]

I bet the Poms didn't go down easy! Good on them for having a solid crack at it. Good on NATO for putting the work in!

[@Mmjk_12]

i'm from the Uk but living in estonia for a study placement - Narva specifically, first other brits i saw aside from uni friends were soldiers. They're everywhere 😁. The Estonian soldiers also patrol the city streets, it was something to get used to

[@ndie8075]

Rule Britannia....🇩🇪🇬🇧👍

[@PbThunder]

God bless our NATO allies 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺🇺🇲🇨🇦 A mind unfettered in deliberation

[@jkhsdjkhfjkhh3]

tf does 🇪🇺🇺🇲🇨🇦 mean?

[@Krieguerre]

@@jkhsdjkhfjkhh3 EU, US and Canada, nations and groups of nations that were participating in this exercise alongside the UK. It's not like it's a secret code, it's the nations' flags.

[@WilliamEvans-bs5sj]

🇬🇧🇨🇦🇪🇪🇺🇦😀🇯🇴🇰🇼🇳🇿🇦🇺

[@vicazer3532]

Britain before excercise : Blue dialog Britain During excercise : RED Dialog

[@josefk332]

To be a realistic exercise, how many vodkas get issued to each British soldier?

[@Jack-lk7wk]

Not to mention equipment failures

[@biddyboy1570]

The objective was stealing toilets. This time they failed but team Redski will be back....

[@KCBRYAN_1525]

Well it was unfair because they were wearing socks 🧦 and most should of gone straight to jail for calling it a war.totally unrealistic I thought 😂

[@brendanharvey3583]

​@@Jack-lk7wknah

[@dozi3r]

​@@KCBRYAN_1525SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION

[@TehDawg]

I think many countries including my own seem to forget the UK is home to the best SF in the world, whom a large majority of countries base their SF training off. My dad is a seal and talks often about how the Brits don’t mess about, and how when the seals would be on operation, they would rarely, but sometimes see the SAS guys. They never dressed like superhero’s, weren’t all kitted out like the US. Just their basic gear and a gun, in trousers and T-shirt with a scarf on their face. They were scary for all the wrong reasons. You’d only have to look at them to know you were in good hands.

[@thruum9302]

"The royal lancer's motto is 'Death or Glory' and I'm afraid up against the tank, they went with death, with a bit of glory thrown in." That sounded cool af ngl. Fantastic work from all involved, and looking brilliant that NATO is so on-point in today's world.

[@justandy333]

Keep these videos coming. It's great to see how our armed forces are being used and tax money is being spent. Alot of people think they don't really do much in peacetime. This couldn't be further from the truth as this video shows. Always training, trying out new tactics, getting stuck into exercises like this to gain the edge. As much as I wanted the British to win this exercise, its not really the point. It just shows Nato is capable of taking down a strong adversary. So quite reassuring actually.

[@Dhb61]

Smallest but never underestimate the British

[@RonSill1986]

Nope. Not when their most famous and greatest victories came from the British being outnumbered usually 3 to 1

[@svensantesson2020]

​@@RonSill1986For example?

[@lonewarrior6633]

@@svensantesson2020Iraq, Afghanistan. Just research British Army outnumbered and you’ll find plenty of videos and articles online

[@UltimatelyEverything]

@@svensantesson2020 Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Nazi Germany, Russia the list goes on and we came out with a victory we've lost battles but never lost a war.

[@svensantesson2020]

@@UltimatelyEverything The british won against Nazi Germany? 🤡

[@redacted2458]

Us Brits lack in numbers but we more than make up for it in efficiency

[@777mjt]

As a brit we always play the role of bad guys well 🇬🇧😆

[@spectre8_fulcrum]

when you realise the main bad guys in star wars are british:

[@wft15]

@@spectre8_fulcrumare they 😂

[@spectre8_fulcrum]

vader was welsh, tarkin and dooku were born in london, and palpatine is scottish.@@wft15

[@CloneCaptainHowzer]

​@@spectre8_fulcrumTrying to get Vader with a strong Welsh accent out of my head now.. thanks for that 😂

[@spectre8_fulcrum]

@@CloneCaptainHowzer my bad, the actor David Prowse is English, from Bristol

[@garthwick19]

Canada: What we bring is mass and size..and good manners eh? Slovakia: Vat ve bring ist damuch better loooking soldeerz Poland: ....sausages UK: mad badges

[@KissMyFatAxe]

The only thing the British military is lacking is numbers. They're still some of the fiercest warriors in the world.

[@johnnybravo9096]

Our small number is actually part of our great success. Essentially the British army selection process can be extremely picky. They basically can only pick the cream of the crop. The officers currently serving usually have real war experiences. So you have pretty competent officers, highly motivated professional well trained soldiers with usually fairly decent kit and innovative technology.

[@aaronking2369]

It's always lacked numbers it's a tiny island

[@marcusr3795]

@@aaronking2369 that’s true but in population we have about 65 million people, quite big for its geographic size. The UK is an island so Naval power is more the focus for defence, we don’t have to worry about tanks rolling over our borders in an invasion of the homeland. The UK is probably one the hardest places in the world to have an amphibious assault, the Germans tried it even after after they captured basically all of the European continent however there fall was therefore inevitable. It’s impossible for any adversary of the UK to capture or invade today nevertheless the MOD wants the UK army to increase from roughly 78k troops to 120k plus reserves.

[@kyledabearsfan]

I could watch these kind of simulations forever, its incredible the insight allies can have. And I find these varied scenarios extremely interesting.

[@patricklatham4038]

Best troops in the world. Just a shame our government doesn’t show them the respect they deserve

[@Nitidus]

Democracy is a matter of negotiation and the government isn't the scapegoat for everything. To be clear, I really dislike your government. But that doesn't change the fact that any government is a reflection of its people, or rather of the current state of society. Sometimes more, mostly less, but fundamentally, it still is. If there was broad support for the armed forces across all social classes then it would be reflected in the government. Then again, if you live in a society with very little support in the armed forces, you cannot just say about dozens of millions of people, "They're all wrong." There's a reason for everything and I know this applies to my country's military, but probably to a lot of others as well, there tends to be a lack of self-reflection and self-criticism in the military. They often have a hard time keeping up with societal progress. An army in a democracy must represent the people, though. Aside from the fact that you otherwise quickly run out of young talent, it also instills trust issues between the general population and the armed forces. And that's a huge problem for an army that exists to defend the constitution and liberal democracy - or, in your case, constitutional monarchy, I guess. Lol. You can't change society, and as a democrat you shouldn't want to in the first place. But you can change how the military is perceived and accepted by the people, even if it means breaking with traditions or similar. What you absolutely must not do, though, is deflect any blame onto "the government" or, even worse, onto your own population - instead of reflecting on it and taking responsibility like every role model should. Edit: "As a democrat, you shouldn't want to change society", in this case means that you shouldn't try to retroactively, forcefully change a consensus resulting from a societal process of opinion formation. You are of course free to participate in said process and try to convince people, but if the results don't match what you believe yourself, you can't say, "I'm right and everyone else is wrong." Instead, you would need to accept that the problem lies somewhere else.

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

Do you really think that Nato can defeat God?

[@davidmacnutt9184]

This makes me wanna join up after I get my degree 👍

[@tommyatkins2527]

go for it good experience

[@peaceformula5830]

Don't do it. You will fight and die for the Globalist Banking Cabal. Just keep fit and train weapons and tactics with friends in a neighbourhood militia. Read books, pray to God and help others. Cheers.

[@frankparker245]

@davidmacnutt9184 That’s what I’m doing!

[@joshb7415]

You could have got your degree for free if you joined earlier oh well

[@davidmacnutt9184]

@@joshb7415 I'm dual British-French citizen and university here in France is free so it's all good 😎

[@davidchampkin5999]

Definitely the charge of the light brigade 👍 Great to see NATO forces working together so well .

[@tommyatkins2527]

ah very clever took me some time especually ash they are lancers

[@NottsGooner]

Love the updates after leaving!

[@chaz2187]

Mission failed, well get ‘em next time

[@tommy-mi8tu]

I just fell in love ❤

[@svensantesson2020]

Friendly Hunter Killing Drone deployed

[@rhubarbdedubarb4232]

4:03 they really putting uk against chad himself

[@-lightningwill-6014]

Any updates after this exercise?

[@Dad_Life_Marine_Vet]

I bet we've had a war at some point with most of the countries haha

[@devilsolution9781]

Not modern warfare. Different beast. Bring back the musket

[@lewis3250]

Great video, good job Forces News!

[@CBEnoddyy]

Stiff upper lip gentlemen, we don't cry, we don't moan, we just get it done and we never back down to fight.

[@nvelsen1975]

Playing NATO's enemy must've been fun for them. I mean, we were normally never allowed to drink alcohol on excersizes, now they must to emulate our enemy, lucky bastards. 😉

[@juhotuho10]

Each field ration includes a bottle of vodka

[@gezalesko3813]

codname: "burn much money... and more tanks"

[@gerthinatorgaming5952]

I let the British Army in 2006 and I'll admit I do miss these type of exercises. Best 9yrs of my live. 2.00.... His tash.... lol 3.10... Dannys like chuckle, type squaddie humour. 4.55... Oh hell yes Well in Boys

[@Backwardlooking]

Excellent

[@oddjobkia]

I wonder what would happen if they also drop a few Parras in from behind some Gurkas from the south and Royal Marines in from the north.

[@pingu1986]

Just like the falklands

[@lachlanchester8142]

Mass parachute drops are pretty useless now

[@regarded9702]

​@@lachlanchester8142 I would argue the threat of the drop still provides some use. If an enemy knows that allowing any amount of overflight of their positions risks paratroopers shooting their men in the backs then they face a tough decision: bring their air defence assets closer to the front, or accept the paras will drop and have rear guard units to hopefully deal with it. The first option puts their valuable air defence assets closer to the front, which of course increases their likelihood of being attacked. The second will require troops which could otherwise be helping somewhere else, there is also no gurantee that they will stop all the paras. So either way just having the ability to do a paratrooper drop hinders your enemy.

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

'hyper vandalism' as was stated at the time in the 80s. No joke.

[@ashvandal5697]

So did they park all their vehicles and abandon them a few miles from the start line?

[@justinmuggridge3852]

The fact that Britain did that much damage without heave vehicles unlike Nato shows they prob could’ve got it if they had tanks or APC’s like Nato

[@ericconnor8419]

The scenery is beautiful. We do we always play the baddies.. Is it the accent or the moustaches? This is like Hollywood. I guess it was always going to be Britain or Germany.

[@PJ-om2wq]

How do you and your "enemy" in these exercises know if your bullet or shell hit them?

[@tomcluny8423]

they use a really advanced version of laser tag gear, called MILES

[@user-mq7vf9me3y]

4:05 absolute gigachad

[@GeorgesThoughts]

how does the shooting work in these drills? are they blanks with electrionic hit markers or something? or just normal blanks??

[@thecreat0r]

@tomcluny8423 said in an above comment that they use a really advanced version of laser tag gear, called MILES

[@needbettername8583]

"OK guys, we'll be the bad guys" "Why do you get to be the bad guys?" "Hollywood has been casting us as the bad guys for decades..."

[@shadowsinvortex7990]

The bad guys get to look Uber cool in a private submarine with a pedigree cat, smoking hot super babes and glass of champagne whilst making sharp remarks

[@_bellona_792]

Yo how do u actually perform a safe offensive training? Bc u obviously can't destroy the enemy coordinates lol, is it just a proximity thing of getting to them & then they need to fall back etc. or how does it work?

[@loco4loco]

They might use blanks or fire to disable or fire just short of the target

[@Haych169]

How do these Excersice work? How does anyone know they are hit or destroyed? Obviously no live ammunition but how does it work.

[@dadhj]

Kinda like laser tag but way way more advanced

[@exploringtheplanetsn]

Noticeable absence of drones

[@Krispiefry]

Hmm. I must have missed the bit about the drones! 😟

[@G02372]

Don’t drones have LIDAR to find the enemy under foliage etc?

[@randomuser1911]

Am I the only one who thought that lance jack at the end did not sound like a lance jack😂, I was expecting him to be an Lt or Cptn

[@wardygrub]

Dear hive. As a civvie I can’t work out how they train properly with blanks. How does one know if they’ve hit or been hit??

[@CR-uj2is]

Think laser tag

[@wardygrub]

@@CR-uj2is Ah ok cool. Howabout bombs tho?

[@CausticLemons7]

Zuzana is such a beautiful gun!

[@S19_official]

LOVE OUR BOYS 🇬🇧

[@TheRedPeril]

Those of us who know history know that men like Putin only respect one thing, strength. You cannot give an inch to people like him. The world always needs a villain 🤷‍♂️

[@TomoHawKzZ]

So with light arms fire they used blanks, and you'd know you're being shot at at that range..., how do they simulate incoming artillery fire?

[@thebun2901]

Blank artillery shells and laser measurements.

[@George-dx2sd]

They have an Umpire with a pocket full of Thnderflashes which he throws whilst , malleting people on the head !

[@indrahaseo]

UK have learn a lot about ukraine war so far and change to new strategy and tactics is important first

[@aaronking2369]

Lol the the brits were literally training Ukrainians give me a break

[@zozita.]

❤👍

[@glynluff2595]

Close on the fire positions!

[@Me-cq6kd]

Training another generation of Sons and daughters to die in an unwinable war

[@GoodnKind]

There is everything in the dream

[@pathfinder5651]

Well done lances

[@AngryAssassin00]

How do they know who's been hit and who's won a fire fight? I presume they are using blanks

[@wilmerday7430]

Robin Sage

[@UltimatelyEverything]

We have a small numbers for peace and protection that are expanded during war so we have the ability to increase our numbers during a war.

[@marinetango659]

That spanish guy literally looks like Gigachad.

[@nikmason6873]

Give em both barrels boys❤😂

[@perryedwards4746]

Pip Pip!!

[@user-sj1nv4ps1s]

Why didn’t I use their anti-tank weapons systems?

[@JCMech1]

I’ll never forget the time 1 squad of sas beat almost 100 American soldiers a few years ago

[@marvwatkins7029]

Hopefully, this isn't the military version of Brexit!

[@LeeFisher-616]

This is so good playing war games on russia's door step just to rub it in lmao

[@mrsniff3676]

Yeah lol NATO just having fun and games at the moment

[@cerealthree]

4:04 gigachad??

[@LeonardTavast]

He's very similar to the conquistador gigachad meme.

[@maximiliensonnic3356]

I had the exact same reaction

[@devilsolution9781]

Is this like laser tag with blanks? Howd you know youve been hit?

[@jordannorris8783]

What about silver arrow??

[@willaimorourke3809]

strange question but how do wargames actually work like how do u destroy a vehicle or engage infantry and push then back if its all used with blanks

[@CR-uj2is]

Essentially, lasers

[@Kakarot64.]

It's basically military scale laser tag

[@royalguard2021]

4:13 bro looks like the chad

[@aa-up4sf]

Can't win them all, learning is more important anyhow

[@gootusfootus3229]

Very good effort from the boys tho

[@davebrown9707]

Not about winning the British lads were op for they were effectively testing the bigger NATO's force

[@OrIoN1989]

Are they not using camouflage by intention? (intel)

[@VonMed]

Still needs more funding

[@chriswilson2834]

Send in a actual infantry Regiment and the outcome would be very different.

[@Edrwad]

Danny needs to work on his camouflage and concealment.. He's shiny as a coin. it could save his life.

[@WilliamEvans-bs5sj]

Dont forget 🇨🇦 is🇬🇧

[@thomasfyfield6756]

I hope they are eating egg banjos everyday and don’t have to stag on. That’s what playing enemy is about 😅

[@glanguish9390]

Damn Yanks insisting we play the role of the villain.

[@Kakarot64.]

They need a competent villain to practice against what other options do they have?

[@jayhollyoake9419]

👍❤👍❤👍

[@Liam0125]

drawing on the map with pen, good drills there

[@samuel10125]

Only problem is with war games they are pre planned everything from tactics to victor and loser.

[@EnglishScripter]

really?

[@cjjk9142]

The drills are really for the generals not the men. The men get a taste of taking and following orders but there’s not really a way to make it work without a set plan using dummy rounds/blanks

[@garagenigel]

"wargames" are arranged to test interoperability, tactics, training and procedures! Maybe the Russians should have tested their logistics in wargames they may have done a little better in Ukraine!

[@tams805]

There definitely need to be more simulated but realistic war games. Using lasers and the like.

[@matso3856]

I'm not in NATO and even I know this statement is false , drills for troops they get blanks , so the soldiers can train. When generals train they only receive dummy regiments/brigades etc its all done inside a house. This was not done from inside a house if I'm not mistaken

[@sirpatrick187]

Shame our miltary has got so weak over the years. The decades of cuts and underfunding will cripple us in a real war. We barly got enough for 2-4 days of battle at the rate ukraine is using it at the minute

[@ryan7775]

basically, NATO was garbage but we had to pretend they are battle ready....

[@zachrichardson7099]

Nice to see the army have their bush hats pulled down the same way as we use in our school ccf

[@George-dx2sd]

Even in my time the British Army was always the poor relation. Ancient unreliable kit not enough of it kit , low wages , etc etc. However we always made it work . The phrase: Improvise, adapt ,Overcome was written for the British Army. However as laudible as that may have been, we simply made a rod for our own backs, because the politicians saw us do these things and took it as an opportunity to cut defence spending even further to appease the masses and win elections. Which is why today, on the cusp of a potential major European conflict the British Army is the smallest it's ever been and as poorly equipped it's ever been. If there is another European war Britain will go into it underfunded, ill equipped and ill prepared as it has done in every conflict this century and last !!!

[@jaker3151]

For added realism the British troops where given free vodka.

[@juansantana8448]

Ah, but do the brits know how to dance the polka? Russia does, and very well!

[@SNOWDONTRYFAN]

Unorthodox and non standard defiantly not operating as one could expect from those armatures over the border ! the blue forces will at least get a taste of the real stuff

[@liamalmond1914]

I'm sure there was information missing from this. Why would the attacking force be smaller than the NATO defending forces and have no armour

[@MaybeImWaved]

Guerilla type warfare

[@ninjoo4838]

They didnt want to embarras nato

[@kiedisboughen5318]

Emulating Russian soldiers. Some Russian soldiers are using airsoft armour

[@ryanhulme3303]

You cannot go up against the British military without first asking them politely to agree to hamper their chances.