3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, completed the first live-fire of the manoeuvre short-range air defence weapon system at the tactical unit level and the first-ever live-fire of the system in Europe on Oct. 7, 2021.
The purpose of the week’s training was to demonstrate the capabilities of the M-SHORAD Stryker.
L/Cpl. Andrew Morabito, right, fires an FIM-92 Stinger missile at a drone with assistant gunner, Sgt. Jason Jones, both with Alpha Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Platoon, VMM-363, MRF-D at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Sep. 3, 2021
Thanks to @Conhoon
As the culmination of a course in support weapons skills, paratroopers from 2nd and 3rd Battalions The Parachute Regiment staged a firepower demonstration on Salisbury Plain. A fast-moving scenario saw an advancing force of enemy armoured vehicles engaged and defeated with Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missiles, 81mm mortar, Grenade Machine Guns, Heavy Machine Guns and General Purpose Machine Guns.
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