Exercise Shamal Storm - Jordan

[The Armchair Soldier]

1,600 British Troops Head to Jordan For War Game

More than British 1,600 troops will head to the Middle East to practise an Iraq invasion-scale operation for the first time in more than a decade.

The logistics war game in Jordan aims to ensure the Army can still deploy a 30,000-strong force of tanks and troops to a crisis zone anywhere in the world, despite sharp defence cuts in the past five years.

Exercise Shamal Storm could be a dry run for one day having to send a large armoured force of British troops to Eastern Europe if there was ever a Russian confrontation with Nato, sources said.

Read More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -game.html

[JayDee]

British Army To Hold Largest Invasion Exercise In Over A Decade

Exercise Shamal Storm will see 1,600 troops deploy to Jordan alongside a wide variety of units from Force Troops Command and 3 [UK] Division.

The Army are determined to show they are still capable of deploying a 30,000-strong force to a crisis zone anywhere in the world.

http://forces.tv/15251575

Video in link ^

[The Armchair Soldier]

Some videos on Exercise Shammal Storm:

Ready For Anything - 1 LANCS On Exercise Shamal Storm:
http://forces.tv/54455927

1 LANCS Live Firing The 81mm Mortar:
http://forces.tv/19928660