Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Norway reorganizes Armor, Mech Infantry for high North fight.

via Defense News.
The NDF also is establishing a specialized Arctic-trained "professional" rapid reaction force north (RRFN), set to become fully operational in 2017. The RRFN unit's core will comprise an existing armored battalion and a motorized infantry battalion equipped with CV90 infantry fighting vehicles and Leopard 2 tanks
Norway's ability to defend its High North territories also received a boost from the Defense Ministry's US $1.6 billion program to re-equip its core forward armored brigade units with CV90 tracked infantry fighting vehicles, part of the NDF's biggest fighting vehicle modernization project investment.
Read it all here. 

I personally find this very interesting.  The US Army is focusing on using light infantry in the Arctic as is the USMC and other partners.  The Russians are also following this lead with the difference being that they have several armored utility vehicles (more logistics than fighting) that are slated to provide transport and support.

Norway is trashing all that and moving toward real armor and mechanized infantry combat teams for the far North fight.

As a sidenote you really should spend some time on their website.  The photo section is awesome.  Below are a few examples of what I found.









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