Overview
- The brigade is carrying out the exercise at the Pabrade training area, with roughly 2,900 troops participating and German forces making up about 2,300 of that number.
- Organizers used the laser-based AGDUS system to simulate heavy casualties, forcing units to operate at sharply reduced strength and prompting visible moral strain among soldiers.
- Brigadegeneral Christoph Huber pressed for procurement of smaller FPV-style kamikaze drones so forces can both spot and strike targets, while commanders are also refining tactics to defend against such systems.
- Electronic-warfare teams have deployed EloKa sensors and jammers near the Belarus border to intercept signals, protect friendly communications and practise disrupting an adversary’s networks.
- Hard, marshy terrain at Pabrade has repeatedly immobilized vehicles and caused accidents during the drill, underlining mobility limits for heavy forces and feeding arguments for procurement and training changes driven by lessons from Ukraine.