UK Troops Conduct Platform Weapons Operator Course

Photo By Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson | Snow falls on British Cassino Troops from enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland as they prepare to drive onto the range during a Platform Weapons Operator Course January 14, 2021, at Bemowo Piskie Training Area.  

POLAND

01.14.2021

Story by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson 

Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland

BEMOWO PISKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland- British Cassino Troops from enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland conducted a Platform Weapons Operator Course on a snow-covered range January 14, 2021, at Bemowo Piskie Training Area.

According to U.K. Army Corporal “H”, 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, the 50 cal. live-fire exercise was designed to give reconnaissance Troops and Soldiers from their Light Aid Detachment more experience working together with the Jackal tactical vehicle's weapons platform.

“We are conducting the course with our LAD detachment in order to build their confidence on this platform, so that when they come out to support us during a vehicle breakdown, or other situation, they are able to use the weapons systems as well.”

Corporal “H” explained this kind of ongoing training at Battle Group Poland is important to improve readiness and interoperability among the detachments.

The jackal is an agile, well-armed, light patrol vehicle that allows rapid movement across varying terrain, to include the challenging, and now snow-covered, landscape here in Poland. The QDG uses the Jackals, along with a formidable arsenal of weapons including machine guns, mortars, sniper rifles and anti-tank missiles, to immobilize and destroy enemy forces.

While the inclement weather posed a challenge, due to recent snowfall and freezing temperatures, Corporal “H” said the Troops were doing great and “getting the job done.”

• Date Taken: 01.14.2021
• Date Posted: 02.06.2021 11:48
• Story ID: 388529
• Location: PL