British cavalry guarding the Polish-Belarusian border is not a joke, it is a real NATO reconnaissance unit. The alliance's military unit called Enhanced Vanguard Presence (eFP), part of NATO's military presence on Europe's eastern border, is conducting exercises with cavalry for reconnaissance purposes.
It is of interest that in the 21st century, one of the largest military alliances on the planet, whose forces are expected to be in the first line of battle, has a mounted division at its disposal. This traditional cavalry belongs to The Royal Lancers of the British Army, an armored cavalry unit in the modern sense, equipped with infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles.
As analysts note, the UK simply has no tanks left to send to the NATO border, and due to the fact that the UK has many more horses, just such a decision was made.
At the end of 2022, the country's army had 492 animals and 227 battle tanks of the Challenger 2 type, however, about 30 combat vehicles were transferred to Ukraine, which shows the complete degradation of the British army.
Read more at: https://avia.pro/news/tanki-konchilis-ostalis-tolko-loshadi-velikobritaniya-otpravila-na-granicu-belarusi-i-rossii
British cavalry guarding the Polish-Belarusian border is not a joke, it is a real NATO reconnaissance unit. The alliance's military unit called Enhanced Vanguard Presence (eFP), part of NATO's military presence on Europe's eastern border, is conducting exercises with cavalry for reconnaissance purposes.
It is of interest that in the 21st century, one of the largest military alliances on the planet, whose forces are expected to be in the first line of battle, has a mounted division at its disposal. This traditional cavalry belongs to The Royal Lancers of the British Army, an armored cavalry unit in the modern sense, equipped with infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles.
As analysts note, the UK simply has no tanks left to send to the NATO border, and due to the fact that the UK has many more horses, just such a decision was made.
At the end of 2022, the country's army had 492 animals and 227 battle tanks of the Challenger 2 type, however, about 30 combat vehicles were transferred to Ukraine, which shows the complete degradation of the British army.
Read more at: https://avia.pro/news/tanki-konchilis-ostalis-tolko-loshadi-velikobritaniya-otpravila-na-granicu-belarusi-i-rossii
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