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DefPro.com - Vultesian & Wellsenfailen Joint Training - 05/01/2021
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Vultesian and Wellsenfailen Troops Begin Training Together
06/01/2021
Martin Johnson, Contributor
A Firebird Z MBT of the Imperial Army of Wellsenfaile Source:7th Photographic Section, Imperial Army Media Corps
Exercise Astariaxan Bond I is getting underway in the Empire of Wellsenfail, where the nation’s heavy tracked forces are undertaking interoperability training, hosting a unit of armoured infantry from the Principate of Vultesia.
A pair of Vultesian IFV(P) Errants, Gerstik Proving Grounds, Wellsenfaile
Source:12th Photographic Section, Imperial Army Media Corps
Following their customary period of leave granted over the holidays, a Vultesian battalion has arrived in the Principate’s western neighbor to be reunited with their armoured vehicles, which were sent ahead of the main body in late December; ready to conduct several weeks of training alongside the Imperial Army, Wellsenfaile's primary warfighting force.The Vultesian New Model Army’s contribution to the training comes in the form of the 4th/6th Grenadier Battalion (4/6 GREN), who are set to be paired with a regiment of Wellsenfailen main battle tanks. Over the course of a nearly month-long training package dubbed ‘Astariaxian Bond I’ the combined force will go on to conduct numerous training serials, beginning with basic ‘dry’ maneuvers, aimed at building communication, cooperation and understanding between the two participating unit before gradually escalating towards live fire, combined arms, mounted assaults on simulated enemy positions.
The Commanding Officer of the Wellsenfailen 5th Grand Regiment, one Baron Yartiski had this to say on the venture, the first of its kind between the two nations, when interviewed by the Wellsenfailen Channel 3 News :
Yartiski’s 5th Grand Regiment is one of the top scoring armoured units in the Wellsenfailen military. They’re equipped with the domestically produced Firebird Z main battle tank, weighing in at no less than 62 tonnes and armed with a 105mm smoothbore main gun. In comparison the Vultesians will be operating from their family of IFV Model E Infantry Fighting Vehicles, primarily the IFV(P) ‘Errant’, armed with its 40mm autocannon and capable of carrying eight fully equipped infantrymen, but also a compliment IFV(C) Emperor command vehicles and IFV(R) Elk recovery & repair variants. It's this varied capability and requirement for cooperation and reliance between the two platforms that is hoped will breed teamwork and a culture of mutual trust.
Lieutenant Colonel Constans Paulitt, senior Vultesian officer participating in the exercise and Commanding officer of the 4th/6th Grenadiers thanked the Wellsenfailens for their hospitality and went on to lay out his thoughts on the training package to the Principate’s V24 News Network:
As alluded to in Lt.Col Paulitt’s brief, the exercise will be taking place on the rough and ready terrain of Wellsenfaile’s Gerstik Training Base & Proving Grounds, in the east of the nation. Gerstik is one of the Empire’s largest pieces of military real estate and comes equipped with its own transit accommodation, vehicle hangars, medical centre, sports facilities and bulk storage. It is also situated on 200 square miles of training area, complete with simulated settlements and defences, live fire zones, water features and electronic ranges.
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