British Army versus Nato war games on Russia's doorstep

British soldiers have been advancing through the forests of Latvia as they take on the role of enemy forces to test Nato's resilience during Exercise Titan Shield.

Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Latvia has bolstered its defences on its eastern flank, and carries out regular drills to test its defensive capabilities.

British soldiers, who were involved in this type of exercise for the first time, deployed from their base in Poland to the Adazi training grounds, which are 11.2km long and 6.4km wide.

The British troops, who played the red force in Titan Shield, needed to prove they could fight when they were outnumbered, while the blue forces - representing Nato - had to defend their territory, Latvia having joined the alliance in 2004.

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[Twirlyhead]

For those consoling the Brits for "losing" or crowing about the NATO win: the exercise was a great success as the object was to have the multinational NATO force work together and succeed in defending against a well trained and coherent single nation attack. If the outnumbered British had won then NATO would have a real problem to address. Most commenters have completely missed the point.

[MutheiM_Marz]

NATO forces : dumping tea to the ground
British forces : switch to live ammunition

[AC-dwur]

Respect to the British soldiers I was lucky to have worked alongside them in my military career. They are some of the most incredible soldiers and Im sure we can all agree we are thankful they are on our side rather than against us, Love from the USA.

[dwsg]

The love for the brits in these comments is really uplifting 🥺🇬🇧

[brasso]

We all don’t need to be told the Brits have incredible army, they’ve proven that for centuries, love from USA 🇺🇸

[Edward_Birb]

As a Latvian, im soo happy to see Nato train here, make it feel a lot saver and knowing that we are protected and the alliance stays true to there moto

[adriankrajewski]

Respect to our British Brothers in Arms🇬🇧 from Polish Army🇵🇱 corporal in Reserve. NATO # Stronger Together!🤝🏻💪🏻😎

[ndie]

God bless our british comrades and cousins...🇬🇧🇩🇪

[Towerguy]

The Brits were heavily outnumbered, a sigh of relief they lost….if they were able to beat a combined NATO battle group that was superior in numbers…..we would be in bad shape….taking nothing away from the Brits….everyone knows how good they are.

[rogerrees]

Very impressive....the British Army whilst outnumbered excecelled, well done.... Roger... Pembrokeshire UK

[Sephh]

as a brit, I'm proud of the response of the British armed forces, And I'm happy that we know that NATO can reliably work against attackers. Russia has no chance

[corvanphoenix]

I bet the Poms didn't go down easy! Good on them for having a solid crack at it. Good on NATO for putting the work in!

[VicazerOfficial]

Britain before excercise : Blue dialog
Britain During excercise : RED Dialog

[Deleted]

I think many countries including my own seem to forget the UK is home to the best SF in the world, whom a large majority of countries base their SF training off. My dad is a seal and talks often about how the Brits don’t mess about, and how when the seals would be on operation, they would rarely, but sometimes see the SAS guys. They never dressed like superhero’s, weren’t all kitted out like the US. Just their basic gear and a gun, in trousers and T-shirt with a scarf on their face. They were scary for all the wrong reasons. You’d only have to look at them to know you were in good hands.

[josefk]

To be a realistic exercise, how many vodkas get issued to each British soldier?

[justandy]

Keep these videos coming. It's great to see how our armed forces are being used and tax money is being spent. Alot of people think they don't really do much in peacetime.
This couldn't be further from the truth as this video shows. Always training, trying out new tactics, getting stuck into exercises like this to gain the edge.
As much as I wanted the British to win this exercise, its not really the point. It just shows Nato is capable of taking down a strong adversary.
So quite reassuring actually.

[thruum]

"The royal lancer's motto is 'Death or Glory' and I'm afraid up against the tank, they went with death, with a bit of glory thrown in."

That sounded cool af ngl.

Fantastic work from all involved, and looking brilliant that NATO is so on-point in today's world.

[garthwick]

Canada: What we bring is mass and size..and good manners eh?
Slovakia: Vat ve bring ist damuch better loooking soldeerz
Poland: ....sausages
UK: mad badges

[PbThunder]

God bless our NATO allies 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺🇺🇲🇨🇦 A mind unfettered in deliberation

[mjt]

As a brit we always play the role of bad guys well 🇬🇧😆