A transport ship, carrying Piranha V armoured personnel autos and different gear for the Danish Defence Forces docked in Paldiski harbour this morning, marking the return of Danish forces to the improved Ahead Presence/NATO Battlegroup in Estonia. Subsequent week, Danish troops from the Viking Firm; part of the Jutland Dragoon Regiment, will arrive to Amari airbase and deploy to Tapa. There they may change into part of the UK-led NATO Battlegroup and combine with the Estonian 1st Brigade.
The Danish Royal Military’s Viking Firm of about 150 troops will formally exchange the French 5e Dragons Regiment as the extra component within the NATO Battlegroup in Tapa. One other 70 Danish troops will serve in logistics and as navy cops. The Viking Firm consists of three mechanized infantry platoons with Piranha V armoured personnel carriers, logistical detachment, a sniper part and a forward-based Hearth Observer workforce, in a position to name for oblique fires.
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“The Danish Defence Forces have been part of NATO’s Battlegroup right here in Estonia since 2018. The final contingent left in March 2021, and now we’re returning, thereby reaffirming our dedication to the NATO Battlegroup, the deterrence of any adversaries and to the defence of Estonia,” says Main Michael Krogsgaard, Denmark’s Senior Nationwide Consultant to the NATO mission in Estonia. “I do know that the Danish troopers and officers are extremely motivated and really a lot wanting ahead to coaching and serving right here in Estonia with our colleagues from the Estonian 1st Brigade in addition to the British and French troops.”
On the Warsaw Summit in June 2016, the leaders of NATO’s 28 members determined to deploy NATO battlegroups to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland as a result of modified safety surroundings. The main nation of the NATO Battlegroup in Estonia is the UK, with France and Denmark as contributing international locations. Iceland additionally contributes to the mission. The primary battle group arrived in Tapa in April 2017. In 2020 and 2018, about 200 Danish troopers have been deployed to Estonia as a part of NATO’s multinational drive of about 4,000 troopers in Poland and the Baltic international locations. The Danish drive consisted of an armored infantry firm with help capabilities.
