Army: Pasubio 2021 exercise concluded

(To Greater Defense)
02/07/21

Today, in the training areas of the military district of Persano and neighboring localities, a day and night weapon / specialty training activity conducted by the 8th “Pasubio” land artillery regiment of the Army ended today.

During the exercise, an aliquot of the regimental command post, an aliquot of the fire core with the group command post, a battery command post and two sectional posts were deployed, 2 Fire Support Team (FST), a section of self-propelled PzH-2000I and the necessary assets for logistical support, in order to increase the peculiarities of the weapon / specialty.

Through the training activity conducted, the ability to plan and coordinate the fire was enhanced, through the use of Joint Fire Support Element (JFSE).

In particular, the readiness of the peculiar artillery assets included in the package was trained Very High Readiness Joint Task Force - Land (VJTF-L) of the NATO Response Force (NRF) and the capacity of the logistics component that ensured the management of health events, the supply of ammunition, as well as real life support in the exercise area, fundamental training activities for the ready-to-use departments made available to NATO and capable of be used "World wide" with very short notice.

In this scenario, the regiment was also subjected to an evaluation test of response to the CBRN threat (Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological) by an evaluation team of the bersaglieri brigade command. Garibaldi.

All activities were organized and conducted in full compliance with the measures for the prevention of contagion from Covid-19 and carried out in respect of the environment, allowing to test and improve the training level of the staff, as well as the technical / tactical procedures of the regiment. .