As part of the Plan for "admissions of foreign military personnel to courses at Army bodies and institutes", the specialty course on the "Ariete" tank and busway was concluded in recent days at the Cavalry School of Lecce. "Centauro" army, which began last September 23, organized in favor of six officers of the Army of the Emirate of Qatar.
The training process, which lasted eight weeks, for a total of 250 periods, allowed the Qatari officers to know the main means of the Italian cavalry and their use, acquire the knowledge and skills of use of the systems and systems on board. of the “Ariete” tank and of the “Centauro” armored bus, carry out practical handling, maintenance and use of the platform armament and carry out shooting lessons with the SAAB BT-46 Simulator.
The delivery of the certificates of attendance by the commander of the Institute, Brigadier General Claudio Dei, took place during a ceremony, in the presence of the civil and military authorities of the territory.
