RAF and German air force intercept Russian aircraft in 'routine' Nato mission
The British and German fighters escorted a Russian IL78 Midas air-to-air refuelling aircraft, which was not responding to communications.
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Exercises Watch: Royal Tank Regiment's snow patrol plough through blizzards in Germany
Royal Tank Regiment is getting ready to become 12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team's lead battlegroup and be ready to deploy rapidly.
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Film First World War film All Quiet On The Western Front enjoys successful night at the Oscars
The German language anti-war epic is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
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Documentary Crash site detective: What happened to Halifax NP711?
In a new documentary, Forces News joins a crash site investigator as he attempts to locate the exact spot where a plane crashed in 1945.
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Ukraine Ukraine set to receive 100 old Leopard 1 tanks from Germany, Denmark and Netherlands
Ukraine will have roughly 100 Leopard 1 tanks at their disposal by the end of 2024.
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Germany All the secrets about Leopard 2 tanks can be found on Google, German captain says
It's essential to replace the battalion's Leopard 2 tanks quickly, German defence minister says.
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Germany French Foreign Legion at British Army's main training facility in Germany for the first time
From the spring, the elite French Foreign Legion will be operating in Estonia on Nato's border with Russia.
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Army In pictures: British Army completes tank exercises in snowy Germany ahead of Estonia deployment
Eight hundred soldiers and 250 vehicles from the Queen's Royal Hussar's Battlegroup took part in the 22-day exercise in Germany.
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Ukraine US poised to approve Abrams tanks for Ukraine
The US thinks it is more productive to send German Leopards since many allies have them and Ukrainian troops would need less training.
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Land vehicles Ukraine: 14 Challenger 2 tanks alone 'won't make a big difference', defence expert says
Forces News spoke to Brigadier (Ret'd) Ben Barry about why Ukraine wants German-made Leopard 2 tanks.
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Land vehicles When a Leopard 2 tank perfectly balanced a beer on its gun without spilling a drop
Germany's Leopard 2 battle tank showed of its excellent design and suspension by balancing a tankard of beer on its cannon.
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Ukraine Poland officially requests German permission to deliver Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine
Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has called for the speedy delivery of new weapons to Ukraine.
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Land vehicles Poland requests German permission to deliver Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine
Combining speed and accuracy, the Leopard tank is capable of hitting targets 5km away while on the move.
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UK MPs urge Germany's defence minister to allow use of German Leopard tanks in Ukraine
MPs intervened after a pledging conference in Germany ended without a commitment by Western allies to send more battle tanks to Ukraine.
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Ukraine Defence minister ramps up pressure on Germany over sending tanks to Ukraine
Speaking in Parliament, Baroness Goldie said such support would be a "very significant step forward".
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Technology British tech firm delivers state-of-the-art bionic arms to Ukrainian soldiers wounded by landmines
The Hero Arm is controlled by sensors activated by muscles in the forearm and has a moveable thumb and fingers.