Germany Prepares Tank And Artillery Battalions For Deployment To Poland And Lithuania

OBERVIECHTACH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 28: Soldiers with a Heckler & Koch MG5 general-purpose machine gun during a live-fire exercise during a visit of German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius at the Bundeswehr Panzergrenadierbataillon 122 armoured infantry battalion prior to the unit's deployment to Poland and then Lithuania on February 28, 2024 in Weiden, Germany. A total of three battalions are preparing today to ship east to take part in the ongoing NATO Steadfast Defender military exercises. Afterwards they will continue to Lithuania, where Germany is expanding its presence in leading a NATO multinational contingent. (Photo by Leonhard Simon/Getty Images)