British armoured troops storm treelines & cross rivers in chilling mass NATO war exercises in Poland

Crack British troops built a river crossing in minutes after seeing soldiers slaughtered when similar drills go wrong in war. The exercise in Poland was part of Nato’s largest war game since the end of the Cold War. Challenger 2 tanks joined hundreds of armoured vehicles crossing the Drawa River on British amphibious barges. Royal Engineers took 18 minutes to launch a dozen M3 Rigs – trucks that turn into barges – and lash them together to form ferries. Each ferry carries up to 190 tons of cargo – or two fully loaded Challenger 2 tanks. Nearby US troops took more than about assemble a pontoon bridge. It comes after Russia lost countless troops and armoured vehicles when a crossing was hit by Ukraine’s artillery. Major Ryan Ingram, boss of the 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron, said: “The Russians got it wrong. “We want to be in and out before we are even seen. His barges took 45 seconds to cross the 500ft wide river. US Army Captain Joel Sel