Operation Razoredge

Exercise

Exercise Hedgehog 25
Exercise Swift Response 25
Exercise Northern Strike 25

A female soldier takes aim with her rifle through a window.

Operation Hedgehog

Hundreds of British Army soldiers arrived in Estonia to take part in a major multinational exercise, involving more than 13,000 troops.

Soldiers from 4th Light Brigade Combat Team are working alongside our NATO allies.

Deployed in Estonia, 4th Light Brigade Combat Team are specialising their skills while rehearsing defensive operations alongside the Estonians.

The Brigade’s rapid deployment by road, rail, sea, and air has seen them cross the continent ready to support our allies in the Baltic states.

First time a Forward Land Force Brigade, light Brigade, rapidly deployable, non-traditional methods deployment.

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soldier wearing camouflage, helmet and cam cream across their face is seen operating a parrot drone during Exercise Hedgehog in Estonia.

Warriors lined in into drill positions with soldiers to the side directing them.

A soldier in camouflage uniform and helmet aims and fires his General Purpose Machine Gun during trench warfare training.

Soldier in camouflage uniform, helmet and holding a rifle is shown taking a knee as a Boeing Chinook takes flight over his head. Their is a woodland backdrop.

Paratrooper in combat camouflage uniform and helmet packs away his parachute after jumping from a United States A400 aircraft. The air craft is seen in the sky in the distance with other paratroopers in mid jump in the distance.

Exercise Swift Response

Paratroopers and rocket artillery came together in Sweden to give a potent demonstration of the reach, agility, and lethality of the British Army and its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) allies.

British paratroopers from B Company, 2 PARA, jumped onto Sweden’s Gotland island from Royal Air Force A400M aircraft, securing a road as a Temporary Landing Zone.

They were soon joined by UK Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and United States High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) artillery systems, which conducted a joint fire mission—marking the first time MLRS fired in Sweden and alongside HIMARS. With enemy air defences suppressed, Dutch and United States C130s landed on the Temporary Landing Zone, delivering more troops and equipment.

The operation demonstrated rapid force projection and marked the first overseas A400M parachute drop directly from the UK.

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Paratrooper onboard ATLAS C.1 A400M getting ready to jump out mid flight.

Two paratroopers are seen descending after jumping from a United States A400 aircraft

Paratrooper from B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment deployed on Exercise Swift Response onboard ATLAS C.1 A400M.

Paratroopers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, descended after jumping from a United States A400 aircraft during Exercise Swift Response.

Paratrooper from B Company, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, packed away his parachute after jumping from a United States A400 aircraft during Exercise Swift Response.

Image shows an AH64E Apache Helicopter stationary on the ground being refuelled by army air corps soldiers. A large Army vehicle is positioned on the right in the foreground.

Exercise Northern Strike

3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (3RHA) has fired its cutting-edge rocket systems alongside AH-64E Apache helicopters from Suffolk for the first time on European soil.

3RHA was firing alongside artillery from host nation Finland in the latest demonstration of strong collaboration between the UK and its international partners.

The Regiment deployed its Multiple Launch Rocket System to NATO's eastern flank during Exercise Northern Strike 25, a major multinational exercise in Northern Finland involving thousands of fellow military personnel from Finland and Sweden.

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