Northumberland-based 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.
4 Regiment Army Air Corps, operated the AH64E Apache Helicopters in Northern Finland as part of Exercise Northern Strike 25.
4 Regiment Army Air Corps, operated the AH64E Apache Helicopters in Northern Finland as part of Exercise Northern Strike 25.
4 Regiment Army Air Corps, operated the AH64E Apache Helicopters in Northern Finland as part of Exercise Northern Strike 25.
The Regiment deployed its Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) 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.
3RHA was firing alongside artillery from host nation Finland in the latest demonstration of strong collaboration between the UK and its international partners.
The exercise showcased the ability of 3RHA to rapidly deploy an MLRS platform by air to a live firing exercise in Sweden.
The MLRS is a highly mobile automatic system that uses a shoot-and-scoot capability. A crew of three can fire 12 rockets in less than 60 seconds. These can be fired individually or in ripples of two to 12 with pinpoint accuracy. The rocket system has proven its capability in the war in Ukraine.
4 Regiment Army Air Corps, normally based in Wattisham, operated the AH64E Apache Helicopters which have a top speed of over 300kph. The helicopters are capable of a wide range of battlefield tasks including Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance. They can detect and classify up to 256 potential targets, display 128 of those to the crew and prioritise the top 16 threats, all in a matter of seconds.
Exercise Northern Strike 25 is one of a series of multinational exercises taking place this year across Scandinavia and northern Europe.
Joint exercises like Northern Strike 25 demonstrate the UK’s commitment to NATO, new NATO members and our international partners and ensure that the UK and its allies can integrate and operate in combat situations.
