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Watch These 62 Ton M1 Abrams Tanks Drift Through The Frigid Norwegian Wilderness
Watch These 62 Ton M1 Abrams Tanks Drift Through The Frigid Norwegian Wilderness-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:14:13

The USMC is in Norway for exercise Cold Response and for other cold weather combat and with their Norwegian counterparts. During their deployment, Marine tankers get to train for fighting in frigid environments, where their tracks that usually can take them nearly anywhere can turn their tanks into hockey pucks when they hit icy ground.

Hence the 62 ton tank drifting session shown in the video below.

U.S. Marines and their M1A1 main battle tank crews worked with the on techniques for driving tracked vehicles in extreme winter conditions. You can see one of their Leopard 2 tanks at the 3:15 mark.

You can also see going through similar drift training below.

It is not every day that you see a 30-ton armored amphibious assault vehicle launch off an elevated

Cold Response is an air, sea and land large force employment exercise that is held in Northern Norway annually. Thousands of troops from various countries participate and , the cold weather training is more relevant than ever.

Russia has big designs on the Arctic. Its forces have been very active in the inhospitable region…

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