A convoy of British Army tank transporters move four Protected Patrol Vehicles, and other lorries haul various military vehicles, after participating in Exercise Steadfast Defender. Many of them from the 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team, aka 'The Desert Rats', operating as the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF). Private hauliers; MetCalfe Farms, Hellard and others were contracted to transport many of the vehicles.

0:00 - British Army / FTX Logistics Oshkosh 1070F Heavy Equipment Transporters (HET) transporting Mastiff and Wolfhound Protected Patrol Vehicles (Medical)
1:08 - British Army MAN 8x8 Recovery Trucks towing a Foxhound Protected Patrol Vehicle and a Land Rover Battlefield Ambulance
2:02 - MetCalfe Farms Volvo hauling a Foxhound
2:35 - MetCalfe Farms Scania hauling a Ridgeback Protected Patrol Vehicle
3:31 - British Army MAN 8x8 Recovery Trucks towing a MAN Logistics Support Vehicle and an Oshkosh Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR)
4:07 - British Army MAN Logistics Support Vehicle passing a MetCalfe Farms DAF
4:33 - MetCalfe Farms DAF hauling a Land Rover Utility and a Jackal Reconnaissance Vehicle
4:55 - MetCalfe Farms Volvo hauling a Jackal
5:07 - MAN hauling a MAN Enhanced Pallet Loading System (EPLS)
5:36 - MetCalfe Farms Volvo hauling an MAN Logistics Support Vehicle
5:55 - MetCalfe Farms Volvo hauling an MAN Enhanced Pallet Loading System (EPLS)
6:12 - Hellard DAF hauling a Foxhound
6:50 - Outroduction

Exercise Steadfast Defender is the largest NATO exercise to be held since the Cold War. Over 90,000 troops are participating with over 1,200 combat vehicles, over 80 aircraft and over 50 naval assets from all 32 allies, including Sweden. British Forces vehicles travelled by ship from the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre in the Port of Southampton.

All Exercise Steadfast Defender videos, including other convoys:    • Exercise Steadfast Defender  

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Recorded: 2024
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