1-77 Armour Regiment "Steel Tigers". The mission of a tank battalion is to close with and destroy enemy forces using fire, manoeuvre and shock effect, or to repel his assault by fire and counter-attack. The 1st Battalion, 77th Armour, deploys a battalion task force by ground, sea and/or air to conduct combat operations; however, it can also perform peacekeeping and peace-support operations. * Panzer Battalion Combat Manoeuvre. The German Panzer Bataillon 383 took part in a major training exercise called "Blitzender Kurass" at the Oberlausitz training area. The battalion's main objectives for this exercise were combat firing in defence and employing the battalion reserve. Other objectives were to integrate all elements of the heavy armour battalion and to test the skill of the officers and NCOs in leading the unit through combat drills * Hungarian Quick Reaction Force. In compliance with NATO standards, the HDF is composed of combat, combat support and combat service support units. These units are assigned to one of three categories: reaction forces, main defence forces or augmentation forces * 1:35 scale profile of Challenger 2 in Operation Telic in Iraq.
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