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Exercise DYNAMIC VICTORY
x DYNAMIC VICTORY is the final exercise Huts’ from the American OPFOR. We spent the at RMAS before commissioning. It consists nights patrolling the area and spent the days of Live Fire Tactical Training in Grafenwoehr advancing to contact, meaning little sleep was
followed by eight days in the field in Hohenfels, featuring a rural and urban setting, which allows OCdts to build upon skills that they have learnt over the course and contend with a challenging enemy and pace of scenarios.
had. The enemy armour and IDF threat was our biggest concern and we were issued A-T4 weap- ons systems that helped us defeat the enemy armour; however, we still relied on our rifles as
We arrived in Grafenwoehr to over- cast weather, waterlogged range lanes and low temperatures yet morale was still high despite the long coach journey from Sandhurst.
Crawling through mud and streams, fixing bayonets and charging at the enemy position meant we ended most days exhausted
the enemy constantly flanked our defences. We quickly learnt from our mistakes, adapted well to the new operating environment with a free- thinking enemy and soon found our- selves winning the fight.
The urban phase started with our assault on the village of Kittensee in which we suffered heavy casual- ties; however, by the evening we had secured the area and set up a base to operate from. This phase was less fast paced but the terrain surrounding the
The range package consisted of
three days building up the group-
ing sizes, starting with individual
fire and manoeuvre, followed by
fireteam and section attacks and
finally a platoon attack. Crawling
through mud and streams, fixing bayonets and charging at the enemy position meant we ended most days exhausted. At the end of the package, we deployed two hours south from Grafenwoehr to the rolling countryside of Hohenfels to conduct the dry tactical phase of the exercise.
village made the days exhausting. We found our- selves fighting in woodblocks, advancing to con- tact up hills and securing large amounts of open ground to secure an aid distribution convoy. We finally defended the village against a significant enemy assault and then received orders to extract which we did with the support of Chinook helicop- ters from the US Army who whisked us away to prepare for the final phase of the exercise.
The rural phase was fast paced, starting with the seizure of an isolated village aptly named ‘Mud
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