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Mehrere deutsche Panzer fahren durch eine Stadt, litausche Soldaten salutieren am Straßenrand.

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The Bundeswehr in Lithuania

Major steps towards the German manoeuvre brigade

  • Two soldiers remove a camouflage blanket from a gold-green-black-red coat of arms.
    At the eastern flank

    The Bundeswehr has a new brigade

    The 45 Armoured Brigade has entered service in Lithuania: a good day for the security of Germany, the Baltics and the allies.

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