British army use floating vehicles in Nato war games leaving American allies trailing behind
The 156 metre stretch across the Drawa River in western Poland would normally be a perilous scenario for approaching armies. But yesterday British engineers using specially designed floating vehicles opened a crossing for battle tanks in just 18 minutes leaving their American allies trailing behind. As the US took an hour to assemble a regular ribbon bridge, British engineers raced ahead using the Army's M3 amphibious rig, a 24.5 tonne truck which folds out into a a floating platform. The vehicles, which have their own nicknames ranging from M-3PO, after the Star Wars character, to M3 Hammer, after the rapper, first entered service in the 1990s and have not been used in combat since the beginning of the Iraq war. However they have now become more strategically important than ever amid the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and the threat of Russia to Eastern Europe. Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscribe/digitalsub/3for1/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
2024-05-17T19:13:31Z
Violent protests outside Georgian parliament as ‘foreign agents bill’ approved
Georgian protesters smashed barriers outside the national parliament on Tuesday as lawmakers approved the final reading of a controversial “foreign agents” bill which has triggered weeks of mass protests. Protesters used metal bars to break through the barricades, with some managing to squeeze through, as tensions soared over a bill which critics say will impose Russian-style restrictions on the media and civil society. Police special forces wearing masks, helmets and black uniforms without identification marks broke out of their cordon to snatch protesters and drag them into their ranks. The protests came after a brawl broke out in Georgia’s parliament earlier on Tuesday when an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, Dimitry Samkharadze, charged at Levan Khabeishvili, the chair of the opposition. Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/14/violent-protests-georgian-parliament-foreign-agents-bill/ #georgia #protest #foreign Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscribe/digitalsub/3for1/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
2024-05-14T18:01:50Z
