NATO Vehicle I-D: Iron Spear AFV & IFV

Canadian Light Armored Vehicle 6.0 (aka LAV-6) fires its 25mm gun during Iron Spear, on Adazi, Latvia, 13NOV2023. Canadian Armed Forces photo by Captain Joffray Provencher.

In November 2023, NATO conducted wargame/competition Iron Spear in Adazi, Latvia (Ādaži, Latvija). Military units from Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom (U.K.) and United States of America (U.S.A.), took part.

Canadian LAV-6 on Adazi, Latvia, 14NOV2023. U.S. Army (USA) photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third.

Infantry Fighting Vehicles:

Various IFVs from various NATO-members converge on Adazi, Latvia. USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.

Can you I-Dentify the different IFVs? NATO tries to help with the big flags. USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.

USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.

USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 13NOV2023.

USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 14NOV2023.

U.S. Army video, by Sergeant Alex Soliday (14NOV2023), highlighting the U.S. Bradley and U.K. Warrior, concluding with a mass-live-fire involving all the participating NATO-member IFVs:

And the winner is, NATO-U.S.A.! Taking First Place with their Bradley IFV. USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 16NOV2023.

Armored Fighting Vehicles:

Canadian Leopard 2A4M CANs arrive on Adazi, Latvia, 10NOV2023. Canadian Armed Forces photo by Corporal Lynette Ai Dang.

Poland’s T-72 based PT-91 Twardy attends Iron Spear, 13NOV2023. USA photo by Captain H Howey.

PT-91 Twardy live-fire during Iron Spear. USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.

Bore-sighting the U.S. M1A2 Abrams. USA photo by Captain H Howey, 13NOV2023.

German Leopard 2A6s. USA photo by Specialist Bernabe Lopez the Third, 13NOV2023.

U.S. Army video, by Sergeant Alex Soliday (14NOV2023), highlighting the U.S. Abrams and German Leopard battle tanks, concluding with a mass-live-fire involving all the participating NATO-member AFVs: