0 >Nicely camouflaged Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank during Exercise Furious Axe in Latvia. Source: NATO eFP Estonia
The British Army s 5th Battalion, the Rifles ( RIFLES) may have already finished its recent rotation with the Tapa-based NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) – the battalion s second stint in Estonia in fact – but a recent edition of NATO s Multinational Corps Northeast magazine, Baltic Amber , got the low-down on progress while the unit was still in Estonia, including from its commanding officer, Lt Col. Jim Hadfield.
Lt Col. Hadfield told the magazine that: Given our role, which is to contribute to the collective defense of Estonia, our first and primary task was of course to begin the process of integration with the 1st Brigade of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF), as well as with the Danish Vidar Company, which arrived here earlier this year (2020-ed.) and forms the other part of the NATO Battle Group here in Estonia.