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Exercise Lionheart 1984
The largest British Army exercise of the Cold War and since the Second World War and probably always will be.
Over 130,000 Soldiers, which is almost double of todays entire Army.
The largest British Army exercise of the Cold War and since the Second World War and probably always will be.
Over 130,000 Soldiers, which is almost double of todays entire Army.
Civilian aircraft and terriers were chartered to carry the over 50,000 personnel over, a total of 190 flights and 150 sailings occurred.
The RAF were also involved and utilised forward based Harriers and the new Panavia Tornado.
The opposition were US, German, Dutch and CW.
The RAF were also involved and utilised forward based Harriers and the new Panavia Tornado.
The opposition were US, German, Dutch and CW.
We will never see anything like it again, recent NATO exercises like Exercise Trident Juncture in 2018 can not even come close to this with only 50,000 personnel involved from a variety of nations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Trident_Juncture_2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Trident_Juncture_2018
It is facts like this that show how far the Army has declined in mass since the end of the Cold War, the question I have to ask is, has that mass been replaced with training and more modern equipment to be worth the decline, keeping in mind our enemies have also been modernising.
