REPORTAGE – In Aisne, the training center for action in urban areas allows French and foreign armed forces to prepare for high-intensity combat in the city. A type of confrontation that the war in Ukraine has brutally passed from theory to practice.
In the halo of red light that illuminates the interior of the armored multirole vehicle (VBMR) Griffon, an ultramodern machine integrated into the new Scorpion armament program of the army, the faces are closed. The men of Sergeant Florian’s combat group look drawn. The night spent in the tent was short and, in a few moments, they know they will be engaged under fire. With their entire section, their mission is to support the assault on a bar of a building where, despite the mines surrounding the city, members of the reconnaissance units infiltrated the day before have identified a possible point of attack. passage.
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On paper, the maneuver seems easy and their officers, mostly young infantry lieutenants fresh from the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, listened carefully to the latest briefing from Captain Nicolas of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of Navy (2nd RIMa) responsible for coordinating the S-GTIA (combined arms tactical sub-group).
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