ØVERBYGD (Aftenposten): Pål Eirik Berglund is the commander of 4,500 soldiers. He believes that the rumor about the tank’s death is greatly exaggerated.
Along a windswept parking lot outside Øverbygd in inner Troms, tanks whiz by. War is practiced against the enemy.
Pål Eirik Berglund is the manager of Northern BrigadeThe Northern Brigade is the very core of the army. The brigade consists of eight battalions and one military police company. A battalion consists of 400 to 1,200 soldiers. An army battalion usually consists of a headquarters and several companies (100-200 soldiers), squadrons (the cavalry), or batteries (the artillery).. It is the largest department in the military. It has a total of 4,500 soldiers. Now they’re assembled for the Army’s biggest exercise this fall: Arctic Bolt. In the cold air of arctic training, one thing in particular is now being discussed:
That defense chief Eirik Kristoffersen advises against buying new ones tanksA tank or armored personnel carrier, sometimes referred to as a tank, is a tracked military combat vehicle equipped with a cannon for fighting armored vehicles. The tank was developed during the First World War. Britain was the first nation to use tanks in battle. It happened during the battle of the Somme on September 15, 1916. (Source: Wikipedia).
The news reached Dagens Næringsliv on Thursday.
And collapsed like a bomb during exercise in inner Troms.
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