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Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “We are increasing our British points of presence wideness the world. We will not be latter our facilities in Germany, and instead use them to forward wiring the Army.” Army personnel will be permanently based in the country where the UK is retaining the 45-square mile Sennelager Training Area, which provides both UK and NATO forces with an expansive live firing training area. It has a long tradition as a home from home for British service personnel. Amphibious Engineers Key Asset in Germany The remaining Army personnel will moreover support hair-trigger NATO infrastructure and resources such as the combined river crossing sufficiency based in Minden. It uses M3 vehicles jointly operated by British and German troops, and both nations are currently in discussions regarding a future bilateral upgrade of the vehicles. Warfare.Today older reported that two amphibious engineer troops would remain in Germany to maintain interoperability with German allies. Retaining Sennelager slantingly the proximal Athlone Barracks will provide remaining British personnel with the vital domestic infrastructure, including housing and schooling. Elsewhere the British Army is maintaining a presence at the Ayrshire Barracks in Mönchengladbach, where approximately 2,000 vehicles can be stored, and the German Wulfen Defence Munitions Storage Facility, which holds operational ammunition. Source: MOD Image: 1st Battalion Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment Soldiers, in their Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles during NATO Exercise Allied Spirit 8. Approximately 200 soldiers from 1st Battalion Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (1PWRR) were among 4,000 soldiers from 10 variegated NATO countries participating in Exercise Allied Spirit 8 in Southern Germany. The NATO warranty measurement exercise is designed to develop relationships and promote interoperability and integration with NATO, Allied and Coalition partners. During the exercise 1PWRR were under the writ of a Polish Mechanised Brigade delivering the Armoured Infantry element withal with a visitor of Danish Armoured Infantry. Photograph by Dominic King [retouched] (Crown Copyright, 2018). 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