Complex Warfare Exercise in Hungary

'Brave Warrior 2022', a large-scale multinational exercise, involving thousands of allied troops in the execution of joint tasks, takes place in the second half of September in Hungary. This Thursday, the participating troops were visited by the Hungarian and Croatian ministers of defense.

It is a multinational (Hungarian, Croatian, Slovakian, Italian and American) complex combat exercise that takes place at the Central Training and Firing Range of the Hungarian Defense Forces in Hajmáskér, W Hungary between September 15 and 30. This is the largest multinational warfare exercise of the Hungarian Defense Forces this year; it is the eighth time Hungary is hosting it.

More than 1,200 participants are taking part in the exercises: 17 units of the Hungarian Defense Forces with almost 600 participants, the largest number of participants being the Italian mountain troops and a US airborne rifle squadron. Croatian forces are participating in the exercise with various combat support and combat insurance forces, and a company of Slovak forces has also joined in the framework of Visegrád (V4) cooperation.

A total of half a hundred technical vehicles are participating in the exercises: from the Hungarian side, the Leopard 2 A4HU tank, the BTR-80 armored transport vehicle and the Gidrán armored support vehicle, the BlVIP-1 armored combat vehicle of the Slovak Army and the Centauro armored combat vehicle of the Italian Army.

Air support is provided by two pairs of Mi-24 helicopters, one Mi-17 helicopter and, during the different phases of the exercise, a total of five H-145 M helicopters and a pair of Gripen JAS-39 aircraft.