Greece will make its biggest armoured deployment on record as Leopard tanks, Marder vehicles and personnel from the 25th Armoured Brigade travel more than 2,000km to join France’s major Orion 2026 military exercise.
The contingent will integrate with French Army units on the country’s northern coast.
As reported by Kathimerini, the invitation from Paris triggered a large-scale transport operation, with plans to ship the tanks to a French port while support trucks travel overland.
About 300 members of the Hellenic Armed Forces are set to fly in.
The mission echoes France’s 2023 deployment to Xanthi for joint training with Greece.
Orion 2026 is one of Europe’s biggest readiness drills, focused on responding to potential escalation involving Russia.
Source: Ekathimerini.
