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ASSAULT RIFLE: Stronger, Its Lines Becoming More Numerous, Ing, So We Have to Keep Strengthening Lithu- the BEGINNING and Support of the Society Further Increasing DECEMBER, 2018. NO 7 (7). NEWS 16 COUNTRIES TRAINED TOGETHER AS EXERCISE IRON WOLF TOOK PLACE IN LITHUANIA ACTIVE PHASE OF EXERCISE TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2018 KICKED OFF IN NORWAY Photo credit: Srg. Sp. Ieva Budzeikaitė Ieva Sp. credit: Srg. Photo RAPID RESPONSE FORCES: LITHUANIA CONTINUES Military Parade Marked the NATO'S PRESENCE Centenary of the Re-established RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACKS: LIES ABOUT NATO Lithuanian Armed Forces ON NOVEMBER 24 A SOLEMN FORMATION AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT PARADE CONCLUDED THE CELEBRATION MARKING THE CENTENARY OF THE RE- ESTABLISHED LITHUANIAN ARMED FORCES. THE MILITARY PARADE PUT ON DISPLAY NEARLY 2.000 SOLDIERS MARCHING OR DRIVING MILITARY VEHICLES. IT CAN BE CALLED THE LARGEST MILITARY EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF INDEPENDENT LITHUANIA. can state firmly that the Armed abroad, retired officers and soldiers, injured Forces are welcoming the cente- soldiers and their families. Thousands of resi- nary being stronger than ever since dents and visitors of Vilnius gathered to ob- SPECIAL "Ithe establishment of the state. I am proud to serve. see the Lithuanian Armed Forces growing "Insecure zones in the world keep expand- ASSAULT RIFLE: stronger, its lines becoming more numerous, ing, so we have to keep strengthening Lithu- THE BEGINNING and support of the society further increasing. ania’s defence capabilities and compiling the It is the result of your impeccable service and resources we need. Temporary inconvenienc- self-sacrifice," Minister of National Defence es on public roads, gunshot sounds in the Raimundas Karoblis said greeting the audi- vicinity of inhabited areas, supersonic fighter ence and participants. jet flights — it is the smallest price we are pay- The event was attended by top leadership ing to deter the adversary and to know how of the state of Lithuania and the Lithuanian to act professionally, precisely and operatively Armed Forces, distinguished guests from See page 3 Dear readers of the "Lithuanian Military Digest", Content By marking the solemn anniversary of the re-establishment of the State of Lithuania, recently we celebrated another important event — NEWS the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the Lithuanian Armed Forc- es. However, here we mention not only the date, but also the hundred- MILITARY PARADE MARKED THE CENTENARY year history of success, which has been created by all Lithuanian people. OF THE RE-ESTABLISHED LITHUANIAN ARMED Remembering the first volunteers of 1918, Kazys Škirpa and his com- FORCES................................................................................................1, 3 panions who raised our tricolour in the Gediminas Castle Tower on 1 January 1919, the freedom fights and their victories, the rebellion of CHIEF OF DEFENCE LT. GEN. J. V. ŽUKAS: "DENMARK IS Klaipėda, which brought back the access to the Baltic Sea to Lithuania, A SPECIAL ALLY TO LITHUANIA"............................................... the refusal of the soldiers to obey the orders of the red occupants and 4 the withdrawal into the woods, where the War After War began in 1944... AGREEMENT TO DRAFT A LONG-TERM DEFENCE Partisans, whose squads were formed and led by loyal officers of our country, during the darkest times of occupation, in the years of bolshe- COOPERATION PLAN......................................................................5 vik oppression defended the flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, not 16 COUNTRIES TRAINED TOGETHER AS EXERCISE allowing the nation’s and country’s history to be tortured in the KGB basements or to die in GULAG camps. IRON WOLF TOOK PLACE IN LITHUANIA..........................6 The armed struggle of the forest brothers — an integral part of the ACTIVE PHASE OF EXERCISE TRIDENT JUNCTURE Lithuanian Armed Forces — which lasted until 1965, was undoubtedly a solid ground for the subsequent revival of the nation. It was symbol- 2018 KICKED OFF IN NORWAY....................................................7 ized by a Lithuanian flag which was bravely raised in the Vilnius Cathe- dral Square on 3 June 1988 by a GULAG camp survivor and a partisan RAPID RESPONSE FORCES: LITHUANIA Leonas Laurinskas-Liūtas. CONTINUES..........................................................................................8 11 March 1990 was a sign of another revival of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. On April 25 of the same year, after the establishment of the Na- CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF OF THE LITHUANIAN tional Defence Department and swift gathering of first volunteers, a ARMED FORCES HAS VISITED TROOPS IN modern Lithuanian Armed Forces began to emerge again. It withstood AFGHANISTAN.....................................................................................9 the January events and the challenges of 1991 August putsch, was the first in the whole Middle and Eastern Europe which joyfully waved to LITHUANIAN LAND FORCE PERSONNEL TRAINED the leaving occupants’ army and began to firmly approach towards the IN INTERNATIONAL EXERCISE COMBINED ultimate goal of that time — NATO membership. RESOLVE...............................................................................................10 Exemplary fostering patriotism, free, modern, having a strong interna- tional support, Lithuanian Armed Forces today is one of the leaders. Impres- MINISTERS AGREED ON STRENGTHENING sive achievements in international missions, volunteers constantly joining COOPERATION OF THE BALTIC STATES’ SPECIAL the brothers-in-arms, and high respect from Western countries to friends and FORCES..................................................................................................11 enemies does not allow to forget what is small, but magnificent Lithuania! Wish you a pleasant reading, NATO'S PRESENCE team of the "Lithuanian Military Digest" RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACKS: LIES ABOUT NATO..............12 SPECIAL ASSAULT RIFLE: THE BEGINNING.........................................18 Military Press Office of Lithuanian Armed Forces Totorių str. 25, LT-01121, Vilnius; Phone (370 5) 210 3897, GSM (370 6) 28 75851; fax (370 5) 273 5550; Kotryna Gurevičiūtė Correspondent Phone (370 5) 210 3897, GSM (370 6) 28 75851; fax (370 5) 273 5550; Email [email protected] Publisher — Lithuanian Armed Forces. The opinion of editorial office does not necessarily coin- cide with the opinion of the authors. Pictures, manuscripts are not returned and reviewed. Cir- Cpt. Kazys Škirpa, commander of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Kęstutis 5th infantry culation is 300 copies. Printed by the Cartography Center of Lithuanian Military, Muitinės str.4, Domeikava, LT-54359 Kaunas dist. Order GL-599. regiment of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, on a horse. 1920. This officer in 1918 became the first volunteer of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, and on January 1 1919, together with his soldiers, raised the national flag of Lithuania at the Gediminas Tower in Vilnius. 2 Lithuanian Military Digest News Military Parade Marked the Centenary of the Re-established Lithuanian Armed Forces Photo credits: Sgt. Spc. Ieva Budzeikaitė, Alfredas Budzeikaitė, Pliadis Ieva Sgt. Spc. credits: Photo From page 1 The event presented military equipment of The military equipment was transported in the event of a need. Being ready to defend almost all Lithuanian Armed Forces services, in- back to its permanent deployment locations our land is the common cause of all of us. I am cluding the most recent purchases of the Lithu- immediately after the event. happy and grateful that the major part of our anian Armed Forces – PzH2000 self-propelled The Order of the Re-establishment of the society understands it and supports the Lithu- artillery howitzers, Vilkas Infantry Fighting Ve- Lithuanian Armed Forces was signed on 23 anian Armed Forces and our allies deployed hicles, known as Boxer IFVs in the world. Com- November 1918 and the date is marked as here," Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieuten- mander of the Lithuanian Land Force Major Lithuanian Armed Forces Day. Each year it ant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said in the General Valdemaras Rupšys was in command of is celebrated in various events across Lithu- beginning of the solemn formation. the formation and the equipment parade. ania. December 2018. No 7. 3 News Chief of Defence Lt. Gen. J. V. Žukas: "Denmark Is a Special Ally to Lithuania" very restoration of Lithuania’s independence. In 2015 Lithuania and Denmark updated their bilateral Memorandum of Understand- ing covering cooperation on defence plan- ning, defence strategy, communications and information systems, defence industry, and other areas. Denmark has great merits in training and arming Gen. R. Giedraitis Artillery Battalion of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The coun- try continually renders assistance for training Lithuanian military personnel, by arranging joint military exercises, and deploying Danish soldiers to take part in military exercises held in Lithuania. The Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, used to be affiliated to the Danish Army Divi- sion (DDIV) and took part in joint exercises regularly, which increased the ability of both countries to carry out joint operations. On 22 May 2018 the Motorised Infantry Brigade Photo credits: Alfredas Pliadis credits: Photo Griffin of the Lithuanian Armed Forces was af- filiated to the DDIV instead of it, which gives n November 28 Chief of Defence of multinational operations, priorities of capabil- Lithuanian soldiers the opportunity to train in the Kingdom of Denmark General ity development, main military exercises held NATO exercises and training as part
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