American heavy armour, gunships ‘open fire’ in Poland

American heavy armour, gunships ‘open fire’ in Poland

U.S. Army AH-64 Apaches and M1A2 Abrams tanks took part in live fire activity at the Orzysz Training Area in Poland on 17 September as part of Iron Defender 25, U.S. Army National Guard photos show. An AH-64 Apache assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armoured Division fired rockets during the exercise, with the U.S. Army saying: “The purpose of large scale training events like Iron Defender-25 is to prove the Polish Armed For…