Watch Marines drift their tanks on ice
SUMMARY
U.S. Marines training in Norway took their tanks and armored vehicles on a drifting course over solid ice.
The Marines are taking part in Exercise Cold Response 16 which is a 12-nation NATO exercise. American airmen, sailors, and Marines are learning how to fight in the extreme cold, a muscle the U.S. didn't flex much while focused on Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Exercise Cold Response was scheduled before Russia began its aggressive actions in Ukraine but the skills learned in Norway will be useful if relations don't improve. The United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Canada, Belgium, and Latvia are also participating.
Learning to safely drift tanks may seem like a crazy stunt, but it will help U.S. Marine Corps tank crewmen maneuver during a fight in the extreme cold.
U.S. Marines in the exercise have also trained on surviving a fall through ice and constructing snow shelters.
(h/t Washington Post)
