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POTD: NODs On For The Sturmgewehr 77 A1 MOD "Nightfighter" Edition

The cadre presence company of Austria's Panzergrenadierbataillon 13 tackled a scenario straight out of modern hybrid warfare doctrine: an enemy force seizes critical infrastructure and must be expelled without destroying it. In this POTD, the green Sturmgewehr 77 A1 MOD "Nightfighter" edition is the focus point.

POTD: NODs On For The Sturmgewehr 77 A1 MOD "Nightfighter" Edition

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The cadre presence company of Austria's Panzergrenadierbataillon 13 tackled a scenario straight out of modern hybrid warfare doctrine: an enemy force seizes critical infrastructure and must be expelled...

In this POTD, the green Sturmgewehr 77 A1 MOD "Nightfighter" edition is the focus point.

For two weeks in August, 130 soldiers drilled this complex balancing act at the decommissioned Riedersbach power plant in Upper Austria, a facility shut down in 2016 that offered what no purpose-built...

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The cadre presence company of Austria's Panzergrenadierbataillon 13 tackled a scenario straight out of modern hybrid warfare doctrine: an enemy force seizes critical infrastructure and must be expelled without destroying it. In this POTD, the green Sturmgewehr 77 A1 MOD "Nightfighter" edition is the focus point. For two weeks in August, 130 soldiers drilled this complex balancing act at the decommissioned Riedersbach power plant in Upper Austria, a facility shut down in 2016 that offered what no purpose-built training range could match: industrial complexity on a realistic scale.

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For two weeks in August, 130 soldiers drilled this complex balancing act at the decommissioned Riedersbach power plant in Upper Austria, a facility shut down in 2016 that offered what no purpose-built training range could match: industrial complexity on a realistic scale.

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