The snipers of the Spanish Lepanto Battalion train their marksmanship near Folldal during Exercise Trident Juncture in Folldal, Norway, Oct. 26, 2018. They make use of the .50-caliber Barrett and the .338-caliber Accuracy sniper rifles, firing at targets over meters away. The battalion is part of the Italian Ariete Brigade and through 2018 on stand-by as Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) for the NATO Response Force (NRF). In total some troops, vehicles, 250 aircraft and 65 ships from 29 NATO Nations and Sweden and Finland take part in the exercise.

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