Swift Crossing 98

Swift Crossing 98

• 24.08.1998 bis 28.08.1998
• Schonungen, Autobahnausfahrt A70 – Gochsheim, Sulzheim, Mainberg, B26
• 40 Kettenfahrzeuge
• FTX, USA
• 130th Engineer Brigade (Hanau, Pioneer Kaserne)
  — 565th Engineer Battalion (Hanau, Pioneer Kaserne)
  — 502nd Engineer Company (AFB) (Ribbon Bridge) (Hanau, Pioneer Kaserne)

Weitere Einheiten:
1st (US) Infantry Division (mech.) “Big Red One” (Würzburg)
– 2nd Brigade “Dagger Brigade” (Schweinfurt)
– HHC “Silver Lions”
– 1st Battalion – 77th Armor Regiment “Steel Tigers” (M1A1 HA Abrams)
– 1st Battalion – 18th Infantry Regiment “Vanguards” (M2 A2 Bradley)
– 9th Engineer Battalion “Gila Monsters” (M113 A3, M60 AVLB, M9 ACE, M139 Volcano)
– B Battery, 4th Battalion – 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (Kitzingen)
– 2nd Platoon, 1st Military Police Company
82nd Engineer Battalion “Blue Babe” (Bamberg) (für 3rd Brigade)
– HHC “Renegades”
– A Company “Apocalypse”
– B Company “Steel Sappers”
– C Company “Rock”
12th Chemical Company (Kitzingen)

Brückenschlag:
Main bei Schonungen mittels Ribbon Bridge

Eingesetztes Gerät (u.a.):
– M1A1 HA Abrams, M2A2 Bradley, M1059, M113 Serie, M88, M60 AVLB, M9 ACE, M548 Vulcano, Avenger, M93 NBC FOX, CH-47 Chinook, AH-64D “Apache”