Soldiers battle against ‘thinking enemy’ on Salisbury Plain

Soldiers have been pitting their wits against military colleagues as they battled a ‘thinking enemy’ whilst on exercise on Salisbury Plain. Troops from the Fire Support Group (FSG) Division, part ofSupportWeaponsSchool, took part in Exercise First Strike. The exercise tested students on the FSG course in how to use support weapons as part of the Battle group. The exercise pitted FSG students against each other to ensure they were tested against a thinking enemy with an armoured threat that has the freedom of action in the battle space. Manouevres tested students of all levels of