For the sixth time, the American armed forces conducted a REFORGER manoeuvre from 30 September to 22 November 1974. In addition to the REFORGER deployment exercise, the corps combat exercise Certain Pledge was conducted under the leadership of VII (US) Corps in Stuttgart with the participation of American, Canadian and West German forces. Based on and following the scenario of previous REFORGER exercises, REFORGER VI also practised the reinforcement of American land forces stationed in Germany and NATO. The Certain Pledge field training exercise (FTX) was a large-scale combat exercise involving a total of 28 combat troops and 17 artillery battalions, with around 45,000 soldiers, 8,000 wheeled and 4,000 tracked vehicles, and approximately 250 helicopters in the field. These included units from the 4 Canadian Mechanised Brigade Group and, as the only large unit from the German Armed Forces, the reinforced Panzerbrigade 30 from Ellwangen. This publication shows the vehicles used and the course of the exercise in impressive, mostly unpublished manoeuvre photos.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Böhm, Walter
Title
REFORGER 74. Certain Pledge
Details
German and English text, paperback, 60 black-and-white and 60 colour photographs, 12 colour graphics, large format. 64 pages.
