FWPAC, 19-23 November 2012

The course was hosted from 19th November till 23th November 2012 in the area of National Centre for EOD (NC EOD) and Ammunition Testing Centre (ATC) Novaky. During five days of lectures the 14 event attendees from 8 NATO countries (BEL,HUN, ITA, POL, UK, SLO, SVK, SWE) were briefed about the main characteristics, functionality and marking methods of ammunition used within the FWP area. The particular type of the ammunition per family was chosen by the NATO EOD COE Subject Matter Experts in accordance with the Afghanistan Threat List and customer requirements. At the end of the course Deputy Director of NATO EOD COE, LTC Richard VIDAL (FRA -A) awarded the participants with the certificate of the course completion and the NATO EOD COE course insignia.

Author: CPT Pavol Cahoj
Photo: SGT Tomas Kubik