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New Zealand forms Motorised Infantry Battle Group for ANZAC interoperability

The post describes New Zealand Army operationalizing a ~1,000-soldier Motorised Infantry Battle Group (MIBG) as its primary deployable land combat contribution and preparing to integrate at battle-group level into Australia’s divisional construct under Plan ANZAC. This is a doctrinal/force-structure innovation focused on interoperability and interchangeability with Australian formations, including adopting Australian training pipelines (e.g., FPV drone course) and aligning equipment where feasible.

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