The battle group expects a possible all-round fight but prefers a positional engagement in which the Taliban can be fixed and defeated. The passage contrasts that preference with the greater danger of an unexpected Taliban attack. The Estonian mechanized infantry are trusted to operate with no more direction than a British company because of their professional reputation. Their 60 mm mortars then support a British company across the battlespace despite little or no shared training in standard procedures. This cooperation shows how coalition forces could interoperate in combat without shared procedural training.
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Estonian mortars support a British company
The Helmand account shows Estonian mechanized infantry and mortars integrating effectively with British troops despite little shared procedural training.