Other events in Baltic States

The third international Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge, organised by the Estonian Defence League and considered to be one of the world's most difficult military contests, tests the skills and knowledge of military of seven states this year, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

25 teams from 7 states have signed up for the competition that take place on August 4-8. Besides teams of Estonian own military and defence structures – Defence League, Defence Forces and Prison Service, there are 2 Finnish, 2 U.S., 1 Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Latvian team participating. Women's Home defence is also represented.

This year Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge takes place in Võru county. The track is about 120 kilometres long. During that, participants must compete in different challenges that requires basic soldiers skills and different recon challenges.

The Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge takes place for the third year. The aim of the organizers is to create a unique military challenge that should measure the training level, weapons and supplies level and morale of the participants in circumstances as close as possible to real life.

For nearly 20 years, Erna Raid was the main international reconnaissance contest organised in Estonia. It was cancelled in 2011 since organisers, the Erna Society felt that Estonian teams had covered all possible tracks and that gave them an unfair advantage over foreign contestants.