Heavy military hardware of the U.S. armed forces is on its way from Georgia’s Black Sea coast to the Vaziani military polygon outside Tbilisi, ahead of the opening of the Noble Partner multinational drills on Monday.

Stryker armoured fighting vehicles, Humvee utility vehicles, artillery pieces and logistical support trucks were unloaded from the Ocean Freedom dry cargo ship at the Poti port starting in the night of Thursday to Friday.

The American hardware was then moved under a convoy to the Georgian Defence Forces’ 2nd Infantry Brigade base in Senaki in the west of the country. The vehicles will leave the base in two phases on Sunday and Tuesday and be moved to the GDF 4th Mechanised Brigade base in Vaziani, which will host the drills.