German military logistics specialists on Friday loaded about 100 vehicles and assorted equipment for the large-scale NATO military exercise Steadfast Defender onto a transport ship destined for northern Norway. Steadfast Defender, which will run through May, is the defence alliance’s largest exercise since the Cold War. The German hardware, which includes Hägglunds snow-mobiles, will be used to train mountain troops for combat under extreme weather conditions on NATO’s northern flank. These drills will take place under the sub-maneouver known as Quadriga. The ship carrying the vehicles left th…