---
title: "This German Police EC135 Helicopter Unit Is The “Tetris Challenge” Champion"
description: "The images look like toy sets of action figures and their gear, but they are quite real. When it comes to laying out everything in detail, it's hard to beat actually taking a twin-turbine-powered helicopter apart."
date: "2019-10-12"
modified: "2019-10-12"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway"
url: "https://www.twz.com/30381/this-german-police-ec135-helicopter-unit-is-the-tetris-challenge-champion"
categories:
  - "Air"
  - "Around The Globe"
  - "Command & Control"
  - "Europe"
  - "Germany"
  - "Law Enforcement"
  - "News & Features"
tags:
  - "Airbus"
  - "Bundespolizei"
  - "Bundespolizei Spezialkräfte"
  - "EC-135"
  - "Federal Police Directorate 11"
  - "Fighter"
  - "gear"
  - "GSG-9"
  - "Helicopter"
  - "Meme"
  - "Military Hardware"
  - "Miniature"
  - "National Security Twitter"
  - "Natsec Twitter"
  - "Parts"
  - "pieces"
  - "Tank"
  - "Tetris Challenge"
  - "Toys"
  - "Vehicles"
---

# This German Police EC135 Helicopter Unit Is The “Tetris Challenge” Champion

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-twz/content/2019/10/asd25252ggg.jpg>)
*www.twz.com*

The Tetris Challenge has stormed across social media over the last month, with some awesome folks from the military, first responder, and aviation communities laying it all out for the world to see. *The War Zone* did a special writeup on this growing online fad two weeks ago. That too went viral and [you should give it a read](<https://www.twz.com/30071/national-security-twitter-is-going-nuts-for-these-awesome-tetris-challenge-memes>) for a full background on this internet sensation. Since then, there have been some awesome new additions, but one unit, in particular, seems to have gone the extra mile in order to create the ultimate Tetris Challenge meme. An EC135 crew from Germany's vaunted Federal Police Directorate 11 didn't just lay out their professional wares and themselves alongside their aircraft, they took the helicopter itself entirely apart, as well.

Here's the official Twitter post:

https://twitter.com/_/status/1181172032689639424

Federal Police Directorate 11 has a number of units and missions under its purview, including Germany's [famed GSG-9 counter-terrorism commando](<https://www.dw.com/en/germany-expands-anti-terror-squad-gsg-9/a-42148371>) force. The unit that posted the image specifically was the Federal Police's Aviation Group's squadron in Oberschleißheim, Germany. Here is what the helicopter looks like when it isn't torn apart:

![message-editor%2F1570921097120-a46v.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor%2F1570921097120-a46v.jpg>)
**Airbus**

There have been plenty of new offerings since our last article on the meme craze, with some of them putting their own little twist on the challenge—including nudity! Take a look at a number of our new favorites below.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1180096594101903360

https://twitter.com/_/status/1182961442770735105

https://twitter.com/_/status/1181556618137350144

https://twitter.com/_/status/1182288320677629952

https://twitter.com/_/status/1182284226743406592

https://twitter.com/_/status/1179830654135160833

https://twitter.com/_/status/1179335433135775744

https://twitter.com/_/status/1180408119551303681

https://twitter.com/_/status/1182395695803895809

https://twitter.com/_/status/1182743938974834689

https://twitter.com/_/status/1182274883453095944

Still, the folks of Federal Police Directorate 11's EC135 force in Oberschleißheim deserve the crown—at least for now—as the world-wide Tetris Challenge champions.

Danke schön!

*Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel>)