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Back in the Cold War the France, Germsny and the UK embarked on an ambitious programne to produce a family of third generation anti tank missiles. The only survivor is the long range helicopter launched version https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARS_3_LR. Like the SP70 gun and RS80 (described in...

I noticed a Teddy Bear in Guards Uniform carrying an M16 (like the Canadian Army) and it got me wondering about the saga of the SA80 and what we are going to replace it with. I get the impression that of the rifles introduced from the 1970s on only the French Army got one they liked. But even...

https://gizmodo.com/helmets-from-wwi-just-as-protective-against-overhead-bl-1841700511 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228802

I should know the answer to this. When does Lance first emerge as a likely replacement for Honest John and Sergeant and even Corporal, given its range. I only ask because Lance does seem to make Blue Water pretty pointless as it has better range and more mobile with its M548 based launcher...

Hello! We all know the Alvis Unipower variant of BR-90 Brigde System, but M-series had a whole family of vehicles as mentioned in this link: https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1149 Does anyone has blueprints with dimensions, brochures etc? There was also a 12x8 variant which...

I've tried to collect all the British Type designations for electornics like Sonars, Radars, Jammers etc Here is the list: If anybody know more designations and their design/cancellation/introduction dates that would be great: Type 1 - Land Based Air Search Radar (1935/36) Type 2 - Land Based...

Hi All, I’ve trawled the internet but can’t find cast iron differences between the Shir 2 and the Challenger 1. One website elluded to the fact that the Shir 2 had equivalent of 325mm armour and Challenger 1 had more, around 500mm. Seeing as the dates of introduction were very close, would this...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/19/hail-deborah-british-tank-smashed-german-defences-100-years/

Well, this was an early Western hard kill APS of the most obvious kind. A remotely controlled (twin) machinegun turret on top of the tank turret roof with its own sensor, shooting at incoming missiles. A kind of Vulcan Phalanx CIWS for tanks. I understand that a millimetric radar would cost a...

Was leafing through a book in a German bookshop in a series on army weapons and with the title British Army Nuclear Missiles and Artillery in German. I came across an official drawing of a Blue Water missile mounted on an FV4020 chassis. This is the first time I have seen, what was presumably a...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/11/armistice-day-two-minute-silence-to-be-observed-to-remember-the2/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37938047

http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/from-scimitar-to-fres-to-ajax/

Does anyone here know of the 'Infantryman 2000' concept from the 1980s?. It was a concept by Scicon ltd, a UK company developing British Army equipment that would be used in 2000. However, it appears that an Assault Rifle was also developed for the programme or most likley a mockup. If anyone...

Video of BAE Systems M777 Portee System View: https://youtu.be/EO8-4z92pQc

I can't see any other option than to buy them direct from the U.S. with the way UK defense spending is going these days. http://www.janes.com/article/49845/uk-apache-replacement-held-up-by-agustawestland-bbc-report-states

The usual crew of retired military and political types are warning that the UK is not able to meet its defence requirements with the present budget and kit. Given the collective expertise on this board what advice would you give the Prime Minister who takes over in May after the election? I...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11278995/Army-sent-home-for-a-month-to-save-on-barracks-heating-bills.html [facepalm]

Yet again we have a General telling us we need a larger Army and one based on the Continent. Ever since the end of the Second World War Britain has wrestled with the balance between its own national commitments at home and overseas and the wider need to defend in a coalition against Communism...