british army

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...

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

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/

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

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]

Via MilitaryPhotos.net: http://ukarmedforcescommentary.blogspot.it/2013/06/fuchs-resurrection-and-new-mbda-concept.html Original article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10123657/Defence-chiefs-to-reverse-cuts-to-meet-Syrias-chemical-weapons-threat.html

While searching for something else I came across this report on the Red Planet AT rocket launcher; - http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0146318&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf In view of Red Planets superior performance to the 3.5 in weapon eventually adopted by the British army I'd like...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9911295/Famed-Desert-Rats-to-lose-their-tanks-under-Army-cuts.html

From the French Aviation Magazine, July 1960, a picture showing a proposed version of the Shorts Tigercat:

In a copy of Forces 90 there is an article about the Royal Artillery which refers to a British project to replace the 25 Pounder artillery gun with an 85mm weapon with a nuclear protection overhead shield. It adds that the project was dropped when NATO went for the 105mm instead. Have I missed...

. I don't know where this really belongs (if at all) anyway, out of interest, Air Britain have (?) released a new book on RAF unmanned aircraft / target drones / recon drones called "Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms" - I do NOT know if any projected models are included :-...

At present it looks unlikely if the Army will need a Challenger 2 replacement for the foreseeable future. I got into hot water for suggesting that when and if we ever did, we should take a leaf out of the Australian or Canadian book and buy off the shelf. What options are out there? What would...

The Challenger tank was arguably born in about 1970 when the UK, impressed by the performance of their BURLINGTON (Chobham) armour, but concerned that a wholly new MBT would not be in service before about 1985, proposed the development of a near-term improved tank using some existing components...

From Sealordlawrence's post on MBT-80 I would add that at this point the British Army was also scheming 1,900 MICV's (which were originally meant to have Chobham armour and a 750hp engine with a total weight of 30 tons). MBT-80 was apparently cancelled in July 1980, it seems that prior to this...