Fibre Optic Guided Missiles (EFOG-M, Polyphem, and others) Anti-Tank Mortar Bombs (Merlin, STRIX and Bussard) Merlin, STRIX and Bussard were, like EFOG-M and Polyphem, a class of weapons that started ...

Continuing my look at defence shelters, this post looks at larger shelters, both prefabricated, and built in-situ. The defining feature of the MEXE Shelter, in the previous post, was the nature of its ...

The British Army’s 11 Brigade is currently transitioning into a specialised tactical recce-strike role, often described as the Army’s first ‘drone brigade’. After a period as the Security Force ...

A simple question, was the British Infantry more effective with the 51 mm lightweight infantry mortar than it is now, without it? In an age of swarming drones and artificial intelligence, it is easy ...

The British Army’s Land Rover and Pinzgauer vehicles are to be replaced by 2030 by a group of vehicles called the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV). In this series, I examine the issues and requirements ...

The RAF operates a fleet of eight Boeing C-17 heavy-lift aircraft, and put simply, they are brilliant, currently doing fantastic work in Operation PITTING, the evacuation from Kabul. However, they are ...

Recent years have seen a number of Royal Navy Commanding Officers removed from their posts. In May 2019, the CO of HMS Queen Elizabeth was relieved of command. It was reported he had made personal use ...

Barbed wire is a type of fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It typically consists of two or more strands of steel wire twisted together, with ...

Continuing the Light Strike concept series, this post focuses on the introduction and strategic context of the Cold War era 24 Air Mobile Brigade. 6 Airmobile Brigade and the Transition to 24 ...

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the British Army, alongside NATO partners, explored airmobile forces as an operational reserve. 24 Airmobile Brigade formed the British core of the Multi-National ...

Might meet the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) requirement, at high level Might exceed it Might meet only some parts of it Vehicles in category 2 and 3 are if the requirement for a common base vehicle ...

“The bayonet is obsolete.” And with those four words, I had kicked a hornet’s nest. At a recent infantry lethality workshop, I caused a bit of a stir. The event was a gathering of the principal small ...