A recent Wavell Room article from Dave Wimbush considered the options for developing close quarter battle skills and doctrine in the urban environment. It was a brilliant piece that explained the ...

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 ...

For well over a decade, I have returned periodically to the theme of ‘Light Strike’, a mobile, agile, and firepower-focused approach to force design that sits between traditional light infantry and ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The Bren Gun Carrier, or Universal Carrier, was a class of WWII-era vehicles unique to British and Commonwealth armies used for logistics and support weapon carriage. As you all know, the concept was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) have become integral to modern military operations, used for surveillance, reconnaissance, and security, without the need for constant human presence. It is also a ...

The Daimler Ferret Scout Car was a British 4×4 armoured reconnaissance vehicle produced from 1952 to 1971, with 4,409 units built for liaison and scouting roles. The development of the Daimler Ferret ...

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 ...