british army

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...

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

Cutaway drawing of Boeing-Vertol ACH-47 "Armed/Armored Chinook" press photo found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Boeing-Vertol-Division-Press-Photo-/190704761031?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c66e3b8c7

A Challenger I hull was trialled with the Marconi Marksman anti-aircraft turret (pictures attached) and according to multiple publications a Challenger I hull was also trialled with the Vickers GBT 155mm turret, does anyone have any pictures of this combination? There seems to be a distinct lack...

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...

During the dark days of WW2 the british developed a LMG based on thr Bren in case the Bren factory got bombed. Does anyone here have any information on this weapon?

Before ASTOR (which became Sentinel) there was CASTOR (Corps Airborne Stand-Off Radar), which came in two forms as follows: Army: CASTOR-I, this was Britten-Norman Islander with the RSRE / Thorn-EMI SAR*- this aircraft has been relatively well documented RAF: CASTOR-C, this was to use the...

. 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...

In one of the books on Chieftain there is a section on a project to equip it with either Malkara or Swingfire? I think its in the Ian Allan book. Has anyone got the info to hand? Many thanks in advance.

During WWII the British Army came up with the idea of an Assault Tank to defeat German emplaced anti tank guns (PAK) via artillery suppression. Trialled with Churchills the idea was that the assault tank unit would advance into a friendly artillery bombardment that would suppress the anti tank...

I have come across a couple of references to an infantry version of Swingfire that seems to have not been Beeswing (regular Swingfire mounted in a rack on a Land rover or trailer). Kenneth Macksey makes reference to it in 'The Tanks; The History of the Royal Tank Regiment, 1945-1975' in which he...

An interesting issue, to me at least, the 183mm gun mounted on the FV4005 used some sort of autoloader, such a feature does not seem to appear on the FV215...

From theworacle via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFbbc00jnbQ