Do military motorcycles and e-bikes have a future in the British Army, a few thoughts on the subject ..read more

The purpose of this article is to introduce the Container Transport System (CTS) and explain the capabilities it brings to both the warfighter and the emergency management executive. A guest post from Marc Diaz Introduction The idea for the CTS came from my experience in disaster response. Incredibly, on August 17th, I experienced a significant ..read more

Nellie was the nickname used for a unique trenching machine that owed its existence to Winston Churchill, it was not, however, a great success. Nellie – The Early Years When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Neville Chamberlain appointed Winston Churchill to the Cabinet as First Lord of the Admiralty. Wasting no time he immediately revisited ..read more

This is post 1 of 1 in the series “The 1982 Falkand Islands Conflict” The Atlantic Conveyor was built on the Tyne by Swan Hunter and delivered to Cunard in 1970 as part of their contribution to the Atlantic Container Line consortium. It would go on to be sunk by enemy action in the 1982 ..read more

We could argue all day about the definition of Britishness in war films but we all know what it means. This is the Think Defence list of the Top 25 British War Films The definition of a British War Film is one that is largely British in character, they may have been directed by non-British ..read more

The Future of the British Army - Medium-Term Plan - Part A ..read more

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This is a reprint and refresh of an older post on the story of the Atlantic Conveyor, one of many incredible stories to come out of the conflict. Before The Atlantic Conveyor was built on the Tyne by Swan Hunter and delivered to Cunard in 1970 as part of their contribution to the Atlantic Container ..read more

The British Army will replace its iconic fleet of Land Rover Defenders by around 2030 under the General Support Utility Programme (GSUP). A recent (now closed) Request for Information (RFI) summarised the requirement as… The Army are seeking market information as to military light utility platforms as part of an initial scoping of options to replace Land Rover and other similar vehicles as part of the General Support Utility Platform Programme. Companies are invited to provide information on current and developing military utility platforms. Variants of interest include General Support, Ambul ..read more

Continuing with the occasional series of posts centred on light role infantry, this one looks at the role of small engineering plant. Generally, light role infantry will have a handful of quad bike all-terrain vehicles (ATV) on hand, and potentially some Land Rover or pickup truck-type vehicles. This is the start point for this post, within that matrix of vehicles and assault pioneer groups, does having some hydraulic support make a meaningful difference to their tasks. These tasks may be as simple as digging a fire trench, driving a number of pickets into the ground for wire entanglements, di ..read more