Combatives is the modern term for hand-to-hand fighting. It is something that has been formalised and widely adopted by some ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the early eighties, the Army conducted a Battle Attrition Study and Review of Ammunition Rates and Scales for high-intensity combat operations. This was combined with projected usage of Bar mines, ...

The areas around Umm Qasr and the Al Faw peninsula in Iraq were subject to a range of amphibious and mine clearance activities in 2003, it was a vital component of Operation TELIC. Before the conflict ...

The L21A1 RARDEN is a British 30 mm autocannon used as a combat vehicle weapon used principally on Scimitar, Fox, and Warrior. Development of the 30 mM L21 RARDEN Cannon # The 30 mm RARDEN cannon ...

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 ...

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 ...

As we reach the end of the series, two questions remain. Is 11 Brigade heading towards a credible Light Strike formation, and if not, what might a practical alternative look like? On the first, the ...

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 vehicles described above all fit within that gauge. The Alterra 450 from Arctic Cat in the USA is a representative mid-range ATV that uses a 443cc single-cylinder, liquid cooled, EFI engine. The ...