Comments on: FDR – Land

By: DMN

DMN — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:19:55 +0000

2 Armoured Brigades each of 1 MBT Reg, 1 FRES Scout Reg and 2 Warrior Infantry Btlns. A total of 6 Armoured Battle Groups deployable.

2 Light Brigades along the lines of 3 Commando Brigade (3 Btlns Infantry with supporting arms). Trained (but not specialised) in Air assault, Mountain Warfare and Amphibious assaults. Along with 16AA would form the Light Division. With 3 Commando Brigade and 16AA added, that gives a total of 4 Light Brigades.

4 Medium Brigades each with 3 Btlns of FRES equipped Infantry.

All Helicopters to become a Strategic asset and not assigned to any one formation.

By: Gerry Harkin

Gerry Harkin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:16:28 +0000

My blueprint would be fairly straightforward and controversial

• 50% cut in all Colonels and above. Stop range inflation by fixing roles at the lowest level practical.

• Fix the Parachute Regiment in the Joint SFSG role at Battalion strength. This move would allow them to concentrate on a specialist role.

• Make the existing Royal Marine Commando brigade, a permanent brigade sized Joint Rapid Reaction Force. Get rid of all the other RM roles and Headquarters.

• Establish 2 Heavy (Challengers and Warriors) Brigade groups. One should be centered on the Household Division. Fix one company of each Guards Regiments in the state ceremonial role.

• Establish 6 Medium (Mastiff, etc) brigades optimized for COIN operations.

• Make all Gurkha and Commonwealth recruitment for hostilities only. All recruits should remain permanently in theatre for the duration.

By: DominicJ

DominicJ — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:21:00 +0000

I’d have thought Organisation would need to be first in a long term view.
No point argueing about what vehicles we should use in the future until we know whether we even want an armoured division.

By: Grim

Grim — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:02:31 +0000

What mix of heavy, medium and light armoured forces do we need?

What about the amount of air mobile units?

By: Richard Stockley

Richard Stockley — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:22:21 +0000

The Future of ceremonial commitments in the capital. Does a modern british army need 626 horses (2007 figures) purely for ceremonial purposes? Given the cuts and changes made to other formations, can such a large ceremonial commitment be justified?