Apache AH1, worth it or not?
We were having an interesting chat about the acquisition on another post recently and we veered onto the subject of the Westland Apache AH1, problems with its …
Mortars, MBE
I saw this over the weekend and thought what a cracking story. Makes a nice change to the usual line of party donors and regional news broadcasters getting …
Warthog out on the ranges
Does anyone care to take a bet on whether these will make it into Army 2020? The video would suggest that the 9th/12th Lancers are using Warthog as a CVR(T) …
Training for Everywhere but Afghan
Some significant news I feel in the last few days on the MoD website. The first complete British Army brigade to go through a training cycle for years …
Royal Engineers at Work #Sappers
Whilst browsing Flickr I found this great set of images from John Oram of the Combat Support Boat On a cold, sunny March afternoon, I chanced upon an Army …
Terrier, Renown Engineering and D Day
Three seemingly unconnected things came together today. First was me finishing updating the post about Sir Percy Hobart, the 79th Armoured Division and the …
D Day – Sir Percy Hobart and the Funnies of the 79th
Seems it is a good time to dust off and refresh a couple of older posts There are so many aspects of Operation Neptune (the assault phase of Overlord) that are …
Army Brown
Did we discuss this, not sure? From Akzo Nobel The Ministry of Defence (MoD) asked AkzoNobel – makers of paints and coatings such as Intergard, Sikkens and …
More FOB Life
This time, at the more luxurious end of the scale
Farewell Scimitar
Was that the least convincing display of ‘putting a brave face on it’
Meet the Challenger 2
A couple of nice videos
The Quiet Revolution?
“An Officer and a Gentlewoman” by Heloise Goodley is a rather entertaining account of the experience of a city banker with no military experience …
Royal Engineers Search Team (REST) at Work
Playing hide and seek with IED’s
Man and machine in perfect harmony
A soldier of 22 Regiment Royal Engineers, part of 1 Mechanized Brigade is pictured supervising the reinforcement of security at FOB (Forward Operating Base) …
UK Forces in Mali
Some good media from UK forces in Mali, the Sentinel aircraft returning home and a ministerial visit …
The Fuel Dispensing Rack
The Fuel Dispensing Rack has been obtained by the MoD from the German company WEW Clever
Springer – A Museum Piece
On display at the Imperial War Museum
The CT40
With FRES Specialist Vehicle news rather thing on the ground a recent visit to the CTA International factory in France from the Chief of the General Staff, …
Observation Post Life
A great set of images from the British Army’s Facebook page; a puffing billy and a Hesco corner settee and bedside table combination, tinned sausages and …