Back in February last year I bemoaned the lack of engineering technical expertise within DE&S, not that it isn’t there but what is there is obviously in short supply which results in the MoD having to buy in technical consultants or contract specific projects. In years gone by, when the MoD was technical skills rich the kinds of projects we [...]
This is a follow up to the excellent post on small arms calibres by monty, the number and quality of comments is also a big tick in the Think Defence box, cheers fellas. As was recognised by Monty and many commenters the issue of ammunition calibre is but one part of a more complex machine comprising case, weapon, man, team [...]
To summarise our earlier proposals, we put forward a structure that saw the a structure of 2 armoured brigades and 4 mechanised infantry brigades. The armoured brigades would revert to the older square structure of 2 armoured regiments and 2 mechanised infantry battalions with associated formation reconnaissance, combat support and combat service service support elements. The existing mechanised infantry brigades [...]
A simple quote to describe the actions of Lieutenant James Adamson, recently awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in Afghanistan. In his own words… “It was a split second decision. “I either wasted vital seconds changing the magazine on my rifle or went over the top and did it more quickly with the bayonet. “I took the second option. I [...]
You always know when a piece of military kit is any good or at least useful because the first thing the MOD tries to do is to get rid of it. You also knew that when the MOD removed the tin opener from of the 24 hour ration pack that things could only go down hill, it was the only [...]
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