More Thoughts on Logistics – Containers
One of life’s great mysteries is why Americans instinctively ‘get’ doing large stuff. It seems to be a particular US trait that they intrinsically understand the value of standardisation in…
Thoughts on Logistics – Software and Systems
In 1991 UK forces took part in the liberation of Kuwait, Operation Granby. In 1991, the armed forces truly were in Cold War mode so the achievement of mounting an…
The End of the Masshy Wagon
The march of the ISO containerised system continues. Instead of the old box body 'masshy wagon' Royal Engineers, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Royal Air Force and Royal Marines engineers…
What Does a CVR(T) Replacement Look Like – Part 2
I think we all know that this is not very likely but if we were to replace CVR(T) with something new what would it be? Before anyone chimes up and…
What Does a CVR(T) Replacement Look Like – Part 1
As we have seen in previous posts there seems to be some uncertainty about FRES Scout, whilst there is no doubt it will be an improvement over CVR(T) in terms…
Lightweight GMLRS/MLRS Alternatives
When I looked at artillery systems a few weeks ago a couple of commenters thought GMLRS was a little overkill for many situations and proposed guided mortar rounds as an…
Is Parachute Assault as Dead as Disco?
In the fever pitched briefing and counter briefing in the run in to the SDSR one of the potential routes to cut costs was to reduce the scope of the…
CVR(T) – What are we losing?
In many armed forces the role of formation reconnaissance is carried out by heavy armoured vehicles, either Main Battle Tanks or modified infantry combat vehicles actually fighting for information instead…