Roll on Roll Off Gunship
Cast your mind back a few months and we discussed the potential for using transport aircraft as gunships, combat ISTAR, electronic warfare and even maritime patrol by using roll on…
UK Amphibious Capability
In the previous posts, I looked at potential precursors to amphibious or port operations, namely survey, mine countermeasures and explosive ordnance disposal. I concluded that whilst these three areas when…
UK Rapid Response – Introduction
The need to respond quickly to an emerging crisis has formed the bedrock of much of the UK’s force capability generation activity for some time. Beyond the counter-terrorism role of UK…
The Armoured Trials and Development Unit
An interesting presentation from the Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU), especially slides 8-10 that describe the difference between UOR acceptance testing and that carried out for Reliability Qualification. http://www.slideshare.net/MOD_CDE/armoured-trials-and-development-unit…
The B and C Vehicle Fleet
The MoD designates vehicles as A, B or C type. A Challenger 2 is an A Vehicle, Land Rover a B Vehicle and JCB 3CX a C Vehicle, for example.The…
The Morning After
The election campaign has concluded and votes have been cast. Whether it actually makes a great deal of difference one way or the other is debatable but what does a…