Diminishing Returns – The British Army and its Vehicles – The Sixties
Chieftain and FV432 vehicles entered service with the British Army, and early work on what would become CVR(T)
A Modern-Day Universal Carrier — UC23
The Bren Gun Carrier, or Universal Carrier, was a class of WWII-era vehicles unique to British and Commonwealth armies used for logistics and support weapon carriage. As you all know,…
Diminishing Returns – The British Army and its Vehicles – The Fifties
The end of WWII was followed by a period of reflection for the British Army, but not a long one. On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his 'Sinews of…
Diminishing Returns — The British Army and its Vehicles — Series Introduction
This series of blog posts is I hope a fair-minded and accurate history of the British Army’s armoured and protected mobility vehicles from the Post War period to early 2023.