Future Soldier (Pallet and Bridge Chap)
An Alternative Future Soldier from the Bridge and Pallet Chap
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April 30, 2023
The Command Post Environment
The accusation that the British Army is wedded to massive tent cities, resistant to any kind of imaginative thinking and meaningful change, is both unfair and incorrect. Whenever you discuss…
June 23, 2022
Drones in a Box
The previous post looked at the dimensional constraints and compatibility issues of putting drones in tubes, this one will look at drones in boxes. [OK, I know we mean UAS…
June 8, 2022
We Need to Talk About Germany
Let's face it, the last couple of months have exposed Germany to a lot of criticism as a European defence partner. Before we even get into gas and Roubles, Nordstream…
May 24, 2022
Revisiting the Light Strike Concept
Light Strike was new wine in old bottles idea I had a while ago, a concept based on modernising Cold War-era ideas of a highly mobile anti-tank screening force. Without…
March 30, 2022
A Digital Fence for NATO
Many years ago I wrote about a concept for a low-cost persistent surveillance devices that exploited cheap electronic components, and how they might be used for NATO border areas. The…
March 25, 2022
The L118 105mm Light Gun Replacement
The 105 mm L118 Light Gun has been in service with the British Army since 1974 and has been used continually since. Although it is a capable system, many now…
February 11, 2022
Tethered Drones
Tethered drones (or uncrewed aerial systems - UAS) offer a potential solution to the Achilles heel of the vast majority of small UAS, their endurance.
December 17, 2021