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# Think Defence

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## Posts
- [The Bayonet is Obsolete: The case for change in extremely close quarters combat](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2026/09/the-bayonet-is-obsolete-the-case-for-change-in-extremely-close-quarters-combat/): “The bayonet is obsolete.” And with those four words, I had kicked a hornet’s nest.
- [Light Strike Revisited: From Concept to Contemporary Relevance – Think Defence 2026 (2)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2026/09/light-strike-revisited-from-concept-to-contemporary-relevance-think-defence-2026-2/): The Light Strike series started with a practical question.
- [Light Strike Revisited: From Concept to Contemporary Relevance – Think Defence 2026 (1)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2026/08/light-strike-revisited-from-concept-to-contemporary-relevance-think-defence-2026-1/): As we reach the end of the series, two questions remain. Is 11 Brigade heading towards a credible Light Strike formation, and if not, what might a practical alternative look like?
- [Light Strike Revisited: From Concept to Contemporary Relevance – 11 Brigade](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2026/07/light-strike-revisited-from-concept-to-contemporary-relevance-11-brigade/): The British Army’s 11 Brigade is currently transitioning into a specialised tactical recce-strike role, often described as the Army’s first ‘drone brigade’. After a period as the Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB), it was re-designated in November 2024 as a combat-focused unit within the Land Special Operations Force. In its previous role, 11 Brigade, it
- [Light Strike Revisited: From Concept to Contemporary Relevance – TD’s 2018 Concept](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2026/07/light-strike-revisited-from-concept-to-contemporary-relevance-tds-2018-concept/): Yet, as I analysed in my 2018 proposal for the Light Strike Brigade and revisited more recently, that earlier approach carried significant limitations that undermined its effectiveness in anything approaching contemporary operating environments.
- [Light Strike Revisited: From Concept to Contemporary Relevance – 24 Airmobile Brigade](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2026/07/light-strike-revisited-from-concept-to-contemporary-relevance-24-airmobile-brigade/): 24 Airmobile Brigade was not conventionally balanced, it was organised to task within the Multi-National Airmobile Division (MNAD)
- [Light Strike Revisited: From Concept to Contemporary Relevance – An Introduction](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2026/07/light-strike-revisited-from-concept-to-contemporary-relevance-an-introduction/): For well over a decade, I have returned periodically to the theme of 'Light Strike', a mobile, agile, and firepower-focused approach to force design that sits between traditional light infantry and heavier armoured or medium-weight formations.
- [Euclid’s Army, Think Defence and the Book “What I wrote.”](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/11/euclids-army-think-defence/): Euclid's Army aims to force people to think about how armies should equip, train and organise for land warfare in the 21st Century
- [Resupply Reduction – Summary](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/11/resupply-reduction/): Wrapping up the series on reducing resupply, I think it is important to note that there are certainly means of reducing demand across the three main commodity categories of water, food, and power.
- [Resupply Reduction — Power](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/11/resupply-reduction-power/): In short, interesting, but not really any resupply reduction advantages.
- [Resupply Reduction — Rations](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/10/resupply-reduction-rations/): In this part of the 'reducing resupply', a look at rations, and food more generally.
- [Resupply Reduction — Water](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/09/resupply-reduction-water/): Continuing the supply reduction series, this one is about water.
- [Resupply Reduction — Introduction](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/09/resupply-reduction-introduction/): This series began with a discussion about the necessity to minimise resupply vehicle movements between echelons, considering the potential prevalence of FPVs and UAS on a modern battlefield.
- [Leadership and Retention — Part 2](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/09/leadership-and-retention-part-2/): There seems to be something wrong with (some of) our Captain’s today
- [Leadership and Retention — Part 1](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/08/leadership-and-retention-part-1/): Leadership and Retention — and where we have gone wrong
- [Replacing the Quad Bike ATV — Conclusions](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/08/replacing-the-quad-bike-atv-conclusions/): In this final part of the Replacing the Quad Bike ATV series, I am going to start with a few questions.
- [Replacing the Quad Bike ATV — Trailers](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/08/replacing-the-quad-bike-atv-trailers/): Trailers, storage, and stowage are essential parts of any quad bike ATV replacement and as an integrated solution, they should ideally be acquired jointly under a single programme.
- [Replacing the Quad Bike ATV — Options](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/05/replacing-the-quad-bike-atv-options/): They are split into two groups, those that fit within the double CDS footprint, and are about the same size as the in-service Yamaha Grizzly ATV's, and those that are slightly larger.
- [Replacing the Quad Bike ATV — Requirements](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/04/replacing-the-quad-bike-atv-requirements/): The in-service Yamaha Grizzly quad bike ATVs have provided solid service for many years, but spares are increasingly difficult to obtain, and they might need replacing soon.
- [Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) — Comment and Proposal](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/04/light-mobility-vehicle-lmv-comment-and-proposal/): The first and most obvious option is to stay the course with the current Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) programme and try to get a single vehicle to meet all the requirements, i.e. the Common Base Platform (CBP).
- [Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) — Runners and Riders](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/04/light-mobility-vehicle-lmv-runners-and-riders/): This latest version has centred on the SF type specification that could potentially meet the Light Mobility Vehicle — Tactical Vehicle requirement, although arguably less so for the others.
- [Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) — Power Systems, Weapons, and Protection](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/03/light-mobility-vehicle-lmv-power-systems-weapons-and-protection/): Continuing the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) series, this one looks at power systems, weapons, and protection.
- [Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) — Payloads](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/03/light-mobility-vehicle-lmv-payloads/): In this third part of the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) series, payloads, logistics, and fuel.
- [Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) — Ambulance and C2](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/03/light-mobile-vehicle-lmv-ambulance-and-c2/): Which leaves the non-protected ambulance variants with Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV). The LMV requirement is for the Battlefield Ambulance to be an 'Enhanced Lift' variant, indicating a larger payload vehicle, with a MEDEVAC cabin for 1 to 3 casualties.
- [Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) — History and Considerations](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/03/light-mobility-vehicle-history-and-considerations/): The British Army's Land Rover and Pinzgauer vehicles are to be replaced by 2030 by a group of vehicles called the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV).
- [The False Promise of New Technology](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/02/the-false-promise-of-new-technology/): In this guest post, Matthew Ford discusses the British Army and the (new) calibre debate.
- [The JCB Fastrac](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/02/the-jcb-fastrac/): The JCB Fastrac is a high-speed agricultural and utility tractor that has an unusual ability to operate at higher road speeds than conventional designs.
- [Pocket Rockets — Growth and Summary](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/02/pocket-rockets-growth-and-summary/): To close this series, a look at growth paths and alternative weapons.
- [Pocket Rockets — Towing Vehicles](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/02/pocket-rockets-towing-vehicles/): The missile pod(s) must be towed to overcome air transportability hurdles, the next challenge is how they can be loaded, unloaded, and transported to where they're needed.
- [Pocket Rockets — Mobility Options](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/02/pocket-rockets-mobility-options/): The limitations inherent with air transport, especially aircraft internal carriage, create difficult mobility challenges.
- [Pocket Rockets — Requirements and Challenges](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/02/pocket-rockets-requirements-and-challenges/): The opening of the Pocket Rockets series, on restoring mobility to long-range ground-launched precision weapons, and the compromises that follow.
- [Field Defences — Series Summary](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/01/field-defences-series-summary/): The close of the field defences series, from shelters and trenches to wire, ditches and the tools used to build them.
- [Tube and Clamp Systems for Field Defences](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/01/tube-and-clamp-systems-for-field-defences/): I have briefly touched on tube and clamp systems, and various forms of scaffolding, but I thought I would bring them together in a single post.
- [A Modern Day IPK](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/01/a-modern-day-ipk/): The Individual Protection Kit (IPK), or KIP, was a Military Experimental Engineering Establishment (MEXE) design from the fifties.
- [Timber and Aggregate Processing](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/01/timber-and-aggregate-processing/): Everything is finite, engineers have to balance training time and cost, and it might be more sensible to simply cultivate host nation arrangements. There will be quarries and crushing plant, and timber mills and a forestry industry (especially in Northern Europe).
- [Digging Tools](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/01/digging-tools/): So what I thought I would do in this part of the series is look at a handful of niche digging tools, just to add to the mix of those covered in those other posts.
- [Physical Barriers](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/01/physical-barriers/): Physical barriers (apart from wire and ditches) include concrete blocks, beams, and posts, in addition to various improvised obstacles such as vehicles and logs.
- [Counter UGV Barriers](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/01/counter-ugv-barriers/): Both Ukraine and Russia have made use of small UGV's to attack field defences, it is difficult to see a future where these are not a real future threat.
- [Barbed Wire and Concertina Tape](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/01/barbed-wire-and-concertina-tape/): Barbed wire and concertina are highly effective against both vehicles and personnel.
- [Anti Tank Ditches](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/01/anti-tank-ditches/): Anti-tank ditches (or trenches) are extremely effective, if one has the time and engineering plant.
- [Counter Drone Nets](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/12/counter-drone-nets/): Counter drone nets and mesh screens, options and discussion
- [Sandbags and Gabions](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/12/sandbags-and-gabions/): Sandbags and gabions form an essential and enduring component of field defence capability.
- [Sangars](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/12/sangars/): A sangar is a protected sentry post, normally located around the perimeter of a base.
- [Battle Trenches and Fighting Positions](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/12/battle-trenches-and-fighting-positions/): Battle trenches and fighting positions for small groups of individual soldiers, crew served weapons, or vehicles, are intended to provide shelter, concealment, and protection from enemy fire.
- [Above Ground Protected Shelters](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/12/above-ground-protected-shelters/): Above ground protected shelters are used for rest areas, medical facilities, HQ and CP functions, storage, and equipment care.
- [Underground Shelters and Bunkers](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/12/underground-shelters-and-bunkers/): Larger underground shelters (bunkers) can be used for higher level command posts, vehicle and ammunition storage, data centres, first line equipment support, personnel rest locations and medical facilities.
- [A Modern Day MEXE Shelter](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/12/a-modern-day-mexe-shelter/): During the early sixties, MEXE developed a multipurpose buried shelter system called the MEXE Shelter, or Field Shelter Mk2 or Mk 3
- [The Overburdened Infantry](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/12/the-overburdened-infantry/): The overburdened infantry is discussed with clockwork like regularity.
- [Doubling Down on Archer](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/11/doubling-down-on-archer/): Having just entered service as an interim capability, Archer is eventually planned to be replaced by the Boxer RCH 155.
- [Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2024/11/unattended-ground-sensors-ugs/): Military Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) have enduring value, the British Army should invest more in them

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## Think Defence Knowledge Base
- [76 mm L23A1 Gun](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/76-mm-l23a1-gun/): The development of the 76 mm L23A1 gun was linked to the British Army’s Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) (CVR(T)) programme of the 1960s, which sought a family of lightweight, air-transportable armoured vehicles optimised for reconnaissance and fire support roles.
- [30 mm L21 RARDEN Cannon](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/30-mm-l21-rarden-cannon/): The L21A1 RARDEN is a British 30 mm autocannon used as a combat vehicle weapon used principally on Scimitar, Fox, and Warrior.
- [Daimler Ferret Armoured Car](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/daimler-ferret-armoured-car/): The Daimler Ferret Scout Car was a British 4x4 armoured reconnaissance vehicle produced from 1952 to 1971, with 4,409 units built for liaison and scouting roles.
- [MEXEFLOTE](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/mexeflote/): The Mexeflote is a modular pontoon in service with the British and Australian armed forces and is primarily used to transfer vehicles, stores, and equipment from ship to shore.
- [The Sprung Idler Test Vehicle (SITV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/the-sprung-idler-test-vehicle-sitv/): The Sprung Idler Test Vehicle (SITV) was a specialised experimental platform developed under the auspices of the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment (MVEE) at Chertsey.
- [Ajax – History](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/ajax-history/): Ajax is a reconnaissance vehicle family (formerly Scout SV), developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army.
- [Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/generic-vehicle-architecture-gva/): Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA) is an open, modular and scalable architectural approach applied to the design of military vehicles and systems.
- [Mobile Advanced Robotics Defence Initiative (MARDI)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/mobile-advanced-robotics-defence-initiative-mardi/): The Mobile Advanced Robotics Defence Initiative (MARDI) was a United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme initiated in 1989 at the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE) in Chertsey, Surrey.
- [Future Protected Vehicle (FPV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/future-protected-vehicle-fpv/): The Future Protected Vehicle (FPV) capability vision was a research project initiated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 2009.
- [Foxhound](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/foxhound/): Foxhound is a lightweight protected patrol vehicle (LPPV) in service with the British Army, designed for high mobility and blast resistance.
- [Mastiff](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/mastiff/): The Mastiff protected patrol vehicle (PPV) is a British-adapted variant of the American Cougar mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle, originally developed by Force Protection Inc. (later acquired by General Dynamics).
- [Atmospheric Water Generation](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/atmospheric-water-generation/): Atmospheric water generation provides an alternative option.
- [Boxer (Variants)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/boxer-variants/): The Boxer combat vehicle is available in several variants by virtue of modules, with some variants requiring a change to the chassis.
- [Boxer (Vehicle Details)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/boxer-vehicle-details/): The ARTEC Boxer is a wheeled or tracked armoured vehicle, this article describes its general capabilities and vehicle details.
- [Stormer](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/stormer/): Stormer is a British armoured vehicle derived from the CVR(T)
- [Vector](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/vector/): Pinzgauer Vector was a lightly armoured 6×6 protected patrol vehicle used by the British Army from 2006 to 2012 to supplement the Snatch Land Rover.
- [Saxon](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/saxon/): Saxon was a wheeled armoured personnel carrier used by the British Army from 1984 to
- [County Tractors](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/county-tractors/): County Tractors were a British agricultural vehicle manufacturer, with some of their vehicle briefly used by the British Army.
- [Reynolds Boughton RB44](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/reynolds-boughton-rb44/): The Reynolds Boughton RB44 was a British Army multipurpose 4×4 light utility truck manufactured by Reynolds Boughton. It was designated Truck Utility Heavy and was withdrawn from service in 2010.
- [Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked CVR(T) – Variants](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/combat-vehicle-reconnaissance-tracked-cvrt-variants/): In the fifty years Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked CVR(T) was in service, there were the core variants, joined by various proposals, alternative turrets and development concepts.
- [Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/light-protected-patrol-vehicle-lppv/): The UK MoD's Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV) programme, launched in 2008, procured blast-resistant 4x4 vehicles to replace Snatch Land Rovers, selecting the Force Protection Foxhound
- [Alvis 4 and Alvis 8](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/alvis-4-and-alvis-8/): The Alvis 4 and 8 (often called Mamba) were mine protected vehicles developed for the British Army in the Balkans.
- [Tempest Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/tempest-mine-protected-vehicle-mpv/): The Tempest Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) is a 4x4 armoured vehicle developed for the British Army by Supacat to meet the specific needs of Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams in the Royal Engineers.
- [Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked CVR(T) – History](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/combat-vehicle-reconnaissance-tracked-cvrt-history/): Projects and programmes before Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked CVR(T) were somewhat complex and convoluted and it has taken me a few years and one or two errors to get the full story.
- [Alvis Stalwart Amphibious Load Carrier](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/alvis-stalwart-amphibious-load-carrier/): The Alvis Stalwart was a unique British amphibious load carrier from the 1960s.
- [Alvis Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/alvis-saracen-armoured-personnel-carrier-apc/): The FV603 Alvis Saracen was a six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier developed by Alvis Vehicles Ltd in the early 1950s for personnel transport and internal security roles in post-war British Army service.
- [Alvis Saladin Armoured Car](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/alvis-saladin-armoured-car/): The Alvis Saladin (FV601) was a British 6×6 wheeled armoured car of the Cold War period.
- [Dragonfire Laser Weapon](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/dragonfire-laser-weapon/): The DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) represents a pivotal advancement in the United Kingdom's defence capabilities, marking a transition from traditional kinetic munitions to high-energy, precision-based systems.
- [Mounted Close Combat Overwatch (MCCO)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/mounted-close-combat-overwatch-mcco/): The Mounted Close Combat Overwatch (MCCO) programme forms part of the British Army's broader Battle Group Organic Anti-Armour (BGOAA) initiative, which seeks to enhance organic fire support capabilities within mechanised and armoured formations
- [Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle (CLV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/panther-command-and-liaison-vehicle-clv/): The Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle (CLV) entered service in June 2008, a result of the Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (FCLV) programme.
- [Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/mechanised-infantry-vehicle-miv/): The British Army Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) programme is a major armoured vehicle procurement initiative for the British Army that will deliver a modern, wheeled mechanised infantry capability.
- [Future Rapid Effects System (FRES)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/future-rapid-effects-system-fres/): Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) was a Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme to procure a family of vehicles for the British Army that would bridge the capability gap between heavy armour and light forces.
- [Multi Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/multi-role-armoured-vehicle-mrav-boxer/): The British Army's Multi Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) programme was a 1990s multinational initiative with Germany and the Netherlands, aiming to procure modular 8x8 wheeled armoured vehicles to replace FV432 and Saxon fleets but was abandoned by the UK in 2003.
- [Folding Boat Equipment (FBE)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/folding-boat-equipment-fbe/): Folding Boat Equipment (FBE) was a pre-war British Army bridging system designed to provide a lightweight and flexible means of crossing wide wet gaps that continued in service until the sixties.
- [ScaffFloat](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/scaffloat/): ScaffFloat is a small company in Cornwall that markets an innovative pontoon system that uses commercially available scaffolding components.
- [The Inglis Bridge](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/the-inglis-bridge/): The first Inglis bridge stemmed from work carried out in 1913 on an infantry bridge.
- [Land Precision Strike](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/land-precision-strike/): Land Precision Strike is a requirement from the British Army for a ground-launched precision-guided weapon that can be used at long range, 80 km plus.
- [The Port at Port Stanley](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/the-port-at-port-stanley/): Work has commenced on a new port facility at Port Stanley that will replace the post-conflict FIPASS.
- [The SAS Raid on Pebble Island](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/the-sas-raid-on-pebble-island/): The SAS raid on Pebble Island (also known as Operation Prelim) stands out as one of the most audacious and successful special forces operations of the 1982 Falklands War.
- [The San Carlos FOB (Forward Operating Base)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/the-san-carlos-fob-forward-operating-base/): The San Carlos FOB would also serve as a replacement for a carrier, should, in the medium term, one of them become unavailable due to planned maintenance or enemy activity.
- [Crossing the Sava River](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/crossing-the-sava-river/): In December 1995, U.S. Army engineers built the largest pontoon bridge since World War II across the flooded Sava River to enable the 1st Armored Division's entry into Bosnia during Operation Joint Endeavor.
- [Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (FCLV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/future-command-and-liaison-vehicle-fclv-panther/): The British Army's Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (FCLV) programme selected the Panther (Iveco LMV-based) to replace ageing Ferret, Saxon, FV432 and Land Rover platforms for command and liaison roles.
- [Multi Role Vehicle (Protected) (MRV-P)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/multi-role-vehicle-protected-mrv-p/): The British Army's Multi-Role Vehicle - Protected (MRV-P) programme represented an evolution of a long-standing requirement to replace various in-service vehicles.
- [Aviation on the Falkland Islands before the Invasion](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/aviation-on-the-falkland-islands-before-the-invasion/): Before the 1982 conflict, aviation on the Falkland Islands was increasingly important to the health, wealth, and well-being of the islanders.
- [40mm Cased Telescoped Automatic Weapon (CTAS)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/40mm-cased-telescoped-automatic-weapon-ctas/): The 40 mm CTAS, developed by the UK and France, is a medium calibre automatic weapon. It includes the CT Cannon, Ammunition Handling System, Controller, Gun Control Equipment, Gun Mount, and different types of ammunition.
- [Operational Utility Vehicle System (OUVS)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/operational-utility-vehicle-system-ouvs/): The Operational Utility Vehicle System (OUVS) programme was launched in early 2003 and announced at the Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) show by Lord Bach in the same year.
- [Future Family of Light Armoured Vehicles (FFLAV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/future-family-of-light-armoured-vehicles-fflav/): The Future Family of Light Armoured Vehicles (FFLAV) programme was a major British Army initiative launched in 1988 to modernise and rationalise its ageing fleet of light and medium armoured vehicles.
- [Family of Light Armoured Vehicles (FLAV)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/family-of-light-armoured-vehicles-flav/): Together with the British Army, the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment (MVEE) conducted a study called the Family of Light Armoured Vehicles (FLAV) that was intended to inform replacements for CVR(T), FV432, Fox and Ferret, Saxon and Saracen, and some B vehicles.
- [Tactical Reconnaissance Armoured Combat Equipment Requirement (TRACER)](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/tactical-reconnaissance-armoured-combat-equipment-requirement-tracer/): In 1992, Staff Target (Land) 4061 was issued, more commonly known as TRACER, Tactical Reconnaissance Armoured Combat Equipment Requirement, that was to be the CVR(T) replacement.
- [Bushmaster](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/bushmaster/): The Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle (PMV), also known as the Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle in its early Australian service designation, is a combat-proven 4×4 armoured vehicle developed by Thales Australia (originally under ADI Limited) primarily for the Australian Defence Force.

## Docs Categories
- [Air to Surface Munitions](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/weapons-and-systems/air-to-surface-munitions/)
- [Anti Aircraft Missiles](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/weapons-and-systems/anti-air/)
- [Anti Ship Missiles](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/weapons-and-systems/anti-ship/)
- [Anti Vehicle Missiles](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/weapons-and-systems/anti-vehicle/)
- [Aviation](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/the-falkland-islands/aviation/)
- [Battles](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/the-falkland-islands/battles/)
- [Directed Energy](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/weapons-and-systems/directed-energy/)
- [Field Engineering](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/engineering-and-logistics/field-engineering/)
- [Gap Crossing](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/engineering-and-logistics/gap-crossing/)
- [Ship to Shore](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/engineering-and-logistics/ship-to-shore/)
- [Support Vehicles](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/vehicles/support-vehicles/)
- [Surface to Surface Missile](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/weapons-and-systems/surface-to-surface-missile/)
- [Tracked Combat Vehicles](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/vehicles/tracked-combat-vehicles/)
- [Uncrewed](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/air-and-space/uncrewed/)
- [Vehicle Programmes](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/vehicles/programmes/)
- [Weapon Programmes](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/weapons-and-systems/weapon-programmes/)
- [Weapon Systems](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/weapons-and-systems/weapon-systems/)
- [Wheeled Combat Vehicles](https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/docs/vehicles/wheeled-combat-vehicles/)