The Light Strike Brigade

A proposal for a British Army cavalry brigade structure that will be helicopter mobile Share on twitter Twitter Share on facebook Facebook Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on reddit Reddit…

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Observations

If you have got this far and expected a conclusion to be nothing but pointing fingers and harsh punctuation, am afraid you might be disappointed. To quote myself from the…

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Appendix A – Ajax

Ajax is a family of tracked armoured vehicles that will enter service with the British Army to replace the seventies era Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. It is derived from…

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Ajax to MIV and the Emergence of STRIKE

As SV Scout completed its assessment phase despite having been awarded a manufacturing contract, the British Army returned to the idea of a medium weight capability. 2015 January to March…

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Return to Contingency

The May 2012 NATO Summit confirmed the commitment to withdraw ISAF personnel by 2014, together with the conflict in Georgia/South Ossetia a few years earlier, rising tensions in Ukraine and…

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FRES Scout to the end of FRES

The Iraq Enquiry was to lay bare some of Army’s dirty laundry, a new government, budget black holes to fill, a defence review, transfer of many areas in Helmand to…

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FRES Changes Lane and Changes Name

The next point in the story is the change in emphasis from the wheeled Utility Variant to the tracked Reconnaissance Variant and the subsequent change in name. This was then…

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