2011 to 2014

2011 With the ink still dry on the October 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and most people arguing about Carrier Strike, the Army was coming to terms with…

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2006 to 2010

2006 FRES A fleet review took place in January that concluded no off the shelf vehicle would meet the FRES requirement. BAE then made plans to establish a Systems Integration…

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2000 to 2005

The next five years would see a number of important events and opportunities occur in the story. 2000 to 2003 Despite TRACER and MRAV delivering tangible and viable vehicles they…

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The Nineties

The Nineties At the beginning of the nineties the British Army had in service three distinct families of non-Main Battle Tank armoured vehicles which were, in age order: FV432 –…

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The Sixties and Seventies

The Sixties Chertsey It is impossible to tell the tale of CVR(T), and by extension, FRES, without understanding the role of the 'Tank Factory' At Chobham Common, or more commonly,…

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