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). In this series, I examine…
In this guest post, Matthew Ford discusses the British Army and the (new) calibre debate.
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. Although it may be considered a…
To close this series, a look at growth paths and alternative weapons. Growth Paths and Alternative Weapons Growth Paths One of the original requirements was that the complex weapons must…
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. Loading and Unloading…
The limitations inherent with air transport, especially aircraft internal carriage, create difficult mobility challenges. The weight of the payload as a percentage of the fully loaded weight is illustrative. HIMARS…
A short series that examines options for restoring mobility to long-range ground launched precision weapons Is mobility ever a bad thing? Probably not, but it always results in compromise. Where…
The Individual Protection Kit (IPK), or KIP, was a Military Experimental Engineering Establishment (MEXE) design from the fifties. Its purpose was to provide infantry with an easily carried method of…