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Breaking News - PM Cancels Tennis Lesson Amidst all the nonsense being spouted about the Police losing control of the streets a Twitter Hash Tag has emerged that is calling…
The Future of the British Army 11 – Wheels (A Less than Sensible Future Part 2)
With enduring operations in a high threat IED environment we seem to have lost the enthusiasm for highly mobile vehicles. In the context of these operational environments it is entirely…
The Future of the British Army 10 – Wheels (A Less than Sensible Future – Part 1)
In the previous post I described the somewhat varied wheeled vehicle fleet and some background to some of the decision that have resulted in the current situation. It is also…
FRES – What Might Have Been
We have covered FRES in much painful detail but one of the notable 'le grande cock ups' was the UK's decision to invest in the MRAP programme, then pull out…
FRES UV – a modest proposal for a family of “Protected Utility Vehicles”
A guest post from Jed A major part of the FRES program is to procure a fleet of “utility vehicles” to replace a very broad range of vehicles from…
Battlefield Medicine, Afghanistan 2011
Guest post from Phil; This article aims to explore the provision of medical assets, training and equipment in Afghanistan as currently practised. The provision of medical assets in theatre is…
Future Army Vehicles
A guest post from Salvador As a follow-up to my post on the OUVS (Operational Utility Vehicle System) of September 2009 I think a round-up of what is happening in…
FRES, Here’s One We Made Earlier
In all the best TV cookery shows the presenter does a spot of preparation and then swiftly opens the oven and with a 'here's one we made earlier' statement, out…