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How an Army Prints Maps

Geographic survey and cartography is about more than just printing maps but despite the plethora of electronic displays available, they still need to be printed

October 11, 2021 No Comments

Water Beyond the Shore

Look at any of the marketing material for any new combat vessel these days and there is always a reference to the potable water generation

November 8, 2015 7 Comments

3D Printing Buildings

Back in the deepest archives at TD Towers is a 2011 post on 3D printing for buildings and field fortifications using a technique called contour crafting.

October 23, 2015 3 Comments

A member of 9 Parachute Squadron 23 Engineer Regiment keeps watch during the construction of the next phase of Route Trident in Helmand, Afghanistan. A digger is pictured moving the foundations of the road in the background.

Are we losing the art of digging?

In the last decade or more of operations in the Middle East, the enemy’s that British forces have faced had not had a great deal

September 26, 2015 31 Comments

Faun HGMS-IV

Faun have introduced a new product called the HGMS-IV, or Heavy Ground Mobility System – Independent Variant. HGMS is the heavy variant of the familiar

September 14, 2015 No Comments