In 2014 the current Secretary of State for Defence welcomed the prospect of opening ground close combat (GCC) roles to women, which was reinforced by the Prime Minister in December 2015. However the Secretary of State noted that lifting the…
Watch any science fiction film and the soldiers always seem to have a heads up display where information is fused seamlessly and presented to the wearer. Whilst science and technology marches on at a relentless pace, the current state of…
Watch this video all the way through, incredible moves by the Japanese fire rescue teams with their very cooperative casualties. and then this one It strikes me that for moving in an urban environment there is perhaps one or two…
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 of indirect fire capability. Although Iraqi forces in 2003 certainly did have them and used them,…
Some interesting figures on ammunition expenditure and cost range for operations in Afghanistan. The cost depends on individual ammunition natures and contract costs. Quantities include training usage
Whatever happened to the £2b 15 year partnership contract with BAE for small arms and medium calibre ammunition such as mortar bombs and artillery shells, the Munitions Acquisition Supply Solution (MASS)? This was let in 2008 and the certainty of…
The MoD have issued a contract to FN Herstal SA Machine guns. The International Guns, Missiles and Rockets team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, intends to place a 5 year contract (with the option to extend for a…
It’s no secret that the A2 has had a hard few years, with prolonged use in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s also ironic that after many modifications it is now a respected weapon, but one without any real chance of newer…
The Tactical Extraction Platform from Escape International in France is designed to carry up to 10 personnel, providing facilities for them to be rapidly extracted. It has found some success with rescue organisations, especially those involved with forest fire fighting.…
