Moving Forward It would be easy to bemoan the lost opportunities but if the British Army is to move forward, it must look forward. This means first asking whether we need a specialist air manoeuvre vehicle or could we make…
In the previous post, I looked at personal transport and load carrying for light role forces; hand carts, bicycles, motorcycles and quad bikes (ATV’s). I tend to think their utility is limited to fairly niche roles but essentially, well worth…
This section is not about personal load carrying as in bets, plate carriers and rucksacks, but wheeled devices that can take the load off the soldiers back and means of improving mobility. History An oft-overlooked but important requirement during WWII…
Exhibited at Seawork International by Henshaw Inflatables and marketed by Superyacht Tenders and Toys was a smart craft called the iLC (inflatable Landing Craft). It pretty much does what the name implies, no explanation needed, but I thought could be…
Does anyone know what they will look like? I ask because there seems to be a dearth of released information, this doesn’t, of course, mean the information is not there, it means it has not been published. That hasn’t stopped…
The current Life Extension Programme (LEP) for the British Army’s 227 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks has been failing to deliver anything for some time. It started as an ambitious programme but as industrial capability and financial reality has dawned,…
It is not very often that I have an idea that I don’t think is a bit suspect, so these days, I tend to write about things and pose a question, but on this one, the more I think about…
Is there a point with technology systems in defence where you have to ask, should we. This is the Lockheed Martin Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) An unmanned load carrier, it is designed for autonomous and even beyond line of…
Vehicle convoys have been conducted around Latvia and Lithuania to bring the masses of equipment and vehicles to their final destinations for the exercise. The convoy destined for Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, arrived late in the afternoon as onlookers stared bemused.…
