Think Defence is a hobby, a serious hobby, but a hobby nonetheless. I want to avoid charging for content, but hosting fees, software subscriptions and other services add up, so to help me keep the ...

Continuing the supply reduction series, this one is about water. To restate, the exam question is: How can we reduce the frequency of resupply for small units when deployed? Water is essential to life ...

The vehicles described above all fit within that gauge. The Alterra 450 from Arctic Cat in the USA is a representative mid-range ATV that uses a 443cc single-cylinder, liquid cooled, EFI engine. The ...

The in-service Yamaha Grizzly quad bike ATVs have provided solid service for many years, but spares are increasingly difficult to obtain, and they might need replacing soon. In UK terminology, a quad ...

I have a lingering doubt about all many of these options and their ability to accommodate a 95th percentile soldier and their personal protective equipment, but putting that to one side for a moment, ...

The Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) faces some noteworthy payload challenges. In Part 1, I explained the trend towards higher kerb weights in modern vehicles and the hard upper limit imposed by the max 3 ...

Communications technology is rapidly changing, the Land Environment (LE) Tactical CIS (Tac CIS) is an expansive British Army programme that covers communication and information systems. BOWMAN ...

In this guest post, Matthew Ford discusses the British Army and the (new) calibre debate.. It is the lot of the infantry to hold ground and get shot at. This is the everyday history of the infantry, ...

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has rapidly accelerated the development and deployment of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), particularly first-person view (FPV) drones, which have become pivotal weapons ...

Continuing my look at defence shelters, this post looks at larger shelters, both prefabricated, and built in-situ. The defining feature of the MEXE Shelter, in the previous post, was the nature of its ...

The Military Engineering Experimental Establishment (MEXE) was established post WWII, until it was merged with the Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment to form the Military ...