In May 2025, the then First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Ben Key, produced a ‘hold my beer moment’. It came to light that, as the ...

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You might see Google adverts depending on where you are on the site, please click one if it interests you. I know they can be annoying, but they are the one thing that returns the most. Everything ...

Before the 1982 conflict, aviation on the Falkland Islands was increasingly important to the health, wealth, and well-being of the islanders. During WWII, many seaplanes visited the islands, this ...

Poor retention. Low recruitment figures. And what sometimes seems like a never-ending succession of scandals hitting the tabloids. Throw in the consequences of decades of the peace dividend, chronic ...

In this final part of the Replacing the Quad Bike ATV series, I am going to start with a few questions. The Yamaha Grizzly ones we have are now end of service life, that much is certain, with early ...

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 ...

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 ...

Battle trenches and fighting positions for small groups of individual soldiers, crew served weapons, or vehicles, are intended to provide shelter, concealment, and protection from enemy fire.

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 ...