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, ...

Might meet the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) requirement, at high level Might exceed it Might meet only some parts of it Vehicles in category 2 and 3 are if the requirement for a common base vehicle ...

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 ...

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 ...

Having just entered service as an interim capability, Archer is eventually planned to be replaced by the Boxer RCH 155. No one is making an argument to double down on Archer, but, I am going to make ...

The Bushmaster is a combat proven vehicle that is in service with the Australian Defence Force and eight other nations, and has been successfully deployed on operations in the Middle East, Europe, ...

Swingfire was a British wire-guided anti-tank missile developed in the 1960s, seeing action in multiple theatres. The Orange William missile was cancelled in 1959. Watch this video on YouTube. Fairey ...

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