Diminishing Returns – The British Army and its Vehicles – The Sixties
Chieftain and FV432 vehicles entered service with the British Army, and early work on what would become CVR(T)
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A Modern-Day Universal Carrier — UC23
The Bren Gun Carrier, or Universal Carrier, was a class of WWII-era vehicles unique to British and Commonwealth armies used for logistics and support weapon carriage. As you all know,…
Diminishing Returns – The British Army and its Vehicles – The Fifties
The end of WWII was followed by a period of reflection for the British Army, but not a long one. On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his 'Sinews of…
Diminishing Returns — The British Army and its Vehicles — Series Introduction
This series of blog posts is I hope a fair-minded and accurate history of the British Army’s armoured and protected mobility vehicles from the Post War period to early 2023.
Let’s Build a Tank — The UK AFV Industry
I challenge the notion that the British tank and armoured vehicle industry is dead, that we don’t buy enough, and should just jack it all in and buy Abrams or…
Anglo Engineering Concepts
A proposal from Anglo Engineering Concepts to meet British Army vehicle capability gaps and drive down support costs by adopting system engineering thinking and a design language that places the…
Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle
The history of the Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle, from its inception to the cancellation of the Capability Sustainment Programme in 2021 The Warrior infantry fighting vehicle is the mainstay of…