The Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle (CLV) entered service in June 2008, a result of the Future Command and Liasion Vehicle (FCLV) programme. Almost immediately after entry into service, BAE was ...

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 ...

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Think Defence is a hobby, a serious hobby, but a hobby nonetheless. I have removed those annoying adverts, but hosting fees, software subscriptions and other services add up. To help me keep the show ...

Work has commenced on a new port facility at Port Stanley that will replace the post-conflict FIPASS. Probably the most ingenious and revolutionary bit of ship-to-shore logistics capability that no ...

y 2011, the Future Reserves Commission published its first report. This was followed by the announcement most people had foreseen, a further reduction in Army personnel numbers. Army 2020 would ...

Euclid’s Army aims to force people to think about how armies should equip, train and organise for land warfare in the 21st Century This should be with equipment that exists today and based on a far ...

The first and most obvious option is to stay the course with the current Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) programme and try to get a single vehicle to meet all the requirements, i.e. the Common Base ...

It is impossible to tell the tale of CVR(T), and by extension, FRES, without understanding the role of the ‘Tank Factory’ At Chobham Common, or more commonly, Chertsey. The area had been used for ...

CVR(T)’s operational service in the seventies had demonstrated the vehicle’s exceptional mobility and ease of deployment. This meant it was to find a role in the Falklands Conflict in 1982, although ...

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 ...