Keeping the kit in the hands of the user (Who will break it again)
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Another reason why the Army is in a state of Paralysis.
Infantry Bns are absolutely scared and its politically easier to removed CS/CSS units which are actually needed.
Rangers* are a brand new unit and some of the best guys we've got.
I think the British Army should never have amalgamated its regiments.
It should have retained all of them.
It could have made each company in a battalion carry the regiment’s name to keep it alive.
It could then have done the same with the Army Reserve.
Just a thought for tradition.
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Its not about History its about belonging to something with a sense of purpose.
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You could quite literally rebuild 1DIV from the vehicles below. Same vehicles as our closest European Ally, large numbers deployed in FLF areas already.
However we will continue with UOR vehicles, extend (but do nothing) life for another 10 years and pat ourselves on the back.
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I keep seeing Al Carns on about drones non-stop. Is he all aboard the Drone Hype and decided we dont need any manned platforms?
Maybe they both resigned because the Government wouldn't fund a massive shift to drones?
Jun 13
A British drone industry would not be a cost. It would be a renaissance.
British kit, designed here, built here, used by our forces and sold to our allies.
War has already changed. Britain needs to as well.
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The MOD talsk about drones non stop then buy 20 of them to fly around press conferences.
There is literally no plan at all!
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How have we managed to turn AJAX so bad.
Jun 6
🇱🇻 The first ASCOD Hunter IFV ordered by Latvia in late January of 2025 is entering final assembly.
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Just thinking of the recent procurement of CAVS by Lithuanian MOD.
The current FLF Battlegroups operate in Estonia with nothing more than TCVs.
Even in the 80s we had decided this was a poor idea which lead to SAXON.
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To mechanise the FLF BGs it would only require roughly 30x TCV CAVS. We would also need to replace MRW variants within CS/CSS groups.
For less than £70m we could offer a far more mobile force for the Estonian Defense Plans.
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FLF surely offers the road to modernisation for 1XX forces. Start small and experiment, building that knowledge into 1XX.
This also includes covers for USTs (@thinkdefence), better 2C nodes, 'white' fleet for non-tactical transport.
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More surviving than fighting going on here.
Feb 13
The Royal Anglian Regiment operating Jackal 2 High mobility weapons platforms carry out the role of OPFOR (Opposing Force) during a simulated attack on French troops during Op CABRIT 17 at WINTER CAMP in Tapa, Estonia.
#UK
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Absolutely jolly to America to look at something we already agreed to buy then decided we would buy..... nothing instead.
Good job if you can get it.
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14 Dec 2025
Another day, another country thinking they need a wheeled and tracked option.
UK doesnt think it needs any artillery.
14 Dec 2025
Sweden looks to buy South Korean K9 howitzers
defence-blog.com/sweden-look…
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17 Oct 2025
Would be the perfect 155mm for 1XX.
17 Oct 2025
🇸🇪 The Boden Artillery Regiment of the Swedish Ground Forces has received its first new Archer 155mm self-propelled gun based on the RMMV HX2 8x8 truck chassis.
Source in the replies.
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12 Oct 2025
Some lovely BVS10 action on a Sunday morning.
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11 Oct 2025
Unbelievable improvement to LADs and even most units if we could do something simple like this.
6T SV rated to 33T GTW. This would be a perfect Recovery use for Lightrole LADs or REME FRTs.
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11 Oct 2025
However even though the 12.5T trailer and 6T SV are both in service, there is absolutely zero chance of this happening due to reels of policy.
Simple improvements would allow 4X and 11X to become alot more self sufficient.
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27 Sep 2025
Who needs RCH when you can just road march your PZH2000s 200km .
Strong effort to get tracked vehicles that distance.
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20 Sep 2025
Keeping in mind that right now, pre Defence Investment Plan publication, everyone is in waiting mode and HMG is not giving answers; and that trying to predict British Army vehicle choices is Divination of highest complexity, my talks and observations lead me to this assessment:
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13 Sep 2025
Glorious BV road train.
Another Plaform we really should be getting more out of.
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2 Sep 2025
More FLF commitment or is the current FLF getting double hatted.
Looked like it could've been 3CDO back in the day but not sure they would be interested in this type and scale of deployment these days.
4X serious lacks any mobility and cant double hat.
2 Sep 2025
NATO Forward Land Forces, which will be deployed to Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi and Sodankylä, will involve all Nordic countries, Netherlands, Britain & France.
Sweden will have the leadership of the FLF-forces in Lapland.
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