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 ...

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 ...

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 limitations inherent with air transport, especially aircraft internal carriage, create difficult mobility challenges. The designers of the Lightweight MLRS at LTV Aerospace came up with a great ...

Is mobility ever a bad thing? Probably not, but it always results in compromise. Where you draw that compromise line will depend on many factors, but for systems like GMLRS, the UK and other users ...

You may have noticed that, in all the posts, are pictures of British Army soldiers and equipment involved with field defences. This was deliberate to illustrate a point that it is not ignoring the ...

Physical barriers (apart from wire and ditches) include concrete blocks, beams, and posts, in addition to various improvised obstacles such as vehicles and logs. Self-evidently, of little utility ...

Both Ukraine and Russia have made use of small UGV’s to attack field defences, it is difficult to see a future where these are not a real future threat. Smaller devices have been fielded in Ukraine.

Barbed wire is a type of fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It typically consists of two or more strands of steel wire twisted together, with ...

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 ...