In 1914 the artillery of Britain's 'Field Army' encompassed those weapons judged to have sufficient mobility to keep up with troops in the field. This book describes all major variants, from the 60-pdr guns of the heavy field batteries, perched somewhat uncomfortably on the cusp between field...
The British Army is the land warfare branch of His Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It was first formed in 1707, when the unification of England and Scotland unified their armies into one as well. During the 18th and 19th century, the Britis
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Military commanders have called the battle in the Donbas, eastern Ukraine, a "battle of fires", referring to the artillery guns used by either side to pummel the other. Russia vastly outguns Ukraine by 20 to 1 in some areas. It is why, from the president downwards...
During the Second World War the Royal Small Arms Factory supplied 4 million of these guns to the British Army. It was not popular with the soldiers because its habit of jamming when being used in battle. However, they were cheap to buy and the British government distributed them to ...
The Army was professional… Continue reading A.11, Infantry Tank Mk.I, Matilda A.22, Infantry Tank Mk.IV, Churchill NA 75 United Kingdom (1944) Infantry Tank – 200 Converted The NA 75, a workshop improvised Churchill variant, is a testament to the ingenuity of one British officer, ...
Each infantry division usually consisted of 3 infantry brigades. As each infantry brigade had a Field Regiment assigned to it, the division had 3 Field Regiments available. This led to the following hierarchy of artillery for the division. Note that it was possible for all of the guns availabl...
Lewis Gun:Originally designed by Samuel MacLean and then redesigned by Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis of the United States Coast Artillery. In 1913, after having the gun rejected by the US Army, Colonel Lewis set up production in a factory in Liege, Belgium. Before the Germans overran Belgium in...
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that soldiers from 16 Royal Artillery had conducted tests against flying targets – although the word it used was "hovering" – at the Radnor Range in mid-Wales. This latest development follows the first firing of the laser weapon from a British Ar...
To take the fort, Indian sappers moved to the front gate under covering fire from artillery guns, emplaced gunpowder on the gate itself, and opened the fortress for British exploitation. Four British regiments of foot then stormed through the gate and took the castle after bitter hand-to-...