Training teams from across the British Army have been deployed to Ukraine since 2015, with the army's armored infantry Mercian Regiment currently providing the majority of the activity until the end of this year. Britain coordinates the training it provides to the UAF with four other nations, th...
'Dirty money' laundered in London financing Russia's war - Ukraine live They know it could mean the difference between life and death when they return to the frontline in eastern Ukraine - a major motivating factor. Captain James Oliphant, a British Army officer, helpe...
A large part of the army was Muslim, much of the war effort was likely to rest on the two Muslim majority provinces of Punjab and Bengal. The following day, the Viceroy invited Jinnah for talks on an equal footing with Gandhi…. As the Congress began to demand immediate independence, the...
While it is not yet known what type of 120mm mortar systems the Army will deploy, the average maximum range of this heavy calibre can reach up to 7.2km to 9.5km. The 120mm has become a common standard across Nato, but until now the UK had been the only major Western Army in which ...
Although elements of trench warfare have always been part of the training, there is a renewed focus on updated trench techniques and urban warfare tactics. Personnel are learning the art of moving and fighting through these fortifications, which differ from the British Army’s ‘fighting trenching’...
it is not always clear where the money goes. The navy’s fleet operates fewer frigates and destroyers than Japan, South Korea or France. The army, at its smallest in centuries, would struggle to deploy a single heavy division. Britain has admirably emptied its cupboard to arm Ukraine, but...
This objective was clearly emphasized in a Prevail appraisal of a battalion of the Ukrainian Army’s 24th Brigade “being mobilised for deployment to the frontline.” The memo was authored by Justin Hedges after a visit he paid to a military training base in the western city of Yavoriv, near...
Since 2015, British military instructors have been providing trainings for Ukrainian servicemen, who fight against pro-independence armed groups in eastern Ukraine. Since being in the East European country, the UK troops have trained some 9,500 members of Ukraine's army. ...
United Kingdom (1942-1943) Semi-Amphibious Cargo Vehicle – 3 Prototypes Built The Hexonaut’s story began between 1942 and 1943. Operating in Burma (now Myanmar) during the Second World War, the British ‘Forgotten Army’ – the 14th Army – had as much of an enemy in the harsh ...
Ukraine and sent to the frontline withnext to no training. Instead of condemning this, Johnson and his Minister of Defence, Ben Wallace, have collaborated with the Ukrainian army in a cynical scheme to package the sacrifice of civilians ascombat readyknowing that these recruits stand an even ...