This episode in our World War I series covers the invention and development of tanks—armored vehicles designed to overcome the horrors of trench warfare. We analyze how nations like Britain, France, ...

The role of mounted cavalry seems to belong to another age. It brings to mind the Charge of the Light Brigade, the subject of the famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson; "Half a league, half a league, ...

Some 43% in the British Second Army, for example, were in the Royal Army Service Corps. Indeed, most British soldiers in Normandy weren’t in the infantry – they were driving trucks.

British Army receives 100 Ajax armored vehicles and maintains military modernization plan for 2025 (X @BritishArmy) The British Army has officially received 100 Ajax armored vehicles, marking an ...

It was reported on X, and also by the RAC themselves in a lengthy article looking to the future on 3 Armoured Cavalry Regiments and 3 MBT Regiments. Ironically, this retains the 3,3,3 set up of the ...

The US military sought to develop a tank to break the trench warfare stalemate during World War I. British and French tanks inspired the US Army to design their own armored vehicle. The US tractor ...

The British Army's Ajax armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is scheduled to reach an initial operational capability (IOC)during the second half of 2025, Janes learnt at Defence iQ's International ...

The regiments that still exist like Poona Horse are mounted in armored cars and tanks and the charge of Jodhpur Lancers at Haifa in 1918 in World War 1 was one of the very last great cavalry charges ...

19 Regt RA is a close-support artillery regiment which can fire long range in support of infantry and cavalry battlegroups and part of the 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team.

Soldier 'deserted British army for two years and went home to Malawi saying he was depressed - when in fact he didn't like job in prestigious Household Cavalry' ...

A 226-tonne steel superstructure is being delivered at Warminster Garrison to support the British Army’s Armoured Cavalry programme, commonly known as Ajax. The Ajax programme will deliver a ...

The British Army's Royal Armoured Corps has played pivotal roles throughout its history in service to the UK. David Willey, curator of the British Tank Museum, ... The cavalry found recruiting harder ...