Tag: UK
Tank Fest 2015
I spent last weekend at Bovington Tank Museum, attending Tank Fest 2015. For those who aren’t aware, Tank Fest is an annual event, where the museum brings out a selection of vehicles and has the... Read More
AFV Alphabet: R is for Rolls-Royce Armoured Car
The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) created the first British armoured car squadron in September 1914, requisitioning all Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost chassis for the new vehicle. The design had a fully ar... Read More
AFV Alphabet: P is for Pig
The Pig was a simple wheeled armoured personnel carrier, created by fitting an armoured body to a four-wheel drive 1-ton Humber truck. It was intended to be used only as an interim vehicle, until purp... Read More
AFV Alphabet: L is for Light Tank, Marks I to VI
Although “light tank” can be a generic term, in this case it refers to the series of light tanks (Marks I to VI) produced by Vickers for the British Army in the inter-war period. I’m... Read More
British Army Reviewing its Position on Women
In December, it was announced that the British Army is to review its position on women. Currently, women are accepted into the army, but certain positions (primarily infantry and tank crew) are not op... Read More
AFV Alphabet: H is for Hornet
The FV1620 Humber Hornet was an early ATGM carrier, which mounted two Malkara missiles on a Humber Pig APC. The missiles were carried on a retractable boom at the rear, which was lowered for transport... Read More
AFV Alphabet: F is for Fox
Theoretically, there are many choices for “F”, since the British army gives its armoured vehicles an FV designation. The Fox armoured car, for example, is more formally known as “FV7... Read More
AFV Alphabet: D is for Deerhound
“T17-Deerhound-armored-car-2“. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. The T17 (named Deerhound by the British) was an armoured car built in the US during World War II. Origina... Read More