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This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and equipment being trialled.
The uniforms of the British Army currently exist in twelve categories ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock coats listed in addition). [1] Uniforms in the British Army are specific to the regiment (or corps) to which a soldier belongs. Full dress presents the most differentiation between units, and ...
The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) is a training support unit of the British Army located in Kenya. On 3 June 1964, Duncan Sandys , Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations , signed a post-independence defence agreement with the new Kenyan government.
History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes. Available online for downloading; online volumes; The standard highly detailed full coverage of operations. Haswell, Jock, and John Lewis-Stempel. A Brief History of the British Army (2017). Higham, John, ed.
The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, [9] [10] was the main military force of India until national independence in 1947. [9] Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency Armies, [11] it was responsible for the defence of both British India and the princely states, which could also have their own armies.
During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during World War I, concluded that there was a need for greater co-ordination between the three services that made up the armed forces of the United Kingdom: the Royal Navy, the British Army and the Royal Air Force.
The British Army were pioneers in tank combat but by 1939 it could be argued they were behind the times in terms of strategy and tactics, their methods based on the trench warfare of the First World War. The British Army entered the Second World War with an array of poor designs and hobbled by poor doctrine.
Isle of Man Troop, at Lord Street Army Reserve Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man [24] – formed in 2018 209 (Manchester Artillery) Battery, at Belle Vue Street Army Reserve Centre, Manchester [ 25 ] 210 (Staffordshire) Battery , at Wolseley House, Wolverhampton [ 26 ]