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Javelin has now replaced Milan in the anti-tank troops. Since this orbat was introduced the HK 40mm GMG has come into service- presumably in the HMG troops. Also the Hirtenberger M6 60mm "Commando" mortar which has replaced the 1x 51mm mortar in each close combat troop. (These weapons are also...

In the past 10 years or so, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Spain have all stopped conscription, while in others such as Denmark and Germany both the length of time spent in the military and the number of men actually inducted has been reduced.

Would you bring back a proper support coy i.e. one with anti-tank, assault pioneer and mortar platoons?

I think it's worth mentioning that in the First World War both the Prime Minister (Herbert Asquith) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (Canadian-born Andrew Bonar Law) of Britain lost sons killed in action. In fact two of Bonar Law's sons were killed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Asquith...

There have been other suspects too. No-one has ever been arrested or charged.

That's going to happen anyway, if the results of the recent municipal elections in the UK are anything to go by! Seriously though, I think your fears may be unfounded. Most of the recent documentaries I have seen on British forces lately have followed soldiers into the thick of action. In the...

So Bo did you become a pilot as you wanted to?

3 PARA and Canadians in Kandahar province: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3b7_1208813522

Last Fijian or South African more like! I know quite a few South Africans and Zimbabweans in the Brit forces, some of whom hold dual citizenship with UK so might not have come up in the figures mentioned in the article. I read another article which reckoned one infantry battalion (1 PWRR I...

New Gurkha Terms and Conditions of Service: http://www.army.mod.uk/brigade_of_gurkhas/new_gtacos.htm Things are being changed to bring them more into line with the rest of the British Army.

I managed to find the information on another site. Here is a detailed breakdown of the CAR pre-1977: The CAR war establishment was published on 27 Feb, 1968 as Canadian Forces War Establishment 14/1. It was used as the basis for the organization of the formation which was activated on 8 April...

Sorry to resurrect this thread but I have a couple of questions on the structure of the CAR pre-1977. If I am correct there was an airborne HQ & signal squadron, 1 Commando Aeroportee (A, B, C Coys), 2 Abn Commando (D, E, F Coys), 1 Abn Battery, 1 Abn Field Eng Sqn, and the Abn Service Coy. My...

Okay there is some nonsense in that article. Jenkins mentions the South African Ratel and Eland being two of the best armoured vehicles in the world. The Ratel was/is a great vehicle , and certainly South African, but the Eland was nothing more than a licence-produced version of the French...

Far more of us South Africans than you Canadians there though mate!