Government respond to concern over Ajax Fighting Vehicle

Hysteria that the Ajax Fighting Vehicle fleet will be Spanish built is misleading as the majority of the work is being carried out by British firms.

Ajax successfully completes early live firing test programme

The firing involved testing the main 40mm stabilised cannon and chain gun while Ajax was static.

Queen’s Royal Hussars Test Their Metal In Germany Exercise

The Hohne tank ranges in Germany have been alive with the sounds of cannon fire over the last few days as the Queen's Royal...

New ranges at Garelochhead

New training facilities are to be constructed at the Garelochhead ranges in Scotland.
Challenger 2 Tanks in Night Firing Exercise

WATCH: British Army Live Firing Exercise

The British Army staged a brigade level exercise as part of a Land Combat Power Visit on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Many different armoured vehicles and...

Footage From British Phalanx C-RAM Battery

C-RAM firing in response to a rocket attack launched by insurgents in Basra in 2009.
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UK to send 1,000 troops to Poland

Britain will send 1,000 military personnel to take part in NATO exercises in Poland, part of an agreement with Warsaw to strengthen security ties,...

1 Scots Guards train in Denmark in Ex White Sword

  1 Scots Guards where able to use their experience with wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles from Op Herrick in Afghanistan (above). In December, the largest recent NATO...

Women eligible for close combat roles by 2016

Allowing women on the frontline would put the UK policy in line with countries like Australia and the US.

WATCH: Royal Artillery bring out the big guns

Brigadier Simon Humphrey, Exercise Director for Exercise Steel Sabre, talks about the artillery training activity.

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Baroness raises concerns over cuts and industry impact

Baroness Smith of Newnham pressed the Government for clarity on key issues, including the decommissioning of military equipment, procurement plans, and the impact of rising costs on the defence industry, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises.