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Weight is determined by the Arm a soldier is in so a clerk in an Infantry unit should carry 15 kg for their AFT. The Annual Fitness Test, together with the Personal Fitness Assessment (mile and a half run, press ups and sit ups) [ 1 ] are formalized in the British Army's Military Training Test as MATT 2.
Operated by British International Helicopters under MRCOA [f]. [63] Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil: France: Rotorcraft: Trainer: 3: 3: Cobham Helicopter Academy, Newquay under CFAOS [g]. Eurofighter Typhoon: United Kingdom: Jet: Multi-role: 3: 3: BAE Systems, Warton [h]. Hawker Hunter: UK: Jet: Fighter: 3: 3 [64] Hawker Hunter Aviation, RAF ...
All members of the CVR(T) family were designed to share common automotive components and suspension; aluminium armour was selected to keep the weight down. [3] [4] By 1996, more than 3,500 had been built for British Army use and export. [5] Scorpion, Scimitar, and Striker have now been withdrawn from British Army service. [6]
British smoke grenade with various markings, including "Grenade Hand Smoke Screening Training L83A1" designation. The L number ("L" standing for Land Service) [1] or weapon identity number [2] system is a numerical designation system used for the type classification of British Army weapons and related stores. The L number in isolation is not a ...
The Bedford RL was the British military's main medium lorry, built by Bedford from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. The lorry was based on the civilian Bedford S type , first introduced in 1950. They superseded the Bedford QL , and were in turn superseded by the Bedford MK/MJ .
[2] [3] The oldest of these organisations was the Militia Force (also referred to as the 'Constitutional Force'), [4] whereby the Reserve Forces units mostly lost their own identities, and became numbered Territorial Force sub-units of regular British Army corps or regiments (the Home Militia had followed this path, with the Militia Infantry ...
Pegasus Company (also known as P Company or P Coy) is a training and selection organisation of the British Armed Forces based at the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick, North Yorkshire. P Coy run the 'Pre-Parachute Selection' courses for Parachute Regiment recruits and regular and reserve personnel from across the UK armed forces who volunteer ...
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) formerly used by the British Army, until it was retired from active service in April 2023. [2] It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry.