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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.
January 1919 – Anglo-Irish War begins; British forces combat guerilla operations by the Irish Republican Army. 1919 – British Army takes part in Allied intervention during Russian Civil War . 28 June 1920 – Winston Churchill as the Secretary of State for War signed the royal warrant which gave the sovereigns approval for the formation of ...
A military history of Britain: from 1775 to the present (2008) Chandler, David, and Ian Beckett, eds. The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army (1994) Colley, Thomas. Always at War: British Public Narratives of War (U of Michigan Press, 2019) online review; Fortescue, J. W. A history of the British army (19v 1899–1930) online; Higham ...
British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to British Army occupation forces in the Rhineland, Germany, after the First and Second World Wars, and during the Cold War, becoming part of NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) tasked with defending the North German Plain from the armies of the Warsaw Pact.
The British Army created the Experimental Mechanised Force in the late 1920s. This was a small Brigade-sized unit developed to field-test the use of tanks and other vehicles. The unit pioneered the extensive use of radio to control widely separated small units but was relatively short-lived. A Vickers A1E1 "Independent"
The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars. From the late 17th century until the mid-20th century, the United Kingdom was the greatest economic and imperial power in the world, and although this dominance was principally achieved through the strength of the Royal Navy (RN ...
Centurion [40] – main British early Cold War tank. Conqueror [41] – used from mid 50s to mid 60s to give long range anti-tank support to Centurions. Built to counter IS-3. Chieftain [42] – main British tank of Cold War and mid Cold War. Challenger 1 [43] – Main British tank late Cold War or 1980s.
The Tenth Army was commanded by General Charles Mangin and was responsible for the rest of the French zone from its headquarters in Mainz. On 21 October 1919, they were combined to form the French Army of the Rhine. In 1919, the Italian "Alpi" Brigade was used by the French in occupation duties in the far south of the zone. [37]