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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.
This is a list of UK tanks up to the end of the Second World War that received designations starting with the letter "A" - these would be designs requested by the General Staff to meet specifications issued, as opposed to private venture designs submitted by manufacturers to the General Staff
Vehicles in Europe after D-Day would wear 'TAF' followed by the group number ( 2, 83, 84, 85) [5] Vehicle numbers were RAF – followed by up to six digit number, usually on the front and rear, but sometimes following army practice. From 1943 a 4 digit type number would be painted on the door, or side of the cab.
Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers, twelve early "Willich Chieftain AVRE" vehicles converted by 32 Armoured Engineer Regiment and 21 Engineer Base Workshop of the Royal Engineers, Willich, 1987, remaining 48 ex MBTs converted by Vickers Defence Ltd, 1991, to be a British Army combat engineering variant used by the Royal Engineers.
An outstanding achievement of the British Army was the creation of the Experimental Mechanised Force (EMF) in the late 1920s. This was a small brigade-sized unit developed to field-test the use of tanks and other vehicles. The EMF formed by the British demonstrated a mobile force with its own motorised infantry and self-propelled guns.
World War II vehicles of the United Kingdom (2 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Military vehicles of the United Kingdom" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Land Rover Wolf (Main utility vehicle of the British Army) Landwirtschäftlicher Schlepper (cover name for the Panzer I) LAV-25 8×8 armoured personnel carrier based on the Mowag Piranha (Canada; Cold War / modern) LAV III 8×8 armoured personnel carrier (Canada; Cold War / modern)
Light and medium scout and reconnaissance vehicles were used by most British Army units, especially battalions of the Reconnaissance Corps and cavalry units. These fast wheeled vehicles usually weighed from 3 to 10 tonnes. Armament ranged from Bren light machine guns (or Boys anti-tank rifle), Besa machine guns, up to QF 2 pdr and 6-pdr guns.