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HMS Astute · Aug 3, 2014

Exercise PRAIRIE STORM

Soldiers of 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (1 R WELSH) have conducted top-up training for Lead Armoured Battle Group (LABG) sub-units on the first exercise of the season at the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) in Southern Alberta, Canada. Attached to the 1 R WELSH battlegroup was the Right Flank, Scots Guards, half of B Squadron, the Kings Royal Hussars and B Company, 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry - a mechanised infantry unit using third-generation light armoured vehicles. Exercise PRAIRIE STORM focussed on sub-unit training and consisted of three phases over the course of three weeks.

Introducing the Jackal to it's new role. A Squadron The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards have been out for the first time in their Jackal vehicles on Hohne Training Area. As part of the move to A2020 the SCOTS DG are now Light Cavalry giving them the manouevrabliity on the battlefield as part of the Adaptable Force. The low level exercise was designed to introduce the soldiers to the skills required when operating on the Jackal and to rehearse the drills required for contingency operations. The exercise will form the basis of the Regimental Standard Operating Procedures. Photographer - SSgt Mark Nesbit RLC (Army Photographer)

Troops and armour from 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales

HMS Astute · Aug 3, 2014

Hyper Volocity Projectiles. The HVP is a next-generation, common, low drag, guided projectile capable of completing multiple missions for gun systems such as the Navy 5-Inch, 155-mm, and future railguns. Types of missions performed will depend on gun system and platform. The program goal is to address mission requirements in the areas of Naval Surface Fire Support , Cruise Missile Defense, Anti-Surface Warfare and other future Naval mission areas. Mission performance will vary from gun system, launcher or ship. HVP’s low drag aerodynamic design enables high-velocity, maneuverability and decreased time-to-target. These attributes coupled with accurate guidance electronics provide low-cost mission effectiveness against current threats and the ability to adapt to air and surface threats of the future.

Archerfish Mine Neutralization System. Archerfish is an expendable mine neutraliser or single shot mine disposal system. It is capable of overcoming the threat of modern mines which have become increasingly resistant to traditional methods of mine disposal.

LRLAP, 5" Standard Guided Projectile, 5" Standard Guided Saboted Projectile, and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon (APKWS™) System

Electromagnetic Railgun. Capable of hurling projectiles at an incredible 5,400mph, high-energy electromagnetic railguns, long a staple of science fiction, promise to revolutionize warfare.

Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System

Our Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV)

Back view of the M109A6 PIM vehicle

BAE Systems-led Technology Development (TD) phase JLTV - The Valanx

RG PROTECTOR MINE PROTECTED ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER. Utilisation of a total commercial drive train, makes this an extremely affordable vehicle. The RG Protector, in the 6x6 configuration, can seat up to 18 crew members.

BAE Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer cockpit

Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM)
The Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system is the most reliable laser-based, directable countermeasures system in combat service today, protecting helicopters against attack by infrared-guided missiles.

New upgraded Warriors on a live firing exercise at Castlemartin (UK)
Newly upgraded Warrior vehicles take part in a live firing exercise with the Mercian Armoured Infantry Company, at Castlemartin in the United Kingdom. Following the exercise, the modified and up-armored Warriors were deployed into Afghanistan with troops from the Mercian regiment. The Warrior is the only tracked infantry vehicle in theatre and so can get to places that wheeled vehicles cannot, enabling the infantry to engage the enemy more effectively in difficult terrain.

The CV90 with Adaptive Armour installed. ADAPTIV – A UNIQUE CAMOUFLAGE SYSTEM

TerraN_EmpirE · Aug 3, 2014

Notation The Rail gun, The APKWS, The Archerfish the M109A6 PIM, the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) and The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle are all American Programs

HMS Astute · Aug 3, 2014

TerraN_EmpirE said:
Notation The Rail gun, The APKWS, The Archerfish the M109A6 PIM, the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) and The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle are all American Programs

thought those were made by the british defence contractor bae systems for the uk armed forces.

bd popeye · Aug 3, 2014

The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) conducted a parade today (Saturday 2nd August 2014) to celebrate the formal amalgamation of the 1st and 2nd Royal Tank Regiments, as it reorganises as part of Army 2020.

In July 2012 it was announced that as part of the restructuring of the British Army, 1 RTR and 2 RTR would amalgamate to form the Royal Tank Regiment. The new Regiment will be comprised of 3 Main Battle Tank Squadrons (AJAX, BADGER, CYCLOPS), a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Area Survey and Reconnaissance Squadron (FALCON), a Command and Reconnaissance Squadron (DREADNAUGHT) and a Support Squadron (EGYPT).

Hundreds of family and friends and former RTR personnel watched the event in Bulford, Wiltshire, which was attended by Lieutenant General Chris Deverell MBE, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment. Highlights of the parade were a working model of a First World War MK IV tank from the film War Horse and a dramatic smoke-filled dash across open ground on to the parade square by five Challenger 2s.

Photos by Cpl Si Longworth - Crown Copyright

The lone piper waits in the rain next to the Mark 4 battle tank working replica.

The lone piper escorts the Mark 4 tank.

The Challenger 2 tanks race on to parade.

The 'black tank' approaches the dais a head of the parade of tanks.

The new flag of The Royal Tank Regiment is raised.

Brigadier Paddy Allison, Deputy Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment inspects the soldiers.

The Band of the Rifles and the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment.

Lieutenant General Chris Deverell MBE, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment inspects the soldiers.

The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nick Cowey MBE salutes the dais as he leads his regiment off parade.

The tanks of each squadron pass the Dais as they thunder off parade.

The tanks of each squadron pass the Dais as they thunder off parade

HMS Astute · Aug 3, 2014

Pictured are Royal Marines from 42 Cdo getting the rounds down from WIMIC landrovers during OP TELIC Iraq 2003. This picture is rather poingant, as three of the lads pictured did not return home.

CPOA(PHOT) Tam McDonald FLEET Photographic Media Team (North). Pictured is HMS TIRELES conducting boat drills with elements of 539 Sqn Boat Troop and 148 Battery. The serial was conducted on Loch Long off the West Coast of Scotland.

US/UK troops gather round General M W Hgaee for his speech at camp commando.

Sea King firing it's flares to distract the 'SAM'

HMS Vanguard SSBN returns to Scotland.

A soldier of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1RRF), stands guard at Checkpoint Abpashak East with a Combat Shotgun in Helmand, Afghanistan.Soldiers of 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1RRF) have handed over control of Check Point Abpashak East to the Afghan security forces.CP Abpashak East becomes the latest checkpoint in the Nahr-e Saraj district to be handed over to the Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) as they continue to grow in strength.The Fusiliers have been deployed in the district since March, operating in support of their Afghan partners along the Helmand River valley, the key route Highway One and the Nahr-e Bugra (NEB) Canal.

A soldier on a quad bike looks on as a Royal Air Force Chinook lands at Forward Operating Base Shawquat to drop off troops, post and supplies off at the base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Soldiers with 16 Air Assault Brigade are pictured attacking the enemy through smoke during Exercise Eagle's Eye in Italy.The eyes and ears of the British Army's rapid reaction force have been put through their paces on a demanding training exercise in Italy.Exercise Eagles Eye saw 16 Air Assault Brigade troops, who specialise in reconnaissance, work alongside the Italian Brigata Paracadutisti Folgore. The aim of the training was to test the full range of Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) capabilities and share techniques and tactics with their Italian counterparts.The exercise built up to a simultaneous parachute drop near Siena and helicopter assault on a strongpoint in Monte Romano, near Rome. Advance forces had secured and marked the drop and landing zones, checked the routes off and carried out surveillance of the strongpoint to identify targets to be hit by air and artillery strikes.

A soldier from Fiji serving with 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment, Army Air Corp (AAC) in Afghanistan, loads rockets into the launcher of an Apache helicopter at Camp Bastion.

Soldiers of the Royal Artillery are pictured firing 105mm Light Guns during an exercise.Commonly known as the ‘Gunners’, the Royal Artillery provides firepower to the British Army. They are responsible for finding the enemy using a variety of high-tech equipment and then, when required, striking them using everything from explosive shells to advanced precision rockets.

A soldier operates the remote controlled Mark 8 Wheel Barrow Counter IED Robot. The soldier is part of the EOD(Explosive Ordinance Device) and Search team based out of FOB (Forward Operating Base) Ouellette.The Mark 8 Wheel Barrow is used for remote clearance of IEDs (Improvice Explosive Devices) and it is remotely driven.

Officers and soldiers from 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshire's) (1 PWRR) acclimatize to the soaring heat and prepare their equipment after recently deploying to Kenya on Exercise Askari Thunder 6.The aim of the exercise is to put the 1PWRR Battle Group through Hybrid Foundation Training(HFT) . The exercise consists of multiple stages and is conducted over a six week period.

British troops are pictured boarding an RAF C-17 flight at 901 EAW (Expeditionary Air Wing) B Flt before the transit to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.The C-17 gives the RAF a longrange strategic heavy-lift transport aircraft that offers the ability to project and sustain an effective force close to a potential area of operations for combat, peacekeeping or humanitarian missions worldwide.

TerraN_EmpirE · Aug 3, 2014

HMS Astute said:
thought those were made by the british defence contractor bae systems for the uk armed forces.

They are but by the american Subsidiary BAE USA.

HMS Astute · Aug 4, 2014

Raf a400m atlas

The aircraft, which has until now been known as the A400M, will replace the RAF’s existing C-130 Hercules fleet and, along with the Voyager and C-17, will provide the UK military’s future air transport force. The UK is buying 22 of the aircraft from Airbus Military, and the first Atlas is expected to be delivered to the RAF in 2014. Able to carry twice as much as the Hercules, Atlas can transport 32 tonnes of cargo over a range of 4,500km, providing unprecedented capability to support the UK Armed Forces. It can move up to 116 paratroopers and large armoured vehicles such as Mastiffs as well as vast amounts of humanitarian and disaster relief. The aircraft’s ability to land on semi-permanent runways and rough ground means Atlas can fly its cargo into the centre of operations, supplying tactical forward bases or evacuating casualties or refugees.Atlas, together with the C-17 Globemaster, C-130J Hercules and the new Voyager aircraft now entering service with the RAF, will give us the ability to rapidly move people and equipment around the globe for military and humanitarian operations for decades ahead.

HMS Astute · Aug 4, 2014

No 51 Squadron

Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers with near real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.

The procurement of the United States Air Force Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft as a replacement for the Nimrod R1 under Project AIRSEEKER is well advanced.

51 Squadron personnel have completed Conversion Training at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, USA. For the last two years, qualified UK personnel have been flying alongside their US counterparts on Rivet Joint operational missions, bringing with them years of accrued knowledge and expertise. This transition period, known as Co-Manning, will allow a joint US-UK approach to operations which will continue up to and beyond the delivery of the first Rivet Joint, therefore, keeping 51 Squadron at the forefront of operations.

Never has its motto ‘Swift and Sure’ been more appropriate, and No 51 Squadron continues to have a significant military impact on national and international issues of critical importance.

HMS Astute · Aug 4, 2014

'We salute those who died to give us our freedom. We will remember them': William and Kate join global commemorations to honour the brave men who fought in the trenches exactly 100 years after the Great War began

Prince William and his wife's first appearance today was in Liege, Belgium - Germany's first obstacle after war began

The Cambridges met Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium this morning in the city that was reduced to rubble

Speaking at the Cointe Inter-Allied Memorial overlooking Liege, William thanked Belgians for their resistance in 1914

Later they'll join Prince Harry and British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Belgian city of Mons for commemoration

The Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles were attending similar events in Glasgow and London today

Britain declared war on Germany at 11pm on August 4, 1914; 17 million soldiers and civilians died over next four years

Paying tribute to those who died for us: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge exchanged smiles ahead of a commemorative service in the Belgian city of Liege today

Remembering the fallen: Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium pose with the Duchess and Duke of Cambridge in Liege today ahead of a commemoration service

Dignitaries from around the world: Prince William and Kate took their seats on the stage at Liege alongside (L-R, seated) France's President Francois Hollande, Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium, and German President Joachim Gauck

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were seen speaking with France's President Francois Hollande ahead of the commemorations in Belgium today

Giving thanks to Belgium: Prince William addressed the world leaders during the ceremony at the Cointe Inter-Allied Memorial at Liege in Belgium

Awe-inspiring setting: The Duke of Cambridge (at lectern, bottom left) addressed leaders from around the world at the Cointe Inter-Allied Memorial at Liege, Belgium

The Prince of Wales, who is known as the Duke of Rothesay north of the border, attended a commemorative service at Glasgow Cathedral today alongside 1,400 guests

Day of commemorations: Prince Charles arrives at Glasgow Cathedral to attend a memorial service to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War

Never forgotten: Flowers are placed around the 'Grave of the Unknown Warrior' ahead of a candlelight vigil on August 4 at Westminster Abbey today. A candle to be lit there will be blown out as the war started 100 years ago

Carpet of flowers: Members of the National Association of Flower Arranging Societies dress the grave in flowers from the four nations including lilies, heather and roses are laid across the Abbey floor

Memorial: One hundred white crosses with names of some of those lost in the Great War stand in the New Zealand Parliament grounds in Wellington

Salute: A New Zealand Army bugler plays the last post at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior during a ceremony to commemorate the centenary of the start of World War One in Wellington

At the going down of the sun: The sun sets behind the Black Watch Memorial last night. The memorial honours the 8,960 Black Watch officers and soldiers killed and more than 20,000 who were wounded in the course of the First World One

Remembrance: The work, produced by artist Paul Cummins and theatre stage designer Tom Piper, is titled Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red, it will eventually include a poppy for every British or colonial military fatality of the war, which Britain entered 100 years ago today

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