Battle trenches and fighting positions for small groups of individual soldiers, crew served weapons, or vehicles, are ...

Above ground protected shelters are used for rest areas, medical facilities, HQ and CP functions, storage, and equipment care ...

Having just entered service as an interim capability, Archer is eventually planned to be replaced by the Boxer RCH 155.… Think Defence is a hobby, a serious hobby, but a hobby nonetheless. I want to ...

Sandbags have a fairly long history, and remain a flexible and effective means of creating temporary barriers and means of protection. Whilst hessian may have given way to woven plastics in some cases ...

The Military Engineering Experimental Establishment (MEXE) was established post WWII, until it was merged with the Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment to form the Military ...

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Continuing my look at defence shelters, this post looks at larger shelters, both prefabricated, and built in-situ. The defining feature of the MEXE Shelter, in the previous post, was the nature of its ...

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