Captain Swoop has already referenced this in another thread but I think this deserves its own thread.
The UK's tank fleet is old, outdated and knackered. We could buy tanks from someone else (but that would be a loss of face, especially if we buy from the Germans post-Brexit :o), we could upgrade or develop new ones ourselves (but we'll likely end up overspending by billions and delivering something useless.
The army is considering doing without tanks altogether.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53909087
I'm a pacifist who is generally opposed to military spending but if we're going to have an army then I'd like the poor ******** serving in it to have adequate equipment.
It seems to me that every time the government decide to change strategy, they end up with an expensive and useless boondoggle which is ill-suited to the type of conflict we're facing. We went for expensive high-end weapons systems; one-size-doesn't-quite-fit-all F35s lots of "cyber" when it seems for the last 15 years we've needed robust, low-tech systems to help fight guerrilla wars in sandy places. Our soldiers needed proper armoured transports, not "snatch" landrovers, decent body armour and reliable weapons.
I'm concerned that we'll ditch the idea of tanks, only to find out in a few years time that they're jolly useful.
The UK's tank fleet is old, outdated and knackered. We could buy tanks from someone else (but that would be a loss of face, especially if we buy from the Germans post-Brexit :o), we could upgrade or develop new ones ourselves (but we'll likely end up overspending by billions and delivering something useless.
The army is considering doing without tanks altogether.
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A shift in thinking has been highlighted by the head of the Army, General Sir Mark Carlton Smith. In a recent speech he suggested the threat of the tank was diminishing in modern warfare. He said: "The main threat is less missiles and tanks. It's the weaponisation of those elements of globalisation that hitherto have made us prosperous and secure, such as mobility of goods, people, data and ideas." Defence chiefs have talked of investing in new "sunrise capabilities" such as cyber and electronic warfare, and reducing "sunset capabilities", without spelling out what that might include. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has also underlined change ahead. He has promised to invest more in the domains of space and cyber and new unmanned systems on land, sea and air. |
I'm a pacifist who is generally opposed to military spending but if we're going to have an army then I'd like the poor ******** serving in it to have adequate equipment.
It seems to me that every time the government decide to change strategy, they end up with an expensive and useless boondoggle which is ill-suited to the type of conflict we're facing. We went for expensive high-end weapons systems; one-size-doesn't-quite-fit-all F35s lots of "cyber" when it seems for the last 15 years we've needed robust, low-tech systems to help fight guerrilla wars in sandy places. Our soldiers needed proper armoured transports, not "snatch" landrovers, decent body armour and reliable weapons.
I'm concerned that we'll ditch the idea of tanks, only to find out in a few years time that they're jolly useful.
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