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An expected forty-eight-aircraft order in one parliamentary term is distinguished from the number Britain might eventually buy.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
A March 2021 critique of Army procurement calls for clearer service accountability and a common defence plan.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Waterproofed tanks followed Husky's infantry landings, illustrating the naval problem of moving heavy vehicles that could not be broken into smaller loads.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
P-8 procurement supports the Boeing 737 infrastructure behind the RAF's Wedgetail purchase.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Planning designations map onto the armies that fought in Sicily, while Montgomery's insistence on the Eighth Army name connects unit identity with morale.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
British and Canadian tank brigades moved from rapid improvised columns to costly infantry support on Sicily's narrow roads.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Narrow approaches and German rearguards turn the advance into successive attacks coordinated with artillery and engineers.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Active armour and Russian and Israeli protection systems challenge the claim that portable weapons have ended the tank's usefulness.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Terrain and tasks that exclude tanks provide a possible role for infantry exoskeletons, with their effects on physical requirements treated as a forecast.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Maritime patrol and airborne warning use related airframes whose commonality can simplify logistical support.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The case for lighter strike brigades is tied to F-35 ground attack and the sortie capacity of Queen Elizabeth-class carriers.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Shorter helicopter range creates a role for aviation ships nearer the shore alongside carriers supporting more distant operations.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The choice of an armoured-vehicle family is tied to Britain's expeditionary role and the need to land heavy equipment before a port is available.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
A comparison based on wearing both helmet styles weighs greater enclosure against better hearing during skirmishing.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Confidence in inflatable backup rafts depends on maintenance and heavy-weather performance as well as controlled tests.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
A retrospective CV90-versus-Warrior comparison weighs troop capacity against partners sharing later vehicle improvements.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
A surprising lifeboat statistic is left unconfirmed because the comparison needs supporting figures.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
A speculative hull patch would use inflation or expanding foam and external water pressure while the crew worked on an internal repair.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The American programme's slower progress is weighed against the maturity attributed to its underlying Italian vehicle.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
A hypothetical warship's missile load is increased from thirty-two to about eighty cells, with Type 45 used as a contemporary comparison.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Liddell Hart's post-Alamein assessment and Ingersoll's description connect cautious tank movement with terrain and anti-tank defences.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Valentine tanks supported DD development and experiments with other adaptations.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Flails, AVREs, fascines, bobbins, bridges, demolition charges, Crocodiles, and swimming tanks form an integrated assault toolkit.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Rough seas and launch decisions explain the remembered Omaha losses, while successful river crossings show a wider record of DD tank use.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The 13th/18th Hussars launched their swimming tanks in rough seas, then faced short-falling rockets, collisions and enemy fire before reaching the beach.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The loss of artillery-observation craft threatened the link between the bombardment and the troops approaching Sword Beach.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Damaged flails and tanks could obstruct the very routes they were meant to open, forcing some Sword Beach engineers to continue clearance by hand.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The tide and the arrival of more landing craft curtailed explosive-obstacle clearance, even as engineers found ways to open routes inland.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
American 76 mm Shermans and M10 tank destroyers enter an unresolved exchange about whether US units also used British Firefly conversions.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
A brief explanation connects distinct calibre labels with ordering ammunition for the intended weapon.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The rear-facing 17-pounder Archer demonstrates how a mature tank hull could become a specialized, mobile anti-tank system.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
A claim that tank destruction now belongs to helicopters prompts examples of forces that retain wheeled or missile-armed ground vehicles.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Fitting a Centauro turret to SuperAV is suggested as one way to provide fire support while retaining a common Marine vehicle family.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
New Shermans, Salisbury Plain training and generous gunnery allocations shaped American crews' confidence before combat in Europe.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
J. Ted Hartman's recollections connect military pay and home-front support with a young soldier's growing awareness of death before the voyage to Europe.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Johnny Stevens's testimony describes segregation and hostile treatment before the 761st reached Europe after a long delay in deployment.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Recollections of waiting tank crews connect uncertainty about combat with personal attachments and worry about relatives under air attack.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
An existing SuperAV vehicle family is the reason given for doubting a separate turreted-amtrac approach.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Allied assault vehicles surprised defenders with swimming tanks, mine flails, AVREs, trackways, bridges, and Churchill Crocodile flamethrowers.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Crew recollections explain the risks of taking DD tanks to sea and operating mine flails with their own guns facing away from the enemy.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Andrew Wilson and Ernie Cox describe learning what the Churchill Crocodile could do to bunkers and trenches during closely guarded demonstrations.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The Sherman is assessed through crew survival, repairability, production, and battlefield force packages rather than a one-on-one specification table.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
A Sherman-mounted launcher could reach positions inaccessible to lorries while leaving valuable transport available for supply work.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
F-35 and Type 45 cost arguments illustrate how shrinking a planned buy spreads fixed development spending across fewer aircraft or ships.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Naval mounts can accept heavier and thicker barrels, with the stated aim of extending the interval between replacements.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The Type 26 programme illustrates how named ships, shipbuilding communities, and larger production runs affect political durability and unit cost.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
Familiarity with maintenance is expected to reduce F-35 operating costs, while the F-16 retains the advantage of a mature support system.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·
The modern escort cost spiral links expanding mission requirements, shrinking production runs, and the need to recover private research investment across fewer hulls.
From Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman) ·