The luck of the Irish: No Bradley AFVs, but team still won US Army's Bradley competition
The Irish Defence Forces' Cavalry Corps Team took first place in the Bradley category in the 2026 Sullivan Cup – with two weeks' training
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Army Royal Artillery to get 72 RCH 155 howitzers: British chassis, British turret, British steel
The Army's current batch of Archer self-propelled guns will be making way for the new SPGs from the Boxer family of armoured vehicles
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Army Ajax woes hugely damaging to Army, says former tank commander as trials to restart
BFBS Forces News spoke to ex-RTR Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon after the Ajax programme was restarted for the first time since November
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Army Army's acceptance of Ajax back on track with new crew safety controls in place
The recce vehicle aims to put its troubles behind it as a raft of systems and improvements are promised to make the vehicle safe to operate
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News Driver banned after crash left two men seriously injured in military Land Rover rollover
A Land Rover Defender travelling in convoy hit the central reservation and rolled several times after a car pulled across its path near ...
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Army General moots the idea of Ajax 2: Find out how upgraded vehicle could be equipped
After all the problems with the Ajax programme, the Army has now revealed it's working to modify the recce strike AFV
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Epic Fury Royal Artillery's Stormer air defence armoured vehicles flown in to Cyprus
The AFVs are equipped with Starstreak HVM missiles – among the fastest in the world, accelerating to around 3,000 mph
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Army Army blames Ajax safety incident on armoured vehicle not being operated properly
A senior officer says the incident was not due to wilful ignorance, but when the AFV is operated as designed there are no safety concerns
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Army Army begins phased withdrawal of the Land Rover after more than 70 years of service
The Landy has been an iconic – and sometimes controversial – workhorse, but its time is at an end with the hunt now on for its successor
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Army Ajax set to be fully operational by end of 2029 – pending safety probes, says Pollard
The Defence Readiness and Industry Minister points out that the troubled vehicle is still subject to a number of reviews
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Army Armoured alternatives: If the axe should fall, Ajax isn't the Army's only option
The Ajax programme has been beset by a number of problems, with no guarantee that the new AFV platform will ever be used operationally
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Land vehicles The Rhino and the Leopard: Bovington previews this year's guests at Tankfest
A Nashorn tank destroyer from WW2 and a modern day Leopard 2A4 will be taking part in the three-day armoured extravaganza
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Land vehicles M1E3 Abrams: The US Army's new tank that has a cockpit like a Formula 1 car
General Randy George, the head of the US Army, says the latest iteration of the MBT is also driven with an Xbox-style controller
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Army Furious defence minister sacks senior official responsible for troubled Ajax programme
The update came amid an extraordinary ministerial statement by Defence Readiness and Industry Minister Luke Pollard
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Ukraine Tempest: The secretive missile system said to have downed more than 20 Shaheds
The air defence system is said to have made its combat debut – even though its presence in Ukraine has not been officially announced
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Army Ajax: We're going to turn this challenge into an opportunity, Army chief insists
General Sir Roly Walker said that an investigation is currently ongoing after soldiers were injured during Exercise Titan Storm