An Invitation to the UK Defence Forum

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Think Defence
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An Invitation to the UK Defence Forum

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I am embarking on an experiment in collaborative writing and wanted to extend an invite to UK Defence Forum members

The goal is to take my long piece on FRES/AJAX and broaden it to include the British Army's quest to field a medium weight capability

If you are interested in taking part, drop your hat in the ring (va the comments section) at the post below

http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2017/06/s ... dsourcing/

I can then create a virtual team of editors and reviewers as I move through what should be, a fairly long and comprehensive document. Of course, all participants will get their name in lights at the beginning of the document.

You guys have lots to add, hope you can join the team
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Hi TD, thanks for posting this here. I'm sure a lot of the people will be very interested in helping!

Technically this would go in another section of the forum, but this is a good cause for a great article (as depressing as it gets in spots!), and the British Army forum does get a lot more 'footfall' to be seen. So we'll leave it here for a little while, then move it over to discussions to let it get 'seen' a little more first. :)

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TD not the only one interested in revisiting a medium capability:
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-bu ... mbat-21347

Both the US Army and USMC are looking to insert such a capability at the Bde level.
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The term "medium capability" is, as far as I can see it, half the problem in this never-ending nonsense.
The desire is for a light capability, but it gets bumped up to "medium" because that's more politically acceptable or something. Add some new TLAs and we're all good.
It's a light tank. Not a medium. If it's a medium then it's not as mobile as they need. You could call it a SPG which would at least have precedent, but no, it's an MDF.

Heck, the M551 was a light tank. Now it seems to have been an "armored reconnaissance vehicle"?

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