british armed forces

The British Army's regiments of Foot guards are perhaps the most famous military units in the world. Instantly identifiable by their red tunics and bearskin hats the five regiments of guards are famous for both for their ceremonial roles in London and for their legendary battlefield successes...

Based on this thread which has been entertaining I thought I would turn the question on its head What could the British have done better? This is tactics or equipment that they had but used badly or forgot about - this is not a wish list 'if only they had built 3 CVA-01s etc' For example I...

I recently posted a similar thread but with the time being 1945-2020, but I was told that the time frame is to long and I should shorten it, so what if somehow someway the British government is able to think more clearly and have more a foresight about their armed force, what project should...

so as you all know the British armed forces which use to be at the forefront of military technology has fallen to be shadow of its former self, with that in mind, how would you imagined Britain armed forces developing , if it somehow would able to get it to act together and developed accordingly,

This is one of my ideas -When the Norse settled in Greenland, they brought Celtics as well as Sami shipbuilders and reindeer herders; a few Norse settlers and Samis ran away from the settlements because of taxation or crimes and adapted a semi-nomadic lifestyle. In contrast to OTL, Greenlanders...

What if at some point during the Troubles in Northern Ireland (between 1969 and 1997) the Republic of Ireland for whatever reason decides that it could no longer stand idly by and that it must intervene militarily in Northern Ireland? In 1970 military the Irish Government examined the...

Since the creation the end of the Rhodesian Bush War and the signing of the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979 which led to the transformation of Rhodesia into Zimbabwe relations between the United Kingdom and its former colony have generally been less than friendly. Various sources have...

Inspired by these two https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-ahc-british-adoption-of-apcs-ifvs-in-or-before-ww2.465647/page-4 https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/british-create-armoured-personnel-carriers-in-1940s.466512/page-11 It might tie in with the the thread...

There were, apparently, plans to adopt the .0303 as a rimless cartridge (presumably with a 'crimped rim' like the .30-06,) only to be stymied by someone or other in the process. Lets say that, for whatever reason, they don't. Does anything actually materially change? The biggest potential would...

Inspired by a previous thread of mine I thought I'd have a go at writing an alternate history of the British armed forces. Primarily focused on the aircraft carriers of the CVA-01 program but also including other things. Apologies now if I end up veering into ASB territory but some small...