british army

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...

As we all know, British military thinking in OTL’s Cold War centred on the BAOR in Germany. In an alternate timeline where the Nazi’s managed to “win” the war in Europe (losing Africa, but beating Russia somehow and convincing a war-weary Britain into a ceasefire c.1945-46) what would British...

I’ve been researching the British Army and it’s regimental units for some of my work and I’ve got a question; who’s were the amalgamations of units chosen? Why were the Norfolk and Suffolk regiments amalgamated whilst the Gloucestershire and Cheshire regiments survived until the 2000s (as...

What is this? Oh you know.......another Timeline? Don't you have like 2 ongoing timelines and multiple others? ......yes? *Sigh* what is it about? Basically a different history of Britain after the Crimean War to make a 'better' Britain. Better does not mean bigger though. The only land Britain...

Let's go with a scenario in which Churchill dies in 42 or 43, either through health reasons or the German navy or luftwaffe get lucky when churchill was moving around. Eden would be pushed in as the new PM. Let's say that Eden takes Macmillan and Butler's advise in early 43 which Churchill...

In 1980 the Canadian arms company Diemaco (part of the Héroux-Devtek Inc group based in Quebec, Canada) in a then very contentious move purchased the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) in Enfield Lock, London. Part of the sales pitch had been the on going development of the XL series of bullpup...

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...

As the title says the British army chooses to develop the Caernarvon while giving the conqueror the axe. Fitting it with the 120mm cannon then using it for turbine engine trials. How the Caernarvon fare in British service? How would it have compared to the US M103 and centurion tank? What...

In 1934 Britain had built 3 '16 tonner' medium tanks However while the 3 prototypes were largely successful (granted it still had some suspension issues) it was never placed into serial production due to funding not being allocated by the government meaning that in 1937 when Britain was...

I've been trying to research an answer to this to no avail, so maybe the brilliant minds here at alternate history.com can help me out. The question in particular I have in mind is: if a minor army officer was dissatisfied with his posting, would he be able to get re-assigned if he complained...

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...

Hello all! I just came from an interesting book binge about the preparations of the British military in the years leading up to WW2. Skipping the usual rant about morons, budgets and short-sightedness, let me ask this: if the British high command believed that the fighting would be similar to...

For much of its history England/Britain have had significant continental territories which it had to defend. Throughout the eighteenth century British possession of Hanover necessitated that it became a major participant in the land campaigns of the Cabinet Wars. The coronation of Queen Victoria...

OTL: At the Yalta conference the allies agreed to repatriate all soviet citizens to the Soviet Union. Amonge these citizens were the Lienz Cossacks. Nikolai Tolstoy quotes a General Alexander telegram, sent to the Combined Chiefs of Staff, noting "50,000 Cossacks including 11,000 women...

What if, after hearing about the German development of the Panzer VI Ausf. E Tiger Tank, the western Allies put more heavy tanks into production, and sooner than in OTL? Consider the following timeframe- -Variants of the M4 Sherman armed with the 76mm gun are put into production in early 1943...

I recently decided to write a book about the M-4 and why I believe it to be the best all around tank of the war. I want to compare it to contemporary tanks from the German, Soviet and British vehicles. While deciding that the Panzer V or Panther was the best tank for the Germans, and that the...

I recently completed a short story set during the battle of the Somme showing the first use of tanks in history (Shameless plug) and it got me thinking. Yes nearly fifty tanks was quite alot of a completely new type of vehicle to commit to a battle. But when they were finally used in 1916 only...

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