infantry

• Buster rocket: get it off your shoulder!(Infantry: weapons)

Packing a powerful punch into an easily transportable weapon system has always been a soldier's dream. Shoulder-launched rocket-propelled grenades par...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 3, Juin 2011

• Armour evolves to match the changing threat: in an age where a guerrilla armed with a recoilless grenade launcher can despatch anything from a main battle tank to a truckload of infantry, William Shakespeare's words *Now thrive the armourers* have never been more true. Armour technologies are evolving to protect everything from the tank to the foot soldier.

The traditional threat that drove the development of vehicle armour was the high-velocity, kinetic-energy projectile fired from enemy tank guns and th...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 5, Octobre 2011

• Tomorrow's infantry warrior.

Recent events in Iraq are already having their effect on the on-going programmes attempting to determine how to configure, arm and equip tomorrow's in...

• Armada International
• Vol. 27 Num. 5, Octobre 2003

• Modern soldier: a sitrep: the development of futuristic networked soldier systems continues in parallel with efforts to field practical/mature equipment, and get it into the hands of infantry soldiers fighting the war on terror.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The US Army cancelled further funding for its Land Warrior programme in February 2007 in favour of expediting the delivery of...

• Armada International
• Vol. 31 Num. 6, Décembre 2007

• On track: the prototypes of two tracked infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) designs were unveiled in 2005 to meet national requirements in Germany and South Korea. Despite this the worldwide move toward the wheeled armoured fighting vehicle has gained further momentum. Taiwan rolled out a new wheeled prototype that could be followed by up to 1400 production examples.

The significant recent trend launched by the VBCI and the Piranha IV however, and whether tracks or wheels are considered, is to design relatively lig...

• Armada International
• Vol. 30 Num. 1, Février 2006

• A clear sight for rifles; Combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have been characterised by infantry troops performing close quarter battle, shooting at ranges typically between ten and 50 metres--with shots at over 100 metres a rarity, according to recent United States Marine Corps after-action reports. At the same time, these troops still need to be able to engage targets in excess of these ranges.

Because they have to cope with such varying ranges during conventional manoeuvre operations, soldiers have traditionally required two sights for such ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 5, Octobre 2009

• Fast moving 120mm mortars: the 120-mm mortar is the largest indirect fire support weapon integral to infantry battalions in many armies. A new generation of self-propelled weapons is now being fielded.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the US Army converts to its new modular brigade structure the service plans a 42% increase in the number of M120 towed and...

• Armada International
• Vol. 31 Num. 5, Octobre 2007

• The infantry's 40 mm punch: new designs and ammunition types are extending the capabilities of the shoulder-fired 40-mm grenade launcher. With lightweight alloys, composite materials and new warhead technologies these weapons are a far cry from their 1950s ancestors.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The origin of the 40-mm grenade launcher can be traced back to 1951 when the US Army began its search for an individual weapo...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 5, Octobre 2008

• Preparing the infantry for 'artillery' roles.

Mortars are one of the oldest methods of bringing heavy firepower onto an enemy at close range and remain a valued part of today's armouries. But the ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 27 Num. 2, Avril 2003

• Infantry night vision systems.

Infantry Night Vision Systems The ability to operate and fight effectively at night has long been a requirement for special forces. Over recent year...

• Armada International
• Vol. 14 Num. 3, Juin 1990