Dr Alexander Neads alexander.neads@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Dr Alexander Neads alexander.neads@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
David J. Galbreath
Mikael Weissmann
Editor
Niklas Nilsson
Editor
Today, the dominant paradigms of land warfare in the United Kingdom stand at a crossroads. For decades, the British Army’s vision of manoeuvre has sought to balance US concepts of digital transformation with more limited UK financial resources. Now, this old paradox presents new challenges for the British Army as it attempts to rejuvenate its warfighting capabilities in a fashion fit for the future. Here, the collective obsolescence of most of the British Army’s major conventional platforms—from main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to artillery systems and communication suites—simultaneously represents both a rare opportunity and an unparalleled risk. This chapter examines the continuing evolution of UK doctrine through professional debates over concepts and capabilities. It concludes that British military manoeuvre ultimately remains the product of uncomfortable trade-offs between conceptual innovation and strategic ambition on the one hand, and material reality and budgetary constraints on the other.
Neads, A., & Galbreath, D. J. (2023). Tactics and Trade-Offs: The Evolution of Manoeuvre in the British Army. In M. Weissmann, & N. Nilsson (Eds.), Advanced Land Warfare (321-352). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192857422.003.0016
Online Publication Date | Apr 13, 2023 |
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Publication Date | 2023-04 |
Deposit Date | Apr 26, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 26, 2023 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 321-352 |
Book Title | Advanced Land Warfare |
Chapter Number | 16 |
ISBN | 9780192857422 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192857422.003.0016 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1618663 |
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