Exactly 250 years ago today, ragtag Patriot militias engaged British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord in what would become the first battle of the Revolutionary War, one against the tyranny o… ...

For the first time, British Army regular troops have operated a high-powered laser weapon mounted on an armored combat vehicle. Soldiers from 16 Royal Artillery in Wales used a laser installed on ...

The British Army has shrunk to its lowest level since the early 1800s. Years of relentless budget cutbacks have left it with just 73,000 active-duty soldiers.That's a far cry from the Chinese army ...

A rtificial intelligence, drones and a £1 billion investment in homeland missile defence are all part of the plans to keep the UK safe in the face of threats from Vladimir Putin’s Russia and ...

The British will use their own weapons and ammunition except for the U.S. 3.5-inch bazooka. At week’s end the Ladies from Hell were at the fighting front. More Must-Reads from TIME ...

The Army cut its high-level administrative HQ in British Army of the Rhine by 20% and removed one of the four divisional HQs in the 1st British Corps assigned to NATO. They absorbed the workforce from ...

When British forces were sent to Helmand in 2009, the British Army had more than 100,000 regular troops. Now it is at its smallest since the Napoleonic wars, at just over 70,000, external.

The entire British Army would be worn down in "six months to a year" in a major war – underlining the importance of rebuilding the UK's reserve forces, a defence minister has said.