The British Army's size may cripple its ability to support NATO or fight a major war, some experts fear. It's the smallest it's been since the 1800s.

The British Army's size may cripple its ability to support NATO or fight a major war, some experts fear. It's the smallest it's been since the 1800s.

THE Army’s size has fallen to a record low — even faster than the Government planned. Troop numbers nosedived to 72,510, below the Tories’ target of 73,000 by 2025. It came as alarm bells ...

Fury as British Army size to 'shrink to Napoleonic Era level' within months British Army troop numbers are set to drop below 70,000 after years of failure to meet recruitment targets and inability ...

British Army set to shrink to smallest size since before Napoleonic wars. Defence secretary says army personnel will drop below 70,000 next year - lowest since 1793 . David Maddox.

The British land forces will need to be able to destroy an enemy "three times its size," Walker said. "My vision for the British Army is to field fifth-generation land forces that set the joint ...

The size of the British Army has been an ongoing source of contention after cuts were announced in the last defence command paper, published in 2021. In the past decade, ...

NATO will raise its target for how many troops its member states will need to provide for the alliance by up to 50 percent, according to a new report, ahead of crunch-time decisions on what members ...

In the year 2000, the armed forces stood at 110k personnel, in 2023 this had fallen to 77.5k and is projected to be a total of 73k by 2025, with just over 50k personnel in the army. Yet despite all of ...

THE Army’s size has fallen to a record low — even faster than the Government planned. Troop numbers nosedived to 72,510, below the Tories’ target of 73,000 by 2025. It came as alarm bells ...