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To my mind these were excellent IFVs in Asian or Jungle terrain, but Japan had no familiarity with proper combat tanks (something they have rectified in the years following the Second World War). I don’t know of any attempts at building their answer to the Sherman but I reckon the Japanese ought...

As much as Japanese tanks get dunked on, they were surprisingly decent vehicles for their roles on the battlefield as I understand it. Not a main battle tank, but a lighter war machine designed to trundle through the jungles of Japan’s Empire, and the small bridges and roads of it Home Islands.

The Royal Navy remains to this day the most important arm of the British Armed Forces, but until our warships can drive onto land, Britain will need boots on the ground. And this is where many an administration has fallen flat on its face in terms of defence.

Sounds about right. Peace dividend has gone to their heads whilst parasitically leaching off the United States. Could be an odd echo of Royal distaste for the New Model Army in the Restoration, but it's a stupid tradition that Britain needs to cast aside. Not having enough properly equipped...

Indeed, but the Army has got the short end of the stick even there. The RAF is still getting new and powerful jets, the Royal Navy is still getting aircraft carriers, but the Army's been told to make do with what they have. It's almost like our leaders want us to lose the next war.

I'm honestly surprised Britain's nigh-invincible monster hasn't made the rounds yet, so I'll be the first. The mighty Challenger II. Despite our government's obsession with slashing the Army to death, the United Kingdom has come a long way from the Cromwell and Churchill, hasn't it?