Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System: Difference between revisions

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The development of improved tank designs such as T72 (and later T80)that were to all intents and purposes impervious to 105mm artillery fire but could be affected by 155mm calibre.

To counter these developments a decision was made to make all divisional artillery 155mm and phase out the 105mm Abbot. The [[Corps Barrier Plan]], a major structure of obstacles, including a huge minefield made up of anti-tank [[L9 Bar Mine|Bar Mines]] and [[L10 Ranger Anti-Personnel Mine|Ranger Anti-Personnel]] mines was also strengthened to blunt such tactics. Finally two parallel studies: the [[Battle Attrition Study]] (BAS) and [[Review of Ammunition Rates and Scales]] (RARS) worked through the implications to the British Army of the predicted new style of Soviet aggression.

BAS confirmed that [[1 (BR) Corps]] could resist and contain a Soviet attack of the type predicted but that over eight days of high-intensity warfare would suffer massive casualties. However it was imperative for a follow-on capability to exist and there should be sufficient manpower, materiel and ammunition for 1 (BR) Corps to fight on at 40% of mobilisation strength for a further two days. This became known as the 8+2 model.