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Old 03-08-2021, 06:24   #1
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The British Army Is Shrinking: Smallest in 400 Years

The British Army Is Shrinking: Smallest in 400 Years

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/03/...-in-400-years/

"Despite having an “empire” on which the sun never set, the British Army wasn’t exactly large in numbers. Yet, prior to the First World War, Great Britain had the only true “professional” army in Europe in that it was a small volunteer force made up of about 400,000 soldiers. Of those about 247,000 served in the Regular Army while another 145,000 served in the Territorial Force....."

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"...Today, the British Army is already the smallest it has been in 400 years and as the BBC reported this month, it is about to get even smaller. An upcoming defense review, set to be published in April, could call for cutting up to 10,000 soldiers from the regular Army’s notional strength of 82,000 as a way to help fund the modernization efforts...."

72,000?

Total? Not many ground pounders with those numbers.
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