The Experimental Mechanized Force (EMF) was a brigade-sized formation of the British Army. It was officially formed on 1 May 1927 to investigate and develop...

mechanised unit when the War Office sanctioned the creation of the Experimental Mechanized Force, which was formed on 1 May 1927, under infantry Colonel R. J...

militaries distinguish between mechanized and armored (or armoured) infantry, designating troops carried by APCs as mechanized and those in IFVs as armored...

tested as part of the Experimental Mechanized Force (EMF) in the 1920s. The Force undertook various experiments in mechanized warfare combining tanks...

eight were constructed for the Experimental Mechanized Force and were tested on Salisbury plain in 1927, against experimental models of the Carden Loyd tankette...

developed by the British for their motorised warfare experimental brigade (the Experimental Mechanized Force) after the end of the War. This mounted an 18-pounder...

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he would be unable to devote himself to the Experimental Mechanized Force and the development of mechanized warfare techniques without extra staff to assist...

directive for the development of a tank force resulted in the assembly and encampment of an experimental mechanized force at Camp Meade, Maryland, from 1 July...

British created the Experimental Mechanized Force between the wars to test the capabilities of all-arms formations of mechanized units, this included...

new regimental commander was Colonel Van Voorhis, late of the experimental Mechanized Force, while the executive officer was Adna Chaffee. The Post Commander...

attack, using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, together with artillery...

penetrate newer foreign tanks. By 1931, experience with the Experimental Mechanized Force led to the report of the Kirke Committee and specifications...

period, the British developed ideas for fully-mechanized all-arms warfare with the Experimental Mechanized Force. The Germans reviewed their doctrine and revised...

Department Mechanization Board, appointed to study results of the experiment, recommended the permanent establishment of a mechanized force. Despite inadequate...

defences. During the late 1920s the British Army established the Experimental Mechanized Force, to test these theories and look at the basic problems of managing...

Corps convoy. "Motorized Army Force to Parade on Tuesday". Joplin Globe. Joplin, Missouri. July 14, 1928. "Mechanized Army is at Gettysburg". Baltimore...

(1925), developed for the British motorised warfare experimental brigade (the Experimental Mechanized Force). This mounted a field gun, capable of the usual...

4th Division. It was partially mechanized in July 1928 and concurrently attached to the Experimental Mechanized Force at Camp Meade; the unit became first...

infantry and artillery – should be mechanized and work together. The British formed the all-arms Experimental Mechanized Force to test the use of tanks with...

General Staff tried to establish a small mechanized professional army, using the Experimental Mechanized Force as a prototype. The structure of the British...

armoured warfare, as well as the creation of the short-lived Experimental Mechanized Force. The long-term impact was for the army to move towards mechanisation...

use of tanks in the late 1920s was that of the British Army's Experimental Mechanized Force that influenced future development of tanks, armored troops...

"Birch gun"), the Birch gun was used for the exercises of the Experimental Mechanized Force in 1927–1928. The Mk IV ordnance was modified. In the Mk IVA...

along with two-man Carden Loyd tankettes in manoeuvres with the Experimental Mechanized Force on Salisbury Plain in 1927 and 1928. The idea for a single-man...

immediately promoted to major. In 1928 he became commander of the 1st Experimental Mechanized Force and assistant director of mechanisation at the War Office. He...

theories of manoeuvre and armoured warfare. The short-lived Experimental Mechanized Force was created and the army moved towards mechanisation to improve...

light tanks Mk I to Mark VI. Following the activities of the Experimental Mechanized Force in the late 1920s, the British Army identified a need for two...

comparatively backward-looking. This meant that trials such as the Experimental Mechanized Force of 1927–28 did not go as far as they might have. One of the...

the PLA Ground Force with nine active armored divisions consisting of a number of armored brigades, 25 infantry divisions (mechanized or motorized), organized...