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by Richard A. Rinaldi.
Softcover (8.2×11.7 inches). 84 pages. 2025.
Subtitle: Volume 1: The Path to Future Soldier, 2010s and Beyond
“Future Soldier” is the UK’s new plan to transform the British Army. It includes technological, organizational, and equipment upgrades and changes as well as a reduction in the number of troops. The British Army is running about 100,000 troops of all types.
Best of all are the unit OOBs, dividing the divisions into component brigades that are also divided into component units, usually battalions. Logistics, helicopter troops, and other units also receive OOBs and an overview.
Couple typos: “that here will inevitably be a new defence review” (p3) seems to read better with “there will” and the photo caption (p66) refers to barracks while the actual graphic is a repeat of the OOB from page 6. My guess is someone in layout clicked on the wrong “6” file.
The book contains 79 color photos, four black and white OOB diagrams, 15 vehicle color camouflage profile illustrations, three helicopter color camo profile illustrations, and four uniform camouflage illustrations. The photos provide a considerable resource for the painting of miniatures.
The workmanlike prose isn’t exactly an exciting read, but for OOB enthusiasts, this can be a valuable reference.
Enjoyed it.
— Reviewed by Russ Lockwood
