Saxon

To paraphrase the immortal words of the late and lamented Gunner Milligan, "a tin full of squaddies." Normally Mechanised Infantry, although you could find them full of REME or medics.

According to the MOD:

" a battlefield taxi ... Essentially a mine-proof lorry"

Oh dear, where do we start?

• Well, this is clearly before the MOD discovered "anti-tank mines", which actually take out really heavily armoured vehicles (and not just the tracks, so stop it).

• You try getting a section of infanteers, and all of their kit, into a taxi - even a London black cab. You'll get complaints (even from 3 Para Mortar Platoon).

A cynic (moi?) might say that it's a cheap way of getting the Infantry in to one place so they can be wiped out by a single RPG or HE tank round. Maybe some Cavalry Officer's daughter had an interesting night out with some toms while he was running a major MOD project.

Provider of the effect known to cavalry officers as 'saxon drag', whereby their tracked vehicles leave the infantry so far behind they serve no practical purpose (and we all know what happens to armour when they don't have infantry support!).

And now, according to CGS, the replacement will be delayed for a couple of years. Isn't life fine.