The next major conflict will be held within 500km of the closest charging point and designated safe-space. Well, I presume that will be the case since the British Army has declared that they are going to switch to EVs to attract eco-friendly climate warriors as recruits.
Calling on British industry to lead the way on developing new sources of energy for the military, he added: “The challenge, and genuine commercial opportunity, is to aim high and lead the world in the development of military equipment which is not only battle-winning but also environmentally sustainable.
“That gives the British Army considerable operational benefits, such as reducing our logistical drag, and also puts the Army […] on the right side of the environmental argument, especially in the eyes of that next generation of recruits that increasingly make career decisions based on a prospective employer’s environmental credentials.”
Britain’s senior army officer, General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith.
Delingpole, as expected, rips into this:
There is so much stupid here that it is hard to know where to begin.
On the recruitment front, it surely ought to be obvious to almost anyone apart from this wooden-topped Rupert – with his lower second class university degree – that bunny-hugging eco-loons are the very last people ever to want to join the Army. The only thing that might change their dope-addled minds is if it redesignated itself the Peace Corps and renounced its combat role altogether. But that might leave an awkward gap in Britain’s defence capabilities.
Then again, what kind of loon would even want to join a military so careless of its proper purpose that it apparently puts more value on green virtue-signalling than it does on operational effectiveness?
There is currently no renewable energy source that could conceivably power the Army’s military equipment – nor is there likely to be any time soon.
Young men and women prepared to risk their lives for their country need to know that in return, their country is going to do its level best to ensure that they go into battle with best equipment for the job.
Once you start prioritising other goals — appeasing Mother Gaia; trying to get friendly write-ups from the Guardian and the BBC; trying to persuade recruits that war has more to do with saving polar bears than killing the enemy — then you send a very clear message to the taxpayers who fund you: we incapable of defending you properly. And an even clearer message to the enemy: we are not serious so please, walk all over us. […]
All our enemies will now have to do is wait for our tanks to trundle forward for a few miles, maybe leave it till darkness has fallen – then strike the moment their solar batteries have run out.
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Maybe all the war documentaries and movies that I have seen have painted a false picture? Obliterating a location with bombs, waving flamethrowers about and generally devastating the opponent’s territory has never seemed to be a “battle-winning but also environmentally sustainable” pursuit.
What would a lithium powered tank look like after a hit from an RPG?