79K views · 4.5K reactions | With over 50% of the world's population living in built up areas training for Operations in Built Up Areas (OBUA) is an essential skill to develop. The Royal Wessex Yeomanry are the British Army's Armoured Reserve Regiment. Soldiers and Officers primarily train on the Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank. However, Exercise Wessex Breach was a chance to brush up on essential core skills. | British Army | Facebook

The British Army is struggling to fill its ranks, and the numbers are stark. New Ministry of Defence data shows that the number of recruits completing training has plummeted by nearly 40% since before the pandemic, painting a worrying picture of a force facing one of its toughest manpower challenges in years. Figures published on 10 November reveal that total intake across all Army training establishments dropped from 8,956 recruits in 2019/20 to just 5,560 in 2022/23, a 38% fall. Even more trou