page_title: Experimental Mechanized Force
section_title: Formation of the EMF
hierarchical_section_title: Experimental Mechanized Force / Formation of the EMF
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Tankietka Carden-Loyd z zamontowanymi pokrywami nad przedziałem bojowym. Drugi oryginalny model angielski z nieznacznie powiększonym (boczne nisze) przedziałem bojowym. Polska zakupiła ok. 10 wozów tego typu. Ich konstrukcja stała się podstawą do opracowania własnych wozów bojowych. [opis oryginalny]
context_page_description: The Experimental Mechanized Force was a brigade-sized formation of the British Army. It was officially formed on 1 May 1927 and was intended to investigate and develop the techniques and equipment required for armoured warfare. As such it was the first armoured formation of its kind in the world. It was renamed the Armoured Force the following year and for two years it participated in exercises which demonstrated the capabilities of mechanised forces against traditionally-organised and trained infantry and cavalry. The force was controversial in the army and was disbanded in February 1929. The EMF and AF were followed by experiments with a Tank Brigade in 1931, which had three mixed battalions of medium and light tanks and a battalion of Carden Loyd machine-gun carriers as a reconnaissance force.
context_section_description: Following pressure from Fuller and from George Lindsay, the Inspector of the Royal Tank Corps, General George Milne, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, arranged for the formation of the Experimental Mechanized Force in October 1925. Milne was already inclined against the pure tank theorists and organised the force as a balanced force of all arms, as far as resources allowed. The force was established on 1 May 1927 at Tidworth Camp on Salisbury Plain and after unit training with the new equipment in the summer, training of the force as a unit began on 19 August. Fuller had originally been considered for appointment as commander of the force, combined with command of the 7th Infantry Brigade and the administrative responsibilities connected with the garrison of Tidworth. Fuller turned it down and resigned as the War Office refused to allot extra staff to assist him and Fuller believed he would be unable to devote himself to the force, its methods and tactics. Brigadier R. J. Collins, commander of the 7th Infantry Brigade, a light infantry-man was appointed to command the Experimental Force in April 1927.
caption: Carden Loyd Tankette Mk VI
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