Recent content by AmmoTech90

WRT the early ammo issue it came down to manufacturing, of course. I toured the production facility in 1992, on my 5s. IVI/SNC had bought a large linear production machine from FN to produce SS109 (C77). In a simplified way you put the components in one end and complete rounds came out the...

Joined the reserve I. 87, trained with the C1. Augmented 1CSR for RV89, got a morning's conversion training and a day on the range with a brand new C7 out of the box. Taught reserve driver wheeled course in summer of 89, used C1. Went to Germany for FALLEX 89 got issued a C7. Went to...

The missiles up to the G have an external, replaceable, battery cooling unit to spin up the seeker head. Up until 2nd trigger pull, after locking the target, you can turn it off and just replace the BCU. Once fired cooling is provided by a small onboard gas bottle and power by thermal...

For Javelin the lightweight CLU still has a battery, looks like the original battery, but I don't know if the thermal is cooled or not; the CLU still needs power of course. The latest missile has an uncooled seeker. Yeah, it has nice reach, but the shorter ranges one have their share of...

I think he's talking about the Spike launch unit, not Javelin's CLU. My, now dated, experience with Spike missilesand equipment is similar. Yet, for some reason, the CA seems enamoured of Spike, maybe because CANSOF bought some. Making all the weapons come from the same family also stinks of...

Understandable, my last shoot was a ground target for a dog and pony show in Gagetown, 2004 to 5ish.

I've seen around 30 ADATS shots. Three, I believe were at ground targets. One missed (gunner didn't turn on the laser- training scar). I think it was mostly focused on AD. Given the size of the warhead it didn't matter it was shaped, it would throw enough frag to deal with aircraft.

It was not the rifle needed at the time and was introduced due to political demands by Sam Hughes. Nowhere did I say it was a bad rifle. It was not the rifle the CEF needed.

Yes, that is what Tech Staff/WO programs are for, at least as far as the Army goes. Unfortunately the CA does not support employment of such pers at the research centres. My experience has the Master Gunners being underemployed at the centers and not supported by the CA when they try to...

Agreed. I have encountered DS who seem to think they should be able to work on what they want. They are a minority. At the same time I've encountered DS who go out door knocking to see what is needed. They too are a minority. Most are skilled public servants who want direction, and most...

That has to be one the most short sighted things I've ever heard. DRDC, especially Corporate, has it faults, but does manage to conduct soup to nuts research, from researching first principles to physically putting new equipment and techniques in the hands of operators. 300 million is peanuts.

I've seen a lot of the East Coast ordnance factories, Canada and the US. As of 10 years ago most were aged. They might have held some newer equipment, but the the bones of the infrastructure has osteoporosis. I believe there has been some renewal, but not much. There may be some more coming...

As is penetration. Been there, done that. You can cut steel with a steel picket backed by C4. Not well, but you can.

Yes, that's why there is cone or rod on the front. That is empty other than a method of telling the warhead it has hit something (piezo crystal and wires, or a small shaped charge that spits back to initiate the main charge). That rod or cone gives the jet time to form as the jet is formed...

With these light cages you need something that will cause a HEAT warhead to function at a distance where it's jet starts to particulate or at least slow down to point where it will not penetrate relatively thin armour (engine deck, roof, etc). The bar armour we saw in Afghanistan broke up the...