Recent content by Fabius

This Manoeuvre Div may, if all things progress on their current trajectory, have a weird force structure. 2 and 5 CMBG with 2 LAV 6 based infantry units and a tracked IFV based medium cav unit. Supported by a non tracked Cbt engineer unit? 1 CMBG with LAV 6 based infantry and two MBT equipped...

There is no unit tasked as Div Recce. The CMBGs all retain their armoured regiments.

Symbols are important and are chosen deliberately for government announcements etc. Note that the only two flags used during this announcement were the Cdn flag and the Quebec flag. No other provincial flags were displayed despite this being billed as a national program vs a Quebec program...

Some interesting word choices in PMMCs opening comments here. Paraphrased but a strategic partnership in the new world order.

This quote from a BBC article stood out to me. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgp70ynx1po

16 people participated total. https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/feds-say-16-people-participated-in-firearms-buyback-pilot-that-collected-25-guns

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/federal-government-confirms-25-guns-collected-in-buyback-pilot-as-quebec-pledges-support

Yes, in the CA it’s a Comd 2 up who conducts the validation of an elements collective training BTS. Section - OC Coy Pl - CO Unit Coy - Comd Bde Bn/BG - Comd Div Bde - Comd CDTC Sections often do multiple iterations dry and live for BTS. Pls often do multiple dry iterations and might do...

For me the total number of 148,600 and the average of 81 rnds per person ( I agree that this is not real, many fired 0 some fired hundreds) is a useful baseline of average availability of resources to achieve marksmanship across the formation. In relation to the CMAR upgrades or PWT changes...

Found this interesting today. 41 CBG fired 148,600 5.56 during 2025 across 1815 personnel. A total of 81 rounds per soldier in the Brigade. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G2M3t8pF8/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Here’s an article about the Battle Lab mentioned in the Canadian Army Today article with some detail on the GDMS-C DigitalSpine...

Yes… however I think there is a gap between what that US Combatant Comd is discussing and what the C5ISRT projects were. As per this article on C5ISRT in the “Canadian Army Today” it was only in the last 2 years due to the CA modernization war games that it became obvious to the CA that a...

Interesting interview. I think there is an underlying tension in the structural and equipment modernization efforts between getting the CA ready to fight in the next five years at the tactical and operational levels and the strategic desire to build out Canadian military industrial...

Everything I see, even in that article has the FA-50 block 70 operating AIM-120s. It seems specifically the 12 FA-50GF variant that Poland operates, that’s the upgrade issue. If so it’s not clear why the reluctance to integrate the Aim 120 from the US side. Perhaps integration with the radar...

It’s an interesting observation that has some truth I think. This is one of the key challenges as leaders progress from unit level to formation for the cbt arms types but too be honest all trades. No longer are you operating in your trade and you’re not the SME anymore, nor have you done all...