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Sure it has a use if you have no other options, but from the Ukrainians/legionnaires we've worked with: fieldcraft seems to be a far more effective active and passive response to anything UAS. Not so much as dismissing it, but loathing the fixation on the shotgun at the expense of fieldcraft in...

Ah yes, the shotgun is going to stop the 80-120kph FPV bomber drone which are being used for attacks in Ukraine. The only good thing coming out of the AA CAUS shotgun fad is that it's removed all the bullshit waivers and barriers to using shotguns for ballistic breaches on ex and course (the...

It's also funny watching guys do skeet shoots on CASFC (SQ/BMQ-L redux) as part of their active CUAS solution when I've done FPV drone circuits at +200Kmph. Given higher pressure 5.56, I think we'll be in a good spot with a completely 5.56 loadout at the sect level between the carbines and LMG...

Doesn't need to be an insane UAS capability, but if I was the lead section in the pl or coy during movement (or even a sect level recce ptl), I definitely would like to have a system to assist with in-route selection and early warning. Doesn't work like that, well, not at a cost the GOC would...

Fair, that's something that needs to be addressed: a dismounted ATGM for the sect (probably would just default to NLAW), an upgrade/replacement for the M72, and getting the new M4 CG on line for that multi-mission munition platform.

I would prefer to have both a sharpshooter rifle and a UAS sensor at the sect level, and I could see a UAS sense/strike system at the pl level within the weapons det/sect. I know the proposed LIR rifle section org is working with both (and bringing back the gun group of old), but who knows how...

FYSA, been there for almost five years mate. It's also what the Vandoos used to start doing a interim sharpshooter program with the C7 a few years ago, honestly, from what I've seen it kind of runs like an ORA service rifle course.

Well, there's a 7.62 sharpshooter rifle now in the section, doctrinally at least, pretty sure it's just going to be the C20 with a different optic package from the SASR.

If the guy's doing the barrels are Canadian, we're not going to see the insane performance gains that hot loaded 5.56 is capable of, full stop (the black magic of barrels at this juncture, oddly enough, is French). I'm also quite aware of the ballistic change, the current C7 also has a 20"...

Hotter charge but otherwise it is a 62gr with a steel core and penetrator; but unless CC is changing up who they're getting their barrels from, their go-to barrels aren't really going to get much out of it and with slightly less barrel life. The current C7/C8 is already effective to 400m as an...

The army of the West pops up a lot in the ASAIC training safety lessons learned discussion.

Long endurance for sure can, but the absolute proliferation of short endurance UAS largely characteristic of your reference of choice works poorly those environments; with the arctic (and we'll toss in sub-arctic during winter in there) being the worst of the lot. The insulated batteries don't...

The main issue isn't so much that they're dangerous (other than producing secondary frag and spalling if struck) is that training safety doesn't require you to have ballistic plates on during live fire manoeuvre ranges until you add explosives to the mix (there are some bases that have modified...

And I specifically mentioned when it makes sense to do so, such as: hot weather tropical environments such as the jungle; long range ski based movements in the arctic or sub-arctic; and alpine and mountain environments (oddly enough, environments that the Ukrainians don't have any experience in...

I'd say I'm a big fan of being able to pack out my armour if the environment or task makes sense to do so (which is more common than you'd think), which is why belt kits and chest rigs will always be something I advocate for. Protection is huge, and not just from frag, we need the ability to...