Recent content by MSmith

Point taken - The weight perhaps, but given the standoff/soft launch/fire&forget characteristics of a javelin for example, maybe its not far off to what could be. A perfect simulation it is not, but I don't think its extremely far off. Asking someone to do this in real life with a Carl G would...

I think thats what T2B was getting at - what is the role of our new cavalry? Certainly drones change the equation but they still have their own limitations (battery, weather, very local range, stuff breaks, etc)

Thanks as well for taking the time to read and for the detailed response, I thought your comments below were particularly helpful. Having someone within the squadron who has a direct line to the fires net and the expertise to get rounds on target quickly is something I did not really appreciate...

Thanks for taking the time to read it through and respond! This really neatly summarizes the crux of the issue and I wish I could have articulated it myself - what do we want our Cav sqns to do, especially if the doctrine and TTPs are being homogenized? When I was reading through the...

Why do the structures of the armoured Regiments need to be identical? 4 car troops are more optimal for tanks, not for reconnaissance. Try working through the problems of conducting a basic route recce or screen line that lasts 48h+ with a 4 car troop and you'll quickly see the issues. Besides...

This is another problem I have with the cav concept - in my eyes bdes for the moment are still clear on what they want, and that's a brigade reconnaissance squadron. Unified Resolve 22 1CMBG used the "cavalry squadron" from the Strathcona's as bde recce. Bde commanders still expect to have this...

Correct- I wrote this in response to the ideas in that article and the cavalry concept generally (the article is a good summary of what the RCAC is currently pushing). To be clear: I agree that we had too many bde reconnaissance sqns. I do not agree with rebranding them as cavalry without...

I'm not sure that you read the article I posted then, one of the key issues that the squadron faced was how to cope with the tempo of a heavy mechanized enemy advance while still doing what the commander asked. The sum of parts (sensors, weapons, combination of dismounted and mounted means of...

For ease of reference this is what I'm referring to:

I don't disagree that it is a task that can be assigned to any organization, whether it should be is another question entirely. What are you proposing in a Canadian context within the realm of possibility? The same thing that McGrath is (shift to general purpose manouvre forces and deletion of...

Exactly! Interestingly enough the squadron 2IC for MR 21 was a British exchange officer whose background was cavalry and had been an anti-tank troop leader. He described what you just mentioned.

It is certainly once piece to the puzzle, the article focussed on a dismounted capability as it is the most glaring omission from the current proposal and sort of the "solution" that the squadron came up with to their problem on MR 21. A dismounted capability is not completely absent, but it...

I didn't want to start an entirely new thread, so attached is an article I wrote from my Regiment's experience on Ex MR 21. Its approx 5k words but hopefully addresses the original post of this thread, which asked what Armoured guys think of Vlad Kessia's article. It also assumes that the reader...

I don't think anyone was saying that Canada would realistically have the HH60M. I what Skysix was getting at is that our own helicopters cannot do the job of medevac well enough to risk not asking the Americans to send theirs up - which is somewhat embarrassing. When I was on MR21 the only...

The HH60Ms are properly equipped for medevac (litter system, oxygen, suction, patient monitors, etc) and have far mor advanced avionics... just a far more useful helicopter if something actually went wrong on the exercise and many casualties had to be evacuated is my understanding.