CAN Enhanced (Permanent?) Fwd Presence in Latvia

[PuckChaser]

Or we could be a sensible army and, you know buy enough tanks to equip our Regiments properly

Nah, we're just going to give everyone raises and consider the Coast Guard as defense spending.

 

[Maxman1]

Just depress the SPG guns and use them as direct fire. I did it in World of Tanks all the time.

60% of the time, it works every time.

 

[MilEME09]

60% of the time, it works every time.

Might as well use the C3s as AT guns then

 

[markppcli]

Might as well use the C3s as AT guns then

Well they’ll get to Latvia faster than Spike… probably

 

[Fabius]

Has anyone seen the Aimpoint FCS in the hands of a Cdn soldier yet?
Apparently they are in Latvia and have been for about 2 years. No one I have seen or spoken with even knew they were in theatre.

 

[PrairieFella]

Has anyone seen the Aimpoint FCS in the hands of a Cdn soldier yet?
Apparently they are in Latvia and have been for about 2 years. No one I have seen or spoken with even knew they were in theatre.

Interesting. For the C16 or M2?

 

[MilEME09]

Has anyone seen the Aimpoint FCS in the hands of a Cdn soldier yet?
Apparently they are in Latvia and have been for about 2 years. No one I have seen or spoken with even knew they were in theatre.

I think those are supposed to be the optic for the C6A1 but I'd have to double check that to be sure

 

[Fabius]

Should have specified. Those are for the 84mm.

 

[markppcli]

Has anyone seen the Aimpoint FCS in the hands of a Cdn soldier yet?
Apparently they are in Latvia and have been for about 2 years. No one I have seen or spoken with even knew they were in theatre.

I’ll ask but haven’t seen one myself.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Has anyone seen the Aimpoint FCS in the hands of a Cdn soldier yet?
Apparently they are in Latvia and have been for about 2 years. No one I have seen or spoken with even knew they were in theatre.

Straight to Ukraine lol….

 

[MJP]

Has anyone seen the Aimpoint FCS in the hands of a Cdn soldier yet?
Apparently they are in Latvia and have been for about 2 years. No one I have seen or spoken with even knew they were in theatre.

I’ll ask but haven’t seen one myself.

I'll dive deeper next week, but found some documents indicating that the initial training was going to take place in Spring 2024 in Gagetown and then sent to Latvia. I found other correspondence from the DGLEPM Tech LO team from Jan/Feb 2025 indicating that it had arrived in theater recently.

In any case pretty small buy of 10 units as part of a minor cap project only for eFP it seems. Hopefully it proves to be great as the sites for the 84MM have always been lacking.

 

[Fabius]

The US Army has been running the Aimpoint FCS on their 84mm since 2019 I believe. 3 RCRs experience with it during an industry demo where Saab and Aimpoint brought the M4 and the FCS was eye opening. The capability was outstanding. That was about 6-7 years ago now I think.

 

[Kirkhill]

The US Army has been running the Aimpoint FCS on their 84mm since 2019 I believe. 3 RCRs experience with it during an industry demo where Saab and Aimpoint brought the M4 and the FCS was eye opening. The capability was outstanding. That was about 6-7 years ago now I think.

6 or 7 years ago. Glad to see we're not rushing the decision.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

6 or 7 years ago. Glad to see we're not rushing the decision.

Try a lot longer than that.

I recall going to a trade show in 1993 and seeing an FCS attached to a Carl G, then…

 

[Kirkhill]

Try a lot longer than that.

I recall going to a trade show in 1993 and seeing an FCS attached to a Carl G, then…

Was that the CDC Canada solution? I seem to recall public rumours of the US Rangers, early US adopters of the CG84, playing with some Canadian built ballistic sights.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Was that the CDC Canada solution? I seem to recall public rumours of the US Rangers, early US adopters of the CG84, playing with some Canadian built ballistic sights.

I went to the Farnborough Air Show in 1984, I think it was 1984, and saw a milled down 84mm with a fancy sight on it as part of a weapons display.

It weighed about 12 pounds.

The next year we worked with some US Rangers who'd recently had it issued.

That winter I was skiing around in the mountains in arctic Norway with the good old 32+lb version hitting me in the back of the head...

 

[KevinB]

Interesting US Army data via GAO on the AT-4 and M72 (and future AA weapons - which turned in Javelin), as well as the pre Carl G attempt at a reloadable AAW.

https://www.gao.gov/assets/pemd-87-22.pdf

 

[markppcli]

Has anyone seen the Aimpoint FCS in the hands of a Cdn soldier yet?
Apparently they are in Latvia and have been for about 2 years. No one I have seen or spoken with even knew they were in theatre.

Managed to ask today, apologies it’s been a busy week with the current Baltic air police being very keen to work. Yes the company has them, they shot them last week and the response was positive. The only issue that anyone mentioned was that with the thermal it’s “a lot” but that’s kind of to be expected and all agreed it was well worth it.

 

[Cloud Cover]

I went to the Farnborough Air Show in 1984, I think it was 1984, and saw a milled down 84mm with a fancy sight on it as part of a weapons display.

It weighed about 12 pounds.

The next year we worked with some US Rangers who'd recently had it issued.

That winter I was skiing around in the mountains in arctic Norway with the good old 32+lb version hitting me in the back of the head...

Don’t laugh. This was probably the “lightweight” 1984 version.

 

[Kirkhill]

I went to the Farnborough Air Show in 1984, I think it was 1984, and saw a milled down 84mm with a fancy sight on it as part of a weapons display.

It weighed about 12 pounds.

The next year we worked with some US Rangers who'd recently had it issued.

That winter I was skiing around in the mountains in arctic Norway with the good old 32+lb version hitting me in the back of the head...

Prolly this one ...

In the area of crew served weapons, the company
has developed a computerized laser
sight with automatic crossing speed compensation.
This sight (CLASS - Computerized
Laser Sight) has been successfully field tested
with the 84mm Carl Gustaf anti-armor
weapon and the 106mm Recoilless Rifle.

Computing Devices Company, an established
producer of sophisticated electronics for
defence applications, has achieved a global
reputation for excellence. The Company, a
unit of Control Data Corporation, has supplied
the armed forces of over twenty countries,
from NATO to the Pacific Rim, with
state-of-the-art technology.