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You did a pretty good job of getting the time frame, but I had the advantage of being there. I remember seeing it back then. I think it is made up of 1957-1958 footage, as there are both Lee-Enfields and FNs, as well as Brens. I did recruit training in the RCA Depot in the January to June 1958...

This actually was in the late 1950s. The Canadian Guards had four battalions at the time, but the manpower from the 3rd and 4th battalions was used, among other things, to add two armoured regiments, the 8th Canadian Hussars and the Fort Garry Horse, to the order of battle.

When I was a lieutenant liaison officer in HQ 4CIBG in 1965-66, I staffed the plan for the introduction of the Carl G.

Correct, so we went to carrying the rifle at the shoulder. The original present arms was a two step movement: the first step was to move the rifle out in front of the body with the right arm; while moving the left arm out to catch the foregrip. In a year or so we went to the three step movement.

I did my basic para in 1968, so the FN had been in service for more than a decade.

Very interesting and informative video. I was in the first recruit course in the RCA Depot not issued Lee-Enfields and trained exclusively on the C1. We were the first squad to commence training in 1958. A few of the squads that preceded ours were retained in Shilo for a few weeks to convert to...

you may be interested in this reference to Mister Guttin from the Canadian Airborne Gunner history, scheduled for publication in a very few months. In late July 1974 the Canadian Government decided to reinforce its contingent in Cyprus in response to the Turkish invasion. One of the units...

And here in Canada as well. At the time of the Confederation that established the Dominion of Canada, the second largest ethnic group, after the French, was the Irish. Unfortunately both the Catholic and Protestants brought their religious animosity with them, and it only really large faded away...

My reading of the casualty estimate was that it was made deliberately high. Instead of a few days in high intensity contact followed by periods of lesser intensity for F echelon under a nuclear threat in Germany, the whole in theatre strength was calculated to be in contact under the same threat...

I attended some of the planning sessions for Operation Broadsword, but was not a real player. A number of the planners were opposed to it, and did their best to make it too difficult. For example, the casualty assessment for the bridge group for thirty days in operations was more than 1.5 times...

FJAG, you may have broken the code. I would love to see what the site looked like after the controlled detonation. The result would be very different for a solid shot compared to a shrapnel round (a hollow shell packed with balls with an expelling charge in the base) or a HE round ( body filled...

That is at least as plausible as the theory (especially the "explosive armour-piercing" bit) put forward by Wainwright EOD personnel in this CP story reproduced under the Fair Dealings provision of the Copy Right Act. The Canadian Press Published Saturday, July 6, 2019 4:21PM EDT JASPER...

FJAG We are in our trailer at Grenville Park on the St Lawrence, so this is coming from memory and/or google. The only references I have come across re avalanche control refer to the TCH in BC after the route opened in the early sixties. The field regiment based in Winnipeg was given the task...

My guesstimate was a shrapnel round because of the shape, especially the lack of a boat tail.  That makes it an unlikely candidate for avalanche control, given the low kinetic effect of a few hundred lead alloy balls. Now, the scales at both ends of the round could, repeat could, be size in...

One might ask if there any records of avalanche control in the area. Obviously there has to be something to be protected, best a railroad, or a highway, or even a community. Don't assume and don't rule anything out.

The following story is reproduced under the Fair Dealings provisions of the Copyright Act. Vice-Admiral Mark Norman to retire from the military JANICE DICKSON OTTAWA PUBLISHED JUNE 26, 2019 UPDATED 3 MINUTES AGO 0 COMMENTS Vice-Admiral Mark Norman says he will retire from the Canadian Armed...

I've read it, as well. Am I glad we got out of the sixties, because the planning for a nuclear exchange was suicidal, at best. As a retired Cold Warrior, my only military qualification that I am glad I didn't have to use is Nuclear Target Analyst. As for this doctrine, I can see why, even if it...

Let's say there had been an attack, or two, by an unnamed enemy. What is the better tactic to defend against it? Is it a convoy system, or a blockade, or a combination of both, or what?

Thanks for that, Lumber. I had some doubts about the incidents, including the method of attacks. Being a pongo from a long way back, I decided to not demonstrate my ignorance, but my BS detector was ringing. Maybe it was meant as a demonstration of motive and opportunity, but not of method.

Excessive foot stamping, combined with the fumes from Capo and Brasso will, in time, rot the brain.