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I agree, however the next difficult task is finding Canadian companies that are willing to put products forward at a resonable price, personally if I need anything I go to the States, it's cheaper and more speciffic to my needs than some guy making it in his basement and then over charging me...

The real question is why did thius stuff even go into production in the first place? Being one of the lucky ones to have trialed the first version (jean jacket upgrade) we basically had nothing good to say to DLR and told them to throw it out.  Then a new version of it in OD was fasioned and...

Well I'd say that the jury is still out on that, but it has to be realized that they are not just going to let them hang around the outside of the camp either.  If it is waranted I am under the understanding that they may be doing just that if needed.

Soldiers don't die because they are unable to get the ammo out fast enough, they die because they get shot or blown up, something that could happen with or without a mag on their weapon, something out of their control unless they saw it coming and if that were the case why did he miss the first...

Just think if we all were born leaders there would be no need to have 'Principles of leadership' - we'd all know them already.

If you get anything out of this thread then pay close attention to what Matt states in this line.  Remember though after 16 years in the Army I've never seen a requirement for any soldier less those that operate dismounted, to wear or use half of the stuff that I see soldiers wearing overseas on...

I would disagree, although the PRT team is made up of a mix of trades with the goal of reconstructing and stabalizing the Kandahar region, it would be a mistake to go out the front gate without planning and preparing for combat first.  Now if this includes hunting then it is apart of the...

I agree, do you guys not think that you've completely gotten off track? You want to be Airborne in the reserves move to Toronto and join the QOR's, good luck!

This is probably the best way I've seen it put.  But I don't think anyone in the Regt takes it personnally, at least not as personally as someone in another Regt thinks we should.  I've spent time in all BN's as well as the CAR and I concur with the acceptance point, the reality is that...

Well that's news to us around here, but what makes you so sure that the Comd is orriginally from the brigade?  It still does not answer the question of what the heck it is supposed to imply about the PPCLI as a whole.  As for anyone in the brigade refering to the 2 BN as 'cowboy's' I think...

I appreiciate the reply, that's exactly what I thought, I'd never heard of it either in the time I spent in the 2 Bn or CAR. 

Ok, being a product of the regt. where exactly does this come from?  What exactly does being cowboy mean? This would have to go to those old dogs of the other regt. In the time that I've been in, I've heard it a lot from those posted out east, I've never heard anyone out west refer to us as...

I believe this is a point we both agree on.  Further more the structuring and employment of a DFS Regt (IMHO) is exactlly that a perfect example.  But a lot of these ideas, rarely incorporate (if at all) the restructuring of Comd, and I am talking in the sense that an Inf Officer does not have...

I agree, and perhaps this is not he place to discuss the intracacies of leadership, my point is that you can buy and restructure the entire Army but without addressing the lack of functionality within command the bun fight will continue as to who runs or gets what.  So though it is great to want...

I am quite aware that this "happens", as I am quite aware that not one of them are actually integrated within the "others" Cbt Unit for any length of time.  To say that one has to have substantial knowledge is without quarel, mind you knowledge does not transpire to proper utilization of those...

Why does it always come back to this? - I love you guys but in order for the machine to work a certain reality must be accepted, the past is the past, the future is now - we have to re-configure the whole army so that the machine works. An Army as small as ours can't be held back by a command...

'Nades' it is!

Well if you want to get down with the lingo, it's actually refered to as a 'Bomb'.  Though the 203 looks cool, the canadian version can not be outdone when dealing with weight, even when coupled with the C8HB (in fact weighted more than being coupled to a C7A1).  As for Bomb weight, when...

I am more interested in finding out where I can get the facts, it is an interesting topic and appriechiate it if anyone has actual information.  Being a member of the PPCLI I have not heard of this happenening within the history, I have checked archives and they do not indicate anything other...

Speaking from same, Light Inf Bn's have the majority within the brigades, in various configurations.  More so the vehicle, though very capable is not a fighting platform, does have a larger profile than the 113 and if you've ever tried to change the oil is difficult to maintain.  I enjoyed the...