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Bdr Braden Bacher, of 56 Field Regt RCA, passed away this past weekend. Visitation will be held at Miller Funeral Chapel in Cayuga On on Wednesday September 24, 2014 between 7 and 9 and Funeral will take place on Thursday September 25, 2014 at 2 pm with reception at the Legion in Cayuga. My...

That might be, but there's nothing in the message being delivered that explains how such a significant capability reduction, particularly in air defence, will be filled in the transition period to when those new AOPS and CSC ships reach IOC I suspect this is more about keeping the ledger where...

Besides the relatively late posting messages, I've seen three people posted in last 2 years with bad guidance on what constitutes the geographical boundaries for the posting they're going to. In one case the IRP rep flatly said they didn't know, and didn't follow it up. In 2 others, the rep...

The 30 day "extension" you're referring to I'm guessing is your report for duty date, and not change of strength date. For many of the same reasons you described, but the main one being the late delivery of the posting messages, and for operational reasons not being able to let the member go on...

A lot of these former armouries can be found in link below (the example in the search is for the former one in Niagara falls) www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=9870&pid=0

An example of when fire support of any kind wasn't available during a TIC happened here http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ganjgal So why the "mistrust?" I'd say the stricter centralized control measures that the RCAF are proponents of, could have a similar effect as those stricter ROE...

Like everyone else that's still stumbling around trying to figure out how we're to recognize this event in home locations, the unit I'm with, 56 Fd, has tried to improvise something We'll be approaching local news seeking their interest in covering this by possibly doing interviews of P Res...

LCol Cliff Baker MC, passed away on 26 Apr 2014, a remarkable man http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/BakerCR.htm Funeral arrangements are tentatively planned for 3 May

Bit of FYI for your "tech" friend, the Canadian M109 fleet was literally scrapped about four years ago

DP1 training should put your BMQ(L) training to use in the context of artillery troop deployments, as well as learning the basic drills of the weapon system (the weapon of the artillery is the projectile by the way) DP1 training for most primary reserve artillery units is done on the C3...

Although the STA Bty took over what used to be the third Gun Bty in Reg F Regt, it's odd that they've kept the old C/S 5 from when locators were part of  Regt HQ. IIRC C/S 5 was the survey sect co-ord centre, 53 the TC, 57 the TSM, and 53A to 53D (maybe more) were the survey pairs; can't...

The current version of 371-04 is in bad need of an update, and a newer version should be coming out soon, so I'm told Over the past 8 years, some changes have been improvised, and what I'm suggesting below is probably the most consistent method of C/S use  I've seen (and based on ~34 yrs of...

I'd thought the earlier M777 premature incident was in 2008, but ack, it was in 2011. I must've mixed it up with one I helped investigate in 2008, when a gun on Ops fired with an unlocked breech block, resulting in an injured soldier (burns).  A rep from DAEME and I discovered you could...

Hopefully there'll be more info out on the cause There is the second incident I'm aware of where something catastrophic happened with a M777 at the gun platform. The previous one happened in 2008, with a premature at muzzle, but very little info came out from the investigation; luckily the gun...

Mounting a 105 gun on a light vehicle chassis, as old Sweat mentioned, is not a new idea, and even the LAV chassis has been experimented with http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2004armaments/04_Vickory_105mm_Indirect_Fire.pdf The gun itself used in that experiment, the Leo, I seen while in South Africa...

The pt is the idea was kicked around about 2003-2004, discussed here on the boards in 2004, and (like those links) the whole thing died Here's some info on some of the thinking behind it at the time http://www.casr.ca/bg-artillery-mavs-project.htm

A truck mounted 105 is not a new idea, even for Canada The last go at it was mentioned here: http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/1582.0 That died out too (fortunately I'd say)

It's not quite dead yet! Yes, revival of a very old thread, but this latest news does relate to it, and also gives an idea of how long it can take to get try and solve it, and possibly get a few more years out of the C3 fleet EDIT: Removed link as per site guidelines. Bruce

"old and reliable" plotting boards are still being used for mortars by the way: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tender-notice/PW-QF-107-23868