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Posted with the usual caveats about the reliability of AI in answering questions, I asked ChatGPT the following: "list the main challenges and disadvantages of designing a main battle tank with the engine in the front of the vehicle" and here's the response that was generated:

Technically that would be Mark Carney that beat the sitting LPC government in the last election....and I agree he's facing a terrible job of epic proportions! ;) And while I didn't vote for him or his party I do wish him luck in turning the ship around as quickly as possible unlike those...

I was just going from the comments about the modularity of the design in the original article: and and 🤷‍♂️ Exactly how much commonality there is between the two you can't tell from a few pictures of course.

https://defence-blog.com/russian-troops-use-american-flag-in-ukraine-attack/ You'd think this kind of thing would piss the Americans off....but these days who knows?

China is on the modular chassis bandwagon as well apparently. Light Tank/Fire Support Vehicle on the same hull as an IFV. https://defence-blog.com/china-develops-new-modular-tank-and-fighting-vehicle/ Same idea as the CV90 & CV90120 combo or M10 Booker & XM30 combo (or a LAV6.0 & LAV-120...

Again, do we require 24/7 AD unit coverage of our bases? I'm thinking something more basic and situational. I have no idea what drone detection systems we currently have in place at our military airfields but here's a ChatGPT summary of the system trialed at Ottawa airport starting in 2019...

That would suggest that those that have been beating the drum for a fundamental change to the way the Army Reserves are organized, equipped, trained, led and legislated are correct. It's certainly the type of capability that some other county's reservists have the capability to do. ...and...

Canada relies on it's ships and aircraft to be able to project power to where a war is likely to be taking place. The Ukrainian UAV attacks on Russian strategic bomber forces and USV attacks on Russian ships show the vulnerability to low cost uncrewed systems. I'm not suggesting that we need...

And I'd add Air Defence capabilities to that priority list (whether controlled by the Army, RCN, RCAF or more likely all of the above). We don't need to create an "Iron Igloo" (Canadian version of Trumps "Golden Dome") but our military bases (especially our airfields and dockyards) require...

"Ubique"

I was being facetious. I was making light of the fact that we have so few operational tanks that if we didn't recover our damaged ones we wouldn't have any at all.

Unless we get quite a few more tanks than we already have we might have no choice but to recover under fire in order to remain combat effective...

There are so many different types, sizes and capabilities of UAVs/USVs/UUVs/UGVs available that you can come up with just about any scenario you can imagine for their use. I hope that the CAF has a team (or teams) examining the vast array of capabilities available and is trying to come up some...

I'm surprised that an orientation tour isn't standard for a crew member's first shipboard assignment.

How about something like this?

Christening of HMSC Robert Hampton Grey, the last of the RCN's 6 x AOPS took place on Saturday, Aug 9th: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/08/royal-canadian-navy-christens-her-sixth-and-last-arctic-offshore-patrol-ship/

Germany is seriously upgrading its air defence capabilities: https://defence-blog.com/germany-plans-to-buy-500-skyranger-air-defense-systems/ I think you'd be incredibly generous to describe our AD aspirations as "modest" in comparison. :(

FTFY Only the US has the volume to initiate a switch in basic weapon specs from existing NATO standards (e.g. 6.8mm rifle rounds). Abrams X is still proposing a 120mm main gun and unless that changes I seriously doubt that any other nation will adopt a 130mm or 140mm gun on their tanks. As...

Siberia?