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Those are all good points.

Just noticed this thread the other day.  I read these articles and shopped them around my unit last year.  It was good to re read them with your commentary.  A few other thoughts. Completely agree with your points on terminology.  I find it funny how some people will offhandedly comment on the...

The size of that Bn is striking.  Considering that operational research has shown the value of smaller units and many German WW 2 commanders have stated that smaller more nimble units are preferable it is interesting to see that we chose to go in the exact opposite direction. Having that fourth...

I got a former EWS classmate whose the XO of 2nd Amphib Bn now who just so happens to be coming up to Gagetown in the next couple weeks.  I'll ensure to ask him how things are looking for the ACV now.  I'm sure those dudes are antsy to get themselves a new platform.

A concept to take a look at here might be the UK's STRIKE Brigade. https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201709_newsbrief_37.4_owen_final.pdf You can find more on it here. https://uklandpower.com/ https://wavellroom.com/ The Brits are looking at what the French achieved in Mali as a potential...

I thought about the sustainment and deployability issues but when it came down to it, rightly or wrongly, Canada likes to go to mature theaters where it can take its time getting in there or forward deploy.  How many times have we deployed armoured vehicles by air?  How many times have we done...

This is it. I honestly argued the paper from the reverse perspective though by starting at the tactical level and assuming we wanted the ability to operate in conventional mechanized operations as part of the main force.  The argument sounds something like this (without reviewing the paper): ...

I decided that depth and the use of counter attacks at all levels would be the key elements of my solution.  We didn't have a lot of information on the enemy but we knew they'd seek a break in which they would then exploit.  I figured they would structure their attack with a reconnaissance...

Namer is one of the finest systems going.  I actually wrote a paper for my masters on the requirement for a HAPC over the continued use of IFVs. 

Here's mine. I still plan on addressing the questions above, just a bit hectic right now. Oh, and ignore my very poor arithmetic in a few places.

This was great.  It worked out very well for me that I just happened to be reading Lossberg's memoir and If Germany Attacks when we started this.  Those books greatly shaped my response. I've got a few ideas on your follow on questions that I'll drop here shortly.  I'm starting to put some...

A good blog here that discusses qualitative assessments of history that of course includes military history.  Specifically this thread discusses the 3-1 rule and for the most part debunks it. http://www.dupuyinstitute.org/blog/tag/3-1-rule/

I've just given this to my jr officers to chew on over the next week.  Should be interesting to see what they come up with. Will we be seeing the results soon?

I had the opportunity the other day to get out to a Second World War Nazi-Soviet battlefield around the small hamlet of More here in Latvia.  It gave me the opportunity to think on a few of the issues we've discussed here.  The position had very little depth but it did have a small reserve which...

My point is that saying we need a ratio of 5-7 attackers to every one defender doesn't really help me plan to best employ my force when I have a variety of assets to use and different ways of employing them.

That was Killcullen referring to a number of Coy attacks he did wearing Miles while an instructor at the School of Infantry in Britain.  He experienced something similar later on a two way range on operations in East Timor.  Brendan McBreen (USMC) noted something similar in a Gazette article...

I did a TDG with my guys the other day and I went bold with my response and pursued a withdrawing en despite force ratios that would not be seen as favorable from the perspective 3:1.  My guys were very concerned about this and were citing the 3:1 rule.  It gave me pause to think but I wanted to...

I just noted this thread and it's quite timely.  My Coy is about to step off on a three day patrol which includes an airmobile insert and two pl raids and a coy raid and we are pretty heavily burdened.  I'm wearing just over 100 pounds of kit (radio (522), tac vest, helmet, frag with plates...

It's max range is upwards of 24,000 meters.  We don't shoot it indirectly so I doubt anyone could tell you what its max effective would be in such a role.  Having said that it is not designed in any way to be employed in such a manner.  It's FCS would be useless and at a shell size of 25mm I'm...