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Honestly the US Armored Brigade 2023+ might better a better Cdn model, if the current plan to bring them back to 2 Mech Inf CAB's in the Brigades goes forward. Current 14 Abrams / Coy and 5 Coy / Bde (2 in each Armor CAB, and 1 in the Mech Infantry CAB) : 70 MBT in Platoons 14 Bradley / Coy...

Walls too -

I'm still not getting what role you see for this Militia. I'm not disagreeing with the principle of it, I am question the bottom line utility. The Canadians of the 21st Century are not going to accept (not even with those actually concerned with the threat of a POTUS47 Invasion) issuing...

I 100% agree with you. But as @FJAG notes, the issue what the role of the vehicle is for. To me an AFV in the "assault role" needs a 3-4 person crew. There is only so much that one person can do to retain SA in a moving vehicle, keep it in the fight and engage effectively and not be a danger...

What are you wanting this force for? I'm not disagreeing that an engaged citizenry is a bad thing, but the question is where is the focus? If you are looking for a "Home Guard" then I think you can cut the support weapons off, and put a C20 DMR in your 4 person team. Get C8A4's in a...

To me that is a pretty good option, the key would be domestic production, of not just the chassis, but the key components too. As much as I like the CV-90, if I was king, I would opt for the M109A8, AMPV, and an AMPV based CV-90 ish IFV - simply due to the common chassis/power train etc. I...

Oh Great the LAV-UP 2.0 It appears that GDLS is wordsmithing the LAV 700 into the LAV 6.0 MKII

Does it make sense to have two types of training platforms? I ask, as the Orca's seem to be missing a lot of what I would consider critical training items (weapons and FCR/CIC). I don't know much about the Navy, my only experience on surface and subsurface vessels has been as a means of...

Just for shits and giggles. Individual Equipment for a Section of 10 personnel is around 1/2 Million USD. That is solely equipment worn on the body, weapons, PPE, basic secure comms and VAS, plus Rucksack and sleeping gear. My tables wouldn't upload from numbers, but that is the Low end of...

Not in a million years. I don’t think you understand what things actually cost to procure, let alone maintain. 1.5B CDN would be in the low end of the range. I can make a breakdown if you disagree

None of the neighbors like Venezuela. Most would be tickled pink if there was a regime change. However Trump will crumble if he goes into Venezuela, as it’s hard to be the ‘President of Peace’ and run an invasion. He sold his base on withdrawal from overseas - and while the hard core...

Yawn. You think that actually does anything. Israel would blast Mt Rushmore if they felt it was in their interests. The Israeli lobby down here ensures that any pressure that is applied will be met with resistance and significant opposition, to the point many elect officials have lost...

Don’t forget ‘but on a budget’. 4 lies for the price of one.

Based on our PM's I think it is more of a terminology issue. You want depth - which is what many of us want for the CA as well. We may differ on what that exactly means - but I always believe that ones Primary Reserve should be 1) Equipped to the same standard as the Regular Army 2) At...

The .50’s are removable as they are in pintle mounts. Removing the Mk38 for the GL ones is what it was referring to above. So you’d get some without that gun for the Great Lakes, and yet have the ability to drop in a RWS (ideally a GUA-19 system) module plug and play if any where to be...

I don’t think the only winner is Qatar. They are a short term winner, but Israel has already shown the willingness to attack Qatari soil if they feel it is in their interest. I suspect that the Qatari leadership is living on borrowed time, and there won’t be a lot of tears shed when they go…...

But you aren’t. You are putting forth a case without any justification. Any financial or other organizational efforts should be linked to a justifiable cause. Which many of us do not feel you make.

Significantly impacting… When one looks at sabot rounds there is a large difference between bore diameter and the actual projectile. I suspect you are seeing a 155mm launching a 105mm sized projectile and payload.

TBFH those seem to be a great trainer. I for one don’t think it’s reasonable to conduct training on an unarmed ship for a Navy. Maybe get a few for the Great Lakes without the Mk38 and have a slot for a RWS to be dropped in as needed. I’m not a navy guy, but having FCR would seem to be a...

Hey those Bananas don’t pick themselves ;)