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I just don't get some people's infatuation with the CV90. I understand it looks good in Jane's Armour and Artillery and I am certain it is a decent vehicle but it is not a panacea for our Army. The LAVIII is, IMHO, vastly superior to the CV90 when it comes to ICVs - especially when you consider...

Funny you should mention that as the CMI 90mm Mk 8 gun was actually a contender for the SBCT MGS requirement. Observe: http://www.cmigroupe.com/defence/mk890b_en.htm However, it is my understanding that they went with 105mm because there was a readily available supply of M68 barrels and 105mm...

That article reads as if it were written by a junior high school student. In depth my arse! Try counting the number of factual errors in that piece and I'm sure you'll have to take off your shoes as I did. Being a journalist, editor or columnist has to be the best job in the world. You can...

Duey, On my last trip to KAF I was told the runway repairs are what are holding up the deployment of anyone's fast air (less the Harriers) to Kandahar. This isn't secret as it is also discussed here: http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/59600.html Perhaps that's one reason why we can't get the...

Hey phil27, First off, if you're going to be an officer - learn to spell, capitalize and use punctuation. This board comes with a handy spell checker so even if the public education system has failed you, you can still fake it. Now, I was a ROTP Civvie U student, although that was 8 years ago...

1 RCR was a Grizzly Bn when I got there but we went down to Gagetown for an Ex and switched to M113s. The Pl WO thought he'd have fun with the new guys by having them jump up and down on top the M113s to check the air pressure in the road wheels! MG

You mean buy back the Bonnie from Schick and Gillette, right? MG

Don't forget that the ALSC project (pre-JSS) called for four ships. Maybe they're right and we're only getting 2 ships so that money can be made available for the BHS. MG

One of the Afghans I work with wanted to show me the Hadji Girl video today. He says: "I want to show you something. It's a video called 'Kill All The Iraqis'". I thought, holy crap, where'd you get a video like that and then he flashes up Hadji Girl and I almost lost it. I said "You hammerhead...

Teddy, I don't disagree with most of what you're saying and I am in no way proposing we buy Russian aircraft, but this statement of yours above about engines and electronics is not entirely accurate. The AN-124-100M has been designed with western avionics (provided by Honeywell)  and the...

Really? We must have different versions of the SOR. Mine is from April 2005 so I'm pretty impressed that they have re-written the SOR (after announcing a sole-source contract) to better reflect the COE. Section 2.4 (Concept of Ops) of my SOR makes no mention of insurgents, terrorists or COIN...

Tomato, tomah-to. I think you get my point. The MGS was designed (by the US Army) to be a gun that provides intimate support to assaulting dismounted infantry (a "gun for assaults", if you will  ;)  ). We, in our boundless wisdom, have decided this vehicle is best suited to take on T-72Ms and...

Ahhhh, Thunderbolt! I was close. Anyway, the M8 with a 120mm seems much more suitable to me than the MGS. However, as I have stated before, the biggest problem with the MGS isn't its specs (although they aren't jaw-dropping), it's the way our Army wants to use them. The MGS would make a decent...

Arthur, There is a 120mm version of the M8. It's called the Thunderplug or Thundermonkey or something like that. (Sorry, I'm short on time). MG

Morsermensch. Sehr gut. Wie hast du die umlaut machen? (My German is so poor I couldn't talk my way out of a scheise video!) /airball/

According to Airfax, there are only 5 A310s available on the market right now and most of those are for lease. See link for further details: http://www.airtrading.com//a310.htm Homme de mortiers

I would agree with focussing the MCDVs on inshore work but not necessarily excusively harbour work. By that I mean the MCDVs would be fine for the following roles: 1) Inshore patrol (Gulf of St Lawrence, Georgia Strait, Jaun de Fuca Strait, Bay of Fundy etc.) 2) Minehunting, remote bottom...

OK, driver halt! I'm posted to 3 RCR this fall and I can guarantee you it is among the top 9 infantry battalions in the entire regular army. Of course, when I was in 1 RCR we always called 3 RCR the "C Team" or the "Junior Varsity Team" but I have since seen the light. Now I just have to think...

This is true. I rented a PMQ apartment in Pet and I was single at the time. It was a huge three bedroom jobbie too. Hombre del mortios

Man I wish I was out there with those guys. I really hope I get to come back here in a pointy-end job next time. This staff stuff sucks compared to what my buddies in the BG are up to. Damn. MG