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Towed artillery has a role. However it is not suited to every application in every mission. I have nothing bad to say about the Gunners. They are doing one hell of a job on the triple sevens. The gun crews are busting their humps and it is saving lives. I will (and do)bitch about what they are...

Towed guns were intended to operate behind the front lines where their unprotected tow vehicles and crew would be at less risk. I believe Towed guns should only be towed while on base. There I said it, people will read it and scream that I am a heathen. The Biggest advantage towed guns have is...

Just like with the M777. You have to do all of the above but manually. On the Caesar you flick a switch to retract the spades,  crank the wheel and give it some gas to re-lay the gun. If you think the triple seven is as quick or easy you need to give your head a shake. For how we are using the...

So I get called up for a year, push back my retirement by a year, take a huge pay cut and tank my career. So, what's the down side? Oh right my unit is down an instructor while I am deployed. Check please.

Pass the BFT get a cheque (same amount regardless of rank or component). You get tested once a year, pass or fail. Make it forces wide (all branches Reg and Res) and watch the dreams of a new TV or ???????? drag the sloths off the couch. If you want the money you will get off your a**, train...

There are enough mortars for everyone. Arty should have mortars as should the infantry. Hell they are just a pipe with a nail in it. This should not be us trying to take something away from each other, but us trying to get what we need to do our jobs.

I have one. "The C7 can't use metal mags as it was specially modified to only use plastic mags"

Lets save the cash and wait a few years till NLOS-C comes on line then we can tack a number of units onto the US order. Hell we already use the ordinance. Towed is great for people who have Chinooks for mobility or are to poor to operate a fleet of modern SP guns. Which are we?

Easy there. Only three countries in the world have universal health care? You would be right if you were not wrong. What about Australia since 1976? Socialism can be taken to all kinds of extremes, kind of like Capitalism. I like to think of economic systems as religions, people will defend all...

$80 000 seems like a ton of cash till you start adding up the cost of getting a CF-18 to do the same job. Start with $20K per hour so if the target is two hours away you have now reached the break even point without even adding the cost of the PGM the plane is going to drop. Now ask what the...

What is "cold" weather? Because I don't work so well at -40 either.

Kim towel (think industrial paper towel) and butter sandwich, thank you CFB Esquimalt. A few months later some dumb a** kitchen flunky was at a house party and made the mistake of bragging about screwing us over. Dumb, dumb and dumb. Best was Trenton. Couple fried chicken legs, potato salad...

Don't worry about parts, someone out there is already planning to provide needed parts at a huge profit. Big money solves a great number of problems and everything related to aircraft is big money. For example you can still order a brand new (2006 build date) wing spar for your spitfire, and it...

Towed by the sub? There is a change, usually they are being towed. So any pucker factor knowing that big prop was churning away right below your tow line?

People follow drills without thinking about what they are doing as they have done it so many times before. Now throw in some stress and dial back everyones sleep..... My father taught me weapon safety, and to this day I "say out loud" while clearing a weapon "feed path clear, chamber clear...

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Caviar tastes = AH-64 Kraft Dinner (read reality) budget = Bell ARH And every new rotary pilot in the CF will be learning how to fly this airframe via Kelowna Flightcraft (can you smell the economy of scale?). Screw the Auroras the US has the JDAMs covered.

Speaking of loiter time how long can a triple seven remain on station? Oh 45 days or so good to hear. Best description of the Canadian military "Caviar tastes with Kraft Dinner budgets". What people think we "need" we don't. AH-64s? AC-130s? Look at the man power requirement and the cost per...

Killer Jr. (direct fire 105mm HE time) has one hell of a beaten zone.

But you sure pay for the rough strip capability when it comes to price tags.