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Hi Jack. There are many places to find the info on the MGS. You just need to type it (MGS, LAV, Stryker) into a search engine and you should get quite a bit. However here are a couple. http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/Armour_school/bulletin/index_e.asp http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-vehlavmgs1.htm...

Ok. Here is a question then. Two parter... If this is so? And the 25mm is not effective against armoured vehicles beyond light and possably medium classification, then why did we go with it instead of the heavier 30 or 35mm? AND if the MGS can only carry a small load of ammo, and it would...

I LOVE that show!!! Wow Tom, I think that was one of the best explanations I've seen given to one of my lame ass inquiries.  :salute: Thanks

Jeez Matthew, that was a great idea. Doesn't the LAV series of vehicle have an NBC recce varient? Maybe something like that could be further kitted out? As for the remote control? Very cool and hopeful. Well we could also say we already have a tier 2 force. Its called our Allies (US and...

Hmmm... So could we compare the MGS to MDF perhaps? And Tom. I can imagine how you keep the peace anywhere let alone the family. :dontpanic: You know with all the construction/reno analogies going around to compare what Hillier has to do to our military to get it back in shape, I'm still...

Completely agree with you Rick. And that is my point. An MMB (or regular unit) will never be able to hunt down and destroy a irregular unit that has the "hearts and minds" of a population using conventional "violent" means. Its those going in with candy for the kids, knowing the local...

Not to (too) neatly tie this in with your (and 2B's) ideas of MMB (Cavalry), but wouldn't the idea of having (tank, LAV, etc...) units with dismounted infantry and an assault trp take care of the RPG "hunter" units and also the bunker in question? That is if your assault trp was equiped with a...

Maybe your right. I've meet and served with some awesome officers that I respect a great deal. I guess it is a case of a few making the whole look bad. Agreed. There should always be room for such. But not at the expense of the basic idea of having a military in the first place. To carry out...

All very good points. That was a great article by the way Majoor. One thing I wonder about is the fact that the Russian way of doing things is to completely destroy whatever is in front of them and to count the bodies afterwords. Great for unlimited full scale war (I love the 155mm direct fire...

Agreed. If your going to go "combined" arms, go all the way. As I've said before, Cavalry (or MMB) being black berets and the other Infantry units being coverted into light units is probably the best way for us to go. You think I could one day? ;D Doubt if my red tory leanings would go very...

Lol, nice analogies. And since I need to do most of that to my own place, GA!! Ok... ;D Although I wish he would go with some nice solid oak cupboards instead of the IKEA laminate jobs.

That last thought made some good sense Majoor. Something along the lines of combining some of your ideas with 2B's would make alot more sense and give a unit much more in the way of flexability. Although I still wonder where your going to get the personal from (not to mention the vehicles) to...

Oh man, if that were only so. Sometimes I wonder what the hell Hillier is doing? He is after all a black cap. But he seems to be more determined then some to kill off the Armoured capabilities of our fine nation. Or am I out to lunch on this feeling? (don't all jump on that at once.  ::)) I...

Well then Tom, could you please let them know to let their superiors know what it is for. That NOT being a free education/training/ticket punching/political ladder climbing vehicle for the purposes of making a bigger buck as soon as ones time is served. Of course their will always be those...

The general idea behind his article was fine. It is the fact that he seems to be concentrating more on trying to bring "modern" business type "soft" leadership styles into the military then trying to figure out the systemic problems that already exist is not. The military is NOT a business, nor...

Why do I get the feeling that the technicals in Africa were not that far off? Take truck, mount weapons, instant firepower...

On a sidenote that would be better on some other thread no doubt. The above would work even better if some of that offloading downward continued to the municipalities to bring it closer to those who need it (read less bureaucracy).

Lol. So you convince me, then tell me it is hardly realistic? Argh! ;D Aw well. Maybe one day the internal politics will give way to reason? Or should I say HA again? :salute:

Not likely. But we can dream can't we? ;)

Heh, your the trigger happy one there Tom... ;D And since we seem to becoming more automated. But I didn't mean it quite that simply. Since the Americans use this technology on camera's within their own cities to zone in on gun shots, it could be used for the same purposes. Even if you didn't...