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Even though radius is half a diameter, when the FOO uses it, s/he means the size of the oval all the rounds should land in. 30 meters is the smallest practical radius for a 105mm howitzer. For targets like convoys along roads, the FOO just orders a Linear fire mission, with "length" given...

According to the CO of 1RCHA, B bty is going to change over from the guns to mini-uavs here is an interesting article about Canada's interests in the mini-uavs http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2005/12/canada-crafting-highend-uav-requirements/index.php With the M777 and its digital fire...

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The sole of the boot is green, not CADPAT.

The Arid CADPAT that will be issued for the upcoming Feb 06 tour will have pockets on the sleeves. Or so said the Brigadier-General who breifed us today in Shilo.

The cerimony for the guns just ended. They blessed the guns, and did a battery right 1 rnd FFE. Those guns are pretty loud. Gunners from A bty did the firing from behind the officer's mess hall on base. Can't wait for the test firing we'll be doing next week. Lots of rounds down range.  :bullet:

I'm sure you can volunteer for Elections Canada, or even get paid to work there. They run the elections, and they are not party biased.

There are no axles on this gun, it has independent suspension. And it handles great off road in Oklahoma. We'll have to wait and see how it does out here. Most of the gun is made of cast titanium, including the spades, trail arms, stabalizers, saddle, body and some of the craddle. The barrel is...

Non directional tires. I think were getting new ones later. Thats us in those pics there, I'm the one on the far left in the first pic, last guy on the speed shift bar. They had a video camera out there too which will be on the Army News channel sometime.

The tube itself is a shaved down version of the one on the American's M198, which is thier 155 towed. They shaved it down to reduce the weight, however it heats up faster now. And if the tube is too hot, you risk a cookoff of the charge bags. On the temp gage you have green (up to 170 deg)...

The main problem the marines found with the 777 is the trunnion pump. This is used to pressurize the scavenge system, which runs the hydraulics to open and close the breech, raise/lower the loading tray etc...  Simply because its used alot, it has a higher chance of breaking, then you are out of...

The M777 is a very nice gun. My only concern is its durability in our winters. There are alot of things that could break down, and then you're running degraded ops. Its 10,000 lbs but its easy to move around, from its fully deployed position, you can turn the gun around 180 degrees in less than...

This months Esprit de Corps magazine has an article about the ML replacement. I don't remember the detals off the top of my head though.

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Some guy is going on a one month diet of CF rations (a'la super size me) and has a nutritionist and doctor monitoring him. I read about it in the latest Post Gazette I think, he has a website, does anyone have the web address?

Thanks for the answers guys. Another quick question, is "C" Bty a jump bty?

I think the LMCs are good, especially the beef jerkey. I don't mind the rations all that much, but I think they put way too many packages of the salmon in one box.

Does anyone know when Shilo block leave begins? I finish my DP1 course next week and I get posted to Shilo around August 17th, and I'm wondering if I'll get block leave when I get there. Also, is it true 1 RCHA is going to Afghanistan in Feb 2006?

The civvy key is always with the course senior book, which is always with course senior.

If you are going combat engineer, after BMQ you'll have to do 6 weeks of SQ and 17 weeks of DP1 (your MOC) and they don't run the 043 DP1 all that often so you may be on holding troop for some time before your DP1. All this time you'll be living in the shacks, not allowed to live off base until...