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Kind of nuts to think the Australian soldier has more or less been equipped like this for the better part of a decade if not longer.

You would be correct, I think they're on gen 5 currently, which also has different variations for SOF, combat arms and so on.

I can say at least on the 3RCR side of the house, multicam blends in just fine with MT (and the previous J-pat) so much so a lot of guys had multicam windshirts, puffys, and rain gear and no one cared too much. The plate carrier is actually a 1-for-1 copy of the OG Aussie TBAS (their later...

I would say it's a bit different to what you're saying, I meant quite literally the training establishment will fall through on ammunition, training aids or qualified instructors and simply waiver (or forget to waiver) an entire course on multiple POs; the logic being the battalion will somehow...

While I don't want to steer away the conversation about the infantry section, but being a lad that joined after our mission in Afghan ended and looking at what I've been exercised in and what our doctrine says I should be doing/able to do are quite incongruent. To steer us a bit back on track...

I imagine the man has not been in an IFV doing a stab run with a driver and gunner who only graduated DP1/RQIP 3-5 months prior, and a crew commander who just finished PLQ and ISCC (and he himself only has been in battalion for 4-6 years at this point) before. The rifle section has already been...

I agree on an AMG vs a GPMG with an arms room concept, with the ammunition I don't see NATO (and with it Canada making any big moves out of the 5.56 and 7.62 combination); especially with all the difficulties plaguing the American programs for the M7 and the 338 Norma GPMG. But there are things...

I agree on the section needing to be defined by tasks and threat range, but I wonder if the institution would demand or enforce sects and pls to exercise those tasks (given the number of times I've done a bunker assault within the context of a pl or coy attack, or lack thereof... I doubt it)...

Oh god yes, one of my pet peeves with the current C7/C8 pub and CFOSP is we teach that it's effective against point targets out to 400m but we have little to no range practices made to achieve that aim.

One could healthily argue that the current inventory we employ was for the COIN environment and we're now returning to the whole 600m-800m section effective range weapon loadout for LSCO without jumping into a whole new intermediate cartridge (which seems to be the play with the remainder of...

The new CFOSP isn't accessible on AEL yet, so we can't use it yet (I understand you can request access, but it's not real until it's on AEL in both official languages). Looked at some of the new PWTs, good changes but as you accurately pointed out ammo and range expediency is always a problem...

I think they're trying to do the whole: build the need first, then buy the kit. Shame CFOSP is dogshit for building marksmanship, and the kit will take forever to deliver.

Yeah, it's hard to employ the concept without the platform. The optic package, much like that of the C8A4 is still up in the wind; but also isn't looking good for the budget allocated.

The current infantry section and platoon operations BGL quite literally has a section sharpshooter with a 7.62 gas gun, been in the BGL for almost a year now. The sharpshooter rifle is also an active program within DLR-5.

There is no proposal to mount ATGMs on the TAPV; there were some talks about a LAV retrofit with NLOS ATGMs, but that went or is going no where. The newest thing that PRes RCAC will see is this "Recce Strike" task which involves 6 seater polaris ATVs with some kind of WMIK for HMGs and the GMG...

I maintain the only Army components actually exercising under conditions that honestly tests our capabilities are the light battalions going to JRTC and JPMRC. Everything else seems to be checks in the box where things don't actually get to fail.

The Inf School's DFS cell had some fun a while ago defeating some relatively new counter-measures with TOWs, much to the chagrin of some defence contractors involved. As far as these systems go, it's all probabilities of defeating the incoming projectile (which will also vary on the type of...

The Meaford experience.

Fairly, even looks similar to A1, only have shot a little bit of it and the cans came with a warning since the load is hotter than the current C77 ball. Not sure if it'll be widespread any time soon because I only saw it for the series of ranges we had in the spring and I haven't seen it on any...

Also not a fan of the MRR/IUR monolithic upper, somehow heavier than other equally rugged and removable handguards that allow the barrel to be free floating and still fix whatever clip-on optic, LAM and lighting solution you want. They're also a lot harder to maintain at the user level. Plus...