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Sik had shut down the line. Because the Army cancelled the remainder on contract, then realized that without the contract despite divesting 15% of the fleet they would be out of airframes before the MV-75 replaces them even at the most optimistic timeline :rolleyes: I mean it’s like the left...

Hard pass on the Cheese eating surrender monkey of the LG1. Canada fucked up initially getting it over the Brit gun that the US Army adopted as the M119.

To me Israel is also a questionable player in this. I have no doubt their hooks are deeper than they let on, and are playing their own game here. The same way that a lot of NK int is US Eyes only SAP, I suspect that the Israelis act the same way for various reasons.

The IRGC is a business/mafia masquerading as a State entity. Sort of like Russia…

@brihard gave a good summation to this. The SigP226/225/228 series didn’t have a manual safety either, so MP’s CANSOF, NBP, and Aircrew should have been familiar with the whole no external safety aspect. Very few Striker fired guns do these days, as they have (generally) have...

I would lose the fascination with FPV -- it is a means of direction - but not a reliable one. When you start adding in exotic sensors to help accuracy and target fidelity you end up with Smart Munition costs. Also programs come from requirements - What is the deficiency I am trying to rectify...

Ukrainian briefings have been very clear that the biggest killer of troops from Day 1 to now is still Artillery (who would have guessed). Having been to a bunch of briefings and watched various folks take aways, the only thing more upsetting than a bad lessons learned, is senior staff taking...

Honestly I didn’t get over in time to look the second day they were on a firing line and had closed their booth (but paid for the entire lunch ). Those who shot them said they where hands down better than the Sig 1-6 (which isn’t a lofty endorsement though) and the only guy I know who played...

If you beleive that, I have some Ocean front property for you in eastern Nevada.

But what does the law and government have to do with tradition man? :ROFLMAO:

I missed the fact it was still the Dominion of Canada… Canada is a sovereign nation. It needs to act like it.

Keep in mind UK donated 48-64 some odd to Ukraine. Based on late UK MoD reporting the 148 being converted to Chally 3, are about the only ones they still have.

There are a lot of ‘out of band’ frequency lasers that can be used for less ‘visible’ options.

Colt Optics had a booth at the recent USASOC Sniper Comp in Ft Bragg. They had the new CAF Carbines out on display with the 1-8. Edit: The confusing part was they had both Colt Optics, and Colt Tactical Optics signage - but the folks in shirts said Colt Optics, and the booth was listed as Colt...

It is uniquely Canadian, and not tied to British heraldry, so it should be something that serves the test of time regardless of who is in power.

No, it really is not -- the same way the MV-22 Osprey is very limited in offensive weapons. Also Bell had to go back and rework the V-280 Valor's (MV-75) internal cabin layout after award due to realizing (read being told) the need for crew chief weapon stations. It is very problematic as...

Because 25 won't do for a lot of tasks. Also speed is life -- commercial requirements are generally to maximize profits -- not maximize survivability in war.

Agreed. However if you need that cannon, outside something bigger than the MV-22 Osprey being fielded, you aren’t getting there from here in a non fixed wing. Now that said I think that rocket/missile loadout is preferable on the AntiTank role. The GAU-21, M61 and other lower recoil...

Available Aircraft and Blade Hour Cost… I’m sure MH has more subsets, as so does TF aviation, but at the end of the day an easy metric is your availability number and it’s loaded cost per hour aloft.

I don't think it is a lemon -- but the CAF model isn't in production anymore, and the new ones don't have folding tails (which is apparently a fairly big thing for both production and fitting in the hangars on the ships). It suffers from the fact that the RCAF ended up with an orphan as the buy...