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In fairness, the HIMARS project, the self propelled guns project and the air defence projects all predate the current Liberal government - HIMARS even go back to the conservatives. Things have gone from a crawl to a run more recently. 🍻

That's very true. Originally back in the 1800s the field artillery that was formed was at the independent battery level or company for the garrison artillery. Some of the field batteries were "brigaded" together. By the end of the century the term "battalion" was introduced for some of the...

I was in Spain and France two weeks ago and regular gas was running between Euro 1.75 to 2.10 per litre. That's CAD 2.81 to 3.38 per litre. It's also USD 7.74 to 9.36 per US gallon. They already had high prices but that seemed problematic to me and its getting worse. Luckily most of their cars...

Neither good coverage nor elegant. Needs work. 🍻

I was specifically thinking of the inbound ones fired by the King of America which, while I'm sure has done considerable damage, degraded the Iranian regime's military capability and killed scores of people, has not achieved whatever objective the US expected not withstanding the USD 25 billion...

For @Kirkhill I was just looking up some German army establishment issues and came across this little mention of the new German Army's Homeland Defence Division which, I expect, falls right into your view of a homeland defence force. I've tried to gather some additional info by visiting their...

That is a terrific political statement. Ukraine "permits" Russia to hold a WW2 Victory parade without interference. Brilliant. 🍻

Maybe I'm just old fashioned and think that air, land and sea weapon systems, even if they have the ability to create similar effect, are complementary. Each has pros and cons. When used together they provide a more stable but yet flexible coverage of a given region especially in littoral...

That's an interesting question. I'll follow up to see if anyone can give me a proper answer. Here's my shot at the math. I was wondering where 9 Rocket came from as well. We had a 1st Rocket Battery at the end of WW2, and in the 1960s we had 1 and 2 Surface to Surface Missile (SSM) Batteries...

This legislation isn't within my area of expertise and I doubt that I could do a better quick-read analysis than Noah has already done. 🍻

It's not bad. The aim is that each of 1 RCHA, 2 RCHA and 5 RALC all become three 6-gun batteries - so 54 guns for the division. There are more guns on order for and the plan is that there will be guns designated for some of the ARes arty units (specifically the regiments in southern ON; AB; and...

If things are done right, it might also be possible for ARes units to train with the SPs. There will be guns allocated to the ARes but kept at RegF units for ease of maintenance. A good training simulator would work wonders. The real trick is going to be when the gun is finally chosen and the...

You are mixing up VSHORAD with CUAS. VSHORAD includes both man portable and vehicle mounted systems such as the RBS 70 acquired by UOR for Latvia. Folks should remember that prior to 2000, over 400 reservists were in the air defence branch in five batteries which were tasked to provide 5...

I'm a big fan of the cadet movement as a whole although I never was one (:giggle: went from boy scouts right to the Militia). I tend to look with some envy at the UK system. They're organizational structure is not much different from Canada, but the general appearance and deportment of their...

Some bean counters deserve a good flogging. Hopefully, if budgets increase as promised, then the fiscal whinging that cuts away anything not demonstrably "relevant" will be toned down. However, others are looking for very major PY increases in establishments so my guess is that the tribal...

That presupposes an enemy with zero air and space surveillance capabilities remaining. I'm kind of with @Underway on much of the USMC theory here. Yes. I do see anti-ship missile units ashore at critical strategic choke points - preferably in hardened bunkers - and supported by a host of small...

IMHO, they are complimentary. Where the guns are located is irrelevant. The weapon of the artillery is not the gun but the projectile (that's arty training 101). It's the effects that matter. How they deploy is mostly irrelevant. In both cases they deliver their effects in the forward areas...

Further to the above, you can find Bill C-31 here. Bill C -31 is a monstrous thing relating to numerous provisions implementing the last budget. The new DIAA and reworked DNSPPA provisions are found at Division 16 Subdivision A and B respectively. 🍻

Not sure if anyone has posted this elsewhere, but apparently the government has tabled Bill C-31 for fist reading. Bill C-31 creates the new legislation for the new Defence Investment Agency and reworks the old Defence Production Act into the Defence and National Security Production and...

This topic has been causing me more rethinking on a daily basis than I like. Let me start by saying that I'm not fond of the current Inflection Point 2025 arty plan to have the three RegF regiments become three six-gun batteries with the tactical groups and STA resources integrated into the...