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They sure have Wes and not for the better  :( . Its not as bad as England or Australia ...... yet . Craig

Wes there's not a lot of ammo choices in Canada . Importing is quite a pain in the @$$ due to Canadian regs and buying in the US can land you in trouble now from the Americians . NATO Boy , check your local gunshop , ask if they can order you a case of Winchester .30-06 product code USA3006 ...

I did say it was possible   :) Would you happen to know what type of A/C ? I didn't mean that the US would ask them not to operate combat A/C , I meant that the US would just shoot them down if US forces thought they were a threat . I'm sure the warlords understand this point . They may have...

Gunner , Its possible , but improbable , that the warlords have A/C . Its very improbable that they are actually flying combat A/C . Why ? Lack of maintenace ( parts and technicians )  plus I'm sure that the US does not want them operating combat A/C . When Coalition forces were...

NATO Boy , Finding M2 Ball in blasting quantities is quite hard now , most of its been shot up over the years and surplus is hard to come by for the importers . You can use commercial 150gr or 165gr ammo but don't shoot heavier bullet weights, it hard on the rifle . Enjoy and shoot safe  :D

Interesting . What about equipment and support ? Is this the same as a normal cadet corps or is the school expected to provide this in return for " Closed " status ? Thanks , Craig

Thats from global security.org . If the US supported forces have little to no A/C , I very much doubt warlords have anything flying . Its not in US intrests to let them have combat A/C . Agreed that ADATS can be used in a DF role , but its mighty costly swatting 2 guys armed with an RPG with...

Since the Taliban and local warlords don't have airpower to protect against , no . Craig

Thats not such a crazy idea ,but I think its too late now . Would have worked the day after 9/11 . Yep , and the NG is going to pay for this big time . Its going to take 20yrs to rebuild the US NG and Reserve system . The operative words there are " found out " . Can't raise heck if you...

Thanks for the history lesson Old Sweat . Craig

Sorry if my post sounded whinny . The point I was trying to make is that until recently ( Last 8 years or so ? ) there were no tours for Reservists . Why ? IMO because Reg Force units were at close to full strength and everyone wanted to go . Remember , in those days , tours were few and far...

Wow , the Honest John  :D , we have a couple of peices of the shrapnel in the Mess . Not sure when they went out of service , they sure predate me . Maybe an older member will remember ? I knew about the rockets on the LIMAWS(R) , again , this is something Canada should have bought into long...

What about it ? DPICM in effect . DPICM is a "clusterbomb" type of round , its deploys a bunch of submunitions that can penetrate armor and/or attack infantry with shrapnel . Top armor on a tank is thin . Boom . Craig

Now there is something we could use . A battery of these would give the Brigade a decent CB and deep attack capability . When was the last time Canada had _real_ Div. artillery assets ? WWII ? Craig

Selfishness , eh ? Well , let me see . When I was a young Gunner in the mid 1980's I was willing to go on tours . But there were no tours except CFE ( 2 guys every decade or so ) plus Cyprus ( 4 guys every decade , be prepared to do lots of GD ) . Regular Force didn't really want Militia guys...

Thanks for the info . Craig

I'm an old cadet ( 1980- 1984 ) but I just recently noticed this Closed Cadet Corps thing . Could someone please explain what it is and what are the differences vis a vis a regular cadet cops . Thanks , Craig

I wouldn't be surprised if Lost Warrior is correct about his unit only getting 12 of the 16 they are allocated . 34CBG is quite the place for pooling equipment . My unit has no radio's and only 1 MILCOT , the rest are pooled . Some unit that has no need of the LUVW SMP will be tooling...

Considering how long it takes to acquire equipment in the CF , I think maybe Jan 2012 is more likley .  ::) Craig

Thank you for the wellcome Gunner  :salute: Craig