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The material and colour are pretty annoying as I'd like to be able to find a better quality shirt with the same colour for those one or two times a year but its impossible.

Hasn't the RCN already indicated that the new class will be destroyers due to their tonnage and armaments?

Wait till I tell you about the senior "leaders" in the Reg Force lol

Having read the notes this seems to be a great example of the CA getting the space to do something and doing it well.

Still a huge fall from the Territorial Army of the Cold War which didnt include the reserves.

I believe the NATO requirement is along the lines of those police being a federal institution and trained/armed so to conduct section level operations. But even then the Gendarmie and Carbinari are very different organizations that include fully formed military units.

11 weekends usually running Oct to Feb or Jan to Apr. Full time BMQ with the reserves is 5 weeks but thats just me being pedantic.

Nearly all PRes trades can be completed in one summer with BMQ if you are available from May to August. I do believe that the Artillery has brought back a sorta BMQ Land so it is now something like 4 weeks. Still the shortest however but you should really base your trade off of what you want to...

Some people here may find this interesting (though it seems like wishful thinking on the Netherlands part). https://www.orbat85.nl/ It shows both the peacetime and wartime structure of the Netherlands military in 1985. This includes mobilization and collapsing of support/training commands into...

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Why build off the LAV 6 chassis into a tracked vehicle when the US already looked at it years ago and didnt like it? As many have mentioned on here the LAV 6 chassis is at its limits and it also doesnt have the right profile for an IFV.

It is on the cheaper side

So am I reading correctly here that there are little to no dismounts in the Assault system?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-government-spending-freeze-1.7023982 "In dollar terms, the Department of National Defence (DND) is losing the most money — $211.1 million of the total $500 million cut. That works out to roughly 0.76 per cent of its $27.5 billion spending estimate"

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/future-artillery-2023-dstl-develops-lightweight-fires-platform-to-replace-105-mm-light-gun Janes on a potential replacement for 105mm in service. Ironically upping it to 127mm.

No unfortunately I live out West. I heard that there might be a tailor or two in Vancouver, BC who can do them and I do make my way out there usually once or twice a year.

Does anyone know a realiable place to buy new tartan trews? Cant seem to find anything that isnt in the UK or completely plastic.

The U.S Army’s New Ultralight Jungle Scouts

Agreed and the numbers dont exactly line up with the manning levels. Im not sure what 25% more of an armored regiment would do.

https://www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/research--recherches/tools--outils/force-structure-model--modele-structure-forces/index https://distribution-a617274656661637473.pbo-dpb.ca/43e281bce11f872d669c0ae01438a1ba4434976b09c67f44d66299ea756b1459