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To be fair, those are have different roles. The A400 and C-130 are in a competing field - that even I (who hates to divest kit) would suggest that only one of those be retained. To me the biggest question is what is occuring on the NGAL front. Is the USAF going to try to replace the C-17...

The cages and slat armor are designed to interdict and redirect shaped charges. You need stand off to dissipate the jet.

There are training grenades in the system. Major unit fail for not having them.

I totally disagree. The BN CO has direct lines of communication to the Bde Commander and Bde staff, the Transport Platoon OC is routed through the Svc BN CoC. They are only getting the information needed for their Company at best - and not a picture of anything beyond Bde. While the OC may...

True. Marksmanship is a perishable skill. Combat marksmanship even more. Shooting needs to be viewed as a core competency across the CAF, and treated as such.

Potentially, but the bodies of a lot of Canadians or Dual Citizen Canadians getting ripped apart in the streets also doesn’t send a good message. I think it would depend on where and who was affected. The CAF ended up in FYR with the UN’s rather nebulous tasks due to Milla Mulroney being...

More on HICAR for those who care. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5c94ef3e33114377a7aae82004ebded7/view Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle (HICAR) Amendmendent 0001 This amendent is issued to extend the deadline for solution brief (also known as white paper submission)...

Probably not wrong.

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-peace-deal-agreement/

Yeah, I just wish they would redesign the body housing to be a stand alone from the get go. The M320 (and M320A1) suffers the same issue with the add on standalone is that it really isn’t the most ergonomic setup. Going back in time the Hk69 (and M79) have much better ergonomics for actually...

Keep in mind the entire Stryker Bde concept came out of Somalia and ‘too light to fight’ mentality that the Light Divisions where viewed at. The original Stryker was C-130 deployable, the Stryker 2.0 like the LAV 6 family is not.

Which is why the Symmetrical Army is setup to fail from the get go.

Extra extra ration of Helicopters. Non SOF birds down here aren’t setup for AAR, so there are limits to self deployment. Plus crew rest and maintenance issues. @Good2Golf can tell stories about 160th folks not being too thrilled about self deployment’s over long distances. Sending...

She needed to start walking a few months/years ago No sympathy

I’m also of the opinion that Canada needs a stand alone JFE capability. Mainly as recent events have shown that there may be times where Canada needs to conduct NEO/PR in a non permissive environment, that allies don’t have the same skin in the game.

Potentially. Every theatre will be different, and even areas of a theatre will be non symmetrical.

I’ve seen rigorous standards applied in some unexpected units, and pathetic results from RegF Infantry units. Electronic scoring on instrumented ranges takes a lot of the fudge factor out of it, especially when a separate entity if controlling them and the results. Some units actually...

We’ve ‘argued’ this before, but I believe one needs to give up the idea of moving heavy equipment by air. Having ocean going RORO’s available for the CA is much more valuable to move Tanks etc. Your point about Ocean Ferries later is well stated. But @Cloud Cover pointed out a major key...

Mounting a GL on the rifle/carbine is useless. 1) You get a 5lb weight added all the time, for a small amount of actual usage. 2) The GL (and it doesn’t matter what type) makes holding the weapon for any decent shooting very awkward (even worse with the M203A1 Colt Canada mount). 3) In...

I would agree for all but Air Assault Divisions. Canada doesn’t have one of those -- so you get a pass ;) Entirely agree - and if everyone remembers my Napkin doodling, the CA had a Corps...