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There was a time when recruits, to the British military, were actually expected to have long hair, even getting extensions if required. This is from an old BBC documentary, but the purpose is described clearly at about the 11 minute mark https://youtu.be/hLVG-EA-N5Y I still think Grossman's...

I recall this subject coming up during a PD session given by Dave Grossman ("On Killing" author), to 2 RCR before they deployed to Afghanistan in 2007. Near as I can remember, the discussion came up during the Q and A part of his presentation, near the end of the day Basically the question...

What seems to be the emerging narrative in these kind of extreme cases, is the idea that the actual murderer is exempt from blame because they were overwhelmed by their mental health situation I think that's a reasonable thing to discuss To me, it sounds self righteousness to limit that...

A lot is being said about this former soldier, but not much about his murder victim, and there's no debating that she was a murder victim She sounds like she was a person of immense compassion, she was certainly brave to of entered into such a relationship Her sister's response to this...

There's still a MiliPAC on display at the Arty School, maybe someone there can get a picture and post it here I might be able to find something in an old external hard drive How urgent is this?

Actually, I'd have to disagree with your main assumption that the 150k-ish rds represent the total number allotted for operational use for the next FY (anymore than the original 16,000ish did) What I think it does represent is a reduced rate of consuming stock already built up, and introducing...

Then there's this; looks like the US is going back to a war stock concept https://taskandpurpose.com/army-budget-artillery-shells/

That sharp reduction in NP funds happened under a Conservative government, I have no idea if the current one is aware of the risks being taken without a viable reserve, but I think its a moot point; so far it looks like the general public doesn't really have an interest in its military right...

The OP question had a more historical context, but these latest ones are more futuristic; IMO maybe move this to the arty forum? At anyrate, from 2008 to 2011 I was the DLR rep for all arty ammo (and the 60 mortar ammo, since the infantry didn't have anyone available to cover it off), and can...

Just reviving this ole one as I came across some updated info on the subject Recently some folks have contacted me trying to confirm where a particular M109 monument had been in service, not sure why this is so important, but got in touch the life cycle manager I'd worked with, to see if he...

SHORAD training stepping up in US now, seems they too let the act capability of GBAD (as Gen Leslie once described it) to "whither on the vine" http://swoknews.com/local/stinger-school-emerges-army-priority-sill

Keeping in mind the U in UOR stands for unforecasted, not urgent, it says a lot

Interesting article, and food for thought considering Canada divested it's ground based air defence capability a few years ago, but the need for all arms air defence sure didn't go away http://groundedcuriosity.com/a-shared-responsibility-growing-our-understanding-of-air-defence/

That's basically what was happening with the C3, only it was the Fleet Maintenance Facility in Esquimalt that was doing the rebuilding and manufacture of parts for the C3, and although that works, to a degree, there remain some intellectual proprietary rights problems with the C3, which is...

Design-wise the carriage is "garbage" because the wheels can only be lowered, and firing platform raised, as the trail legs are closed. This causes problems for bringing the gun out of action when spades on said trail legs are buried deep from firing, even more so when in spring thaw/freeze...

The Algonquin's history in WW II was captured well in the book "Warpath", written by Major G.L. Cassidy, a former OC in the Regt during WW II.  This one will definitely tell you the detail of what the unit was doing, but not so much what was going on around it. Still, it is well worth the read...

The Excalibur round has an insensitive HE fill, a form of PBX 9, far less risk than TNT to compression/high order detonation; most likely why the comment in the article: "But because the cracks found in the Excalibur munitions thus far have been small, “there likely would have been no problem,”...

Be sure your unit gives you 48 Bty joining instructions, it will tell you what you need to know so you report as directed to Meaford on 3 July, on time; I'm sure the staff there will take care of the rest

Easy to tell it's an American M777 gun Det and not a Canadian one in the pic; everyone has their PPE on

The UK did go with a Inertial Navigation only system some time ago, called PADS (Position and Azimuth Determining System), but since it required calibration points "sprinkled" about the AO, they've since gone to GPS based systems, supported by INU backup, instead. Regt Survey used to be...