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Here's another interesting similarity. None of them have a protection brigade as was set out in the 2022 projections for the Army 2030 force structure. Too bad Canada hasn't caught up. IMHO, protection brigades are superfluous. Their assets should be: part of other divisional brigades (eg AD as...

I used to poo-poo the Brit's recce strike brigade. I'm still pretty sure I don't want to merge recce and artillery in one brigade. I see the value of recce/strike and the distinction of a deep and close battle within the division construct as artillery does both and recce doesn't (to that...

That's an interesting structure. Graphically it looks like this in Wikipedia. There are a few comments I have: 1. The SBCT structures are relatively unchanged since SBCTs haven't gone through a major Transformation in Contact review (That was IBCTs --> MBCTs and currently ABCTs). 1 SBCT has...

Nothing about the military unless you count deterance and combat capability a profit - and IMHO, you should. Do an options analysis. Like anything else, you do an RFP for a contract but with guaranteed rates of delivery and services over a long term with specified options. See what industry...

There's a recent thread here discussing a Sentinel set. Not sure if these folks are still online but if so you might be able to arrange getting a photocopy. 🍻

That's why I prefer a system that places smaller orders continuously over a long period rather than in short pulses every twenty years or so. A factory can be set aside to turn out two thousand trucks in two years or 200 - 300 per year for ten or twenty years (or forever). The first does a...

Yes. :giggle: Not exactly true most of the time. The key is to go to Kingston by train. The trip is roughly two hours from Toronto. To get to Fredericton by plane from Toronto is just short of two hours (and then there's the time to get through security etc etc.) There are very few direct...

I'll go you one better. In addition to a healthy R&D budget, the army needs and "experimention unit" - in effect a bde HQ element with substantial troops of various classifications and trades whose whole role in life is to trial equipment, TTPs, doctrine etc. Something like the British Army's...

:ROFLMAO: Here we go again. 🍻

Yup. I saw a video much of which was shot at Watervliet. It's an interesting process. 🍻

I think its the other way around. It's primarily a high power 105mm tank gun that has the ability to fire indirectly at a higher elevation than most other tanks. It has limited in turret ammo storage and an autoloader which makes it more difficult to use as indirect fire than the modern SPGs...

There are significant differences between American Anti-Trust laws and Canadian laws under the Competition Act. I'm far from an expert in these matters, but in general, the American laws are tougher and broader and more likely to be used by private parties. I wouldn't even want to comment on...

If I'm not mistaken the biggest army barrel that Watervliet Arsenals manufactures is the 155mm M284 L39 barrel for the M109A5-7 series SPs. The M777 uses an M776 L39 barrel also produced at Watervliet but with a new BAE factory in Louisville, Kentucky to also produce them. That's pretty limited...

Believe me that a system which has a radar, c2 computer and control components, two different weapon systems (gun and missile) and specialized maintenance requirements then it will need a specialist crew and a specialized care and feeding system behind it, not merely for the operation of the...

That has me wondering. In general an L52 barrel is preferrable as it increases the deployment and engagement options on the ground at the price of barrel wear and replacement needs. The existing Bohana 2S22 already uses an L52 barrel. The acceptance of a shorter barrel may just be a compromise...

You see, that's a system that I could buy into. The ability to deal with lower level drone and helicopter systems with the appropriate sensors and effectors on one vehicle makes sense - especially for point or small area defence in forward areas. Everything was fine until the last sentence...

That's not exactly what I said - the variety of rounds fired by guns don't make them merely more flexible, they provide capabilities that missiles and rockets do not provide at all. Add to that the cost of missiles/rockets v gun projectiles and a variety of other matters and you'll see that my...

I'm not against chassis sharing. Far from it. @Kirkhill, however, is a fan of multitasking vehicles on both missions simultaneously - that's what I don't like. That said, I don't know enough about this system. The glossy brochure was only released yesterday. There're a lot of customers out...

The brewery is in Oakville which is the epicentre of 7th Toronto Regt, 11th Fd in Guelph and 56th Fd in St Catharines. It was originally brewed in honour of the RCAA's 150th anniversary. Gunners drink there. Messes sell it. 🤷‍♂️

Completely off topic and yet on topic, I came across this little brewery in Oakville that brews my kind of beer (even if not German) Shipping is free on orders in Ontario over $50.00 🍻