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Probably from me. :giggle: I'm dead set against them (right down to the 14.5mm one that get trucked out every five years or so for some FOO training.) They're not as costly as one thinks. For either an RCH or a HIMARS, reservists just needs a driver training chassis (which, if we go LAV 10 x...

I see your point but this is the same government which since 2017 has ignored and rejected all attempts to reopen the issue. Yup. I see where someone might claim Brownie points but they'll be called out for being hypocritical if they try to lay blame. If they want to take credit without shifting...

I need some education here. What role does the political stripe of the government play in this? My understanding is that these awards are determined by the CF Decorations and Commendations Advisory Committee (made up of one member selected by the Governor General and five selected by the CDS)...

I can't speak for doctors - their rules are a bit tighter, but I can speak for lawyers. Back in the 1980s there was a move to open lawyer mobility - ie the right to practice in another jurisdiction. It opened up a lot and the system was negotiated across jurisdictions by the Federation of Law...

Good to hear from you again @Petard. I've missed you. 🍻

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The word isn't "limited" but "effected" and yes they can be depending on the weather. It's a function of size and guidance systems. Even tube launched artillery is effected by weather which is why we have met dets to calculate non standard conditions that our computers compensate for. And the...

As you'd expect, I disagree completely albeit one can argue at length as to what "predominate" means. Does it apply to launcher systems or projectiles? You are focussed on the means of delivery rather than the projectile itself. True it takes more manufacturing effort to create a modern SP than...

Interesting (although the dimensions in the main text [see above] for the Tricon and Quadcon don't add up to a TEU - (In the FAQ they do - Tricon length is 6'10" and Quadcon is 4'9".) I'm not so sure from the article as to whether these are US military standard sizes or merely this...

Yes and more. 🍻

I'm starting to warm to the idea of the Boxer module system which limits the manufacture of the body to a single standard chassis (albeit I'm not sure if the power supply works that way or needs tweaking for certain modules.) I could see the same for containers/pallets if there were two further...

I wish we could give acquisition preferences to Roshel - you know like on Lea & Perrins sauce "By appointment to his Majesty the King of Canada, purveyors of light and medium armoured vehicles to the Canadian Army." Then as the need for a new class or additional vehicles become identified and...

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. :giggle:

I wish @Petard was still active because he knows this stuff cold. Canada made barrels - Sorrel Industries built many of ours but that was back in the 1950s. After that we turned it over to buying other folks' kit. After many decades being satisfied of the range pumped out by L39 barrels but...

That's only one part of the equation. Guns are without purpose unless they fire. We call that "unmasking." Once they do fire, radars and acoustic sensors and hidden drones can pick them up. That in and of itself results in counterfire. More likely is that a recce drone(s) followed by a loitering...

Back in the days of yore in the last century, Canada had brigade VSHORAD in the form of Blowpipe and then Javelin missiles. At first these were in the air defence batteries/troop of each RCHA/RALC close support regiment. Then VSHORAD moved into 4 AD regiment and three ARes AD regiments before...

I think one has to treat combat videos with caution. A stationary gun that fires can also be quickly located and engaged. There are equally many videos of dug in targets being hit. Air defence works in layers. The trend is towards cUAV teams at low levels with ever more capable VSHORAD, SHORAD...

The basic operation of the gun, once the turret is loaded with projectiles and MACS, is simply 2 people (a driver/rad op and a det comd/arty tech/rad op. Some automated SPs have a crew of 3 in the hull - a driver/rad op, an arty tech, a det commander/rad op.) The question of what other...

Season 3 (and I would say the final season) dropped a few weeks ago on Britbox. :giggle:

Me too. The RCH 155 on Boxer comes in around 39 tons. 15 tons of that is the turret. The vehicle height is 3.6 m to the top of turret. I'd guess that the LAV 10 x 10 specs would be similar. On the other hand the K9 comes in at around 46 tons and is only 2.7 m to the top of turret. It is...