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That's quite a bit of kit bashing. The tracks and shroud work well - once you remove one road wheel. Strangely enough the drive sprocket is on the front, like the M113, while the engine is at the rear, unlike the M113. 🍻

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??? Never heard of this. Would like to know more about both the rule and the scrubbing. :unsure:

There's no shine whatsoever. Modern military paints need to fulfill many functions. These include durability to very rough wear and tear, rust protection, non absorption of chemicals and chemical agents, resistant to heat and cold, non reflective to light, reducing infra-red signatures . . ...

One would expect all of those plans ought to be high on the priority list of the "Canada-side" of CJOC and the Regional JTF headquarters. Which unfortunately creates even more distance from the force generating side of the defence structure. 🍻

A couple of points. - CARC isn't so much a paint scheme but a paint formulation - Chemical Agent Resistant Coating - used in camouflage paint. - note @exspy's comments about Canadian three-tone. There was a Canadian specific three-tone that preceded the NATO scheme and was used before and...

Realistically, geography dictates that it can't be any other way. There are times when it makes zero sense to yell at clouds. 🍻

There are many plans but usually they are short of resources and are never trained on to see if they work and to have people prepared to implement them. When things go sideways the CAF reaction is generally to ignore the plans as outdated and then to cobble together an ad hoc solution. Here's a...

And despite some cost rises, its still cheaper at Costco than anywhere else. 🍻

The colours changed quite a bit either side of the year 1970. There's a good article here on Canadian paint schemes with some advice for modellers. The NATO specified paint scheme of green, brown and black became de rigueur both in Canada and Germany. When I joined in 1965 the colours across the...

The F35 needs to be kept in the back pocket. It's a card to be played when the time is right, not one that you throw away in a hissy fit. He's playing the game right so far. 🍻

Actually it takes little conversion because Canada had some 241 Mark 5s (20 pdrs) in service here in Canada. It was only in Europe that some 75 Mark 11s (105mm) were deployed and used. There is no shortage of pictures on the internet of our tanks in Germany like these here. For really detailed...

It's kind of funny. In making my napkin army for "Unsustainable" while there is no reduction in RegF, they are distributed mostly in 30/70 structures which are based on ARes units. The RegF is reduced to three battalions of infantry and one each of armour and artillery. There are no second, much...

All of that is fine and good if you want to draw the line where you are drawing it. There are places along our coasts, inaccessible by land, where you may want to, or need to, routinely go deeper and do more than that. Sometimes a boat is just transport for other people and other capabilities...

Seriously? I mean if the RCN wants to form Marines then fill your boots. I'm not carrying water for the infantry or recce folks. But seriously, there's a certain amount of skill in doing dismounted patrols and fighting if need be. It's a skill set that I don't expect the average sailor to have...

Patrolling water is. Patrolling coastlines including shore installations and infrastructure should be joint. I agree that it is understudied but I think there's a bit of a correction here that goes beyond the two ops cited. The entire Riverine Force concept was a joint one of Navy and Army...

That's if one puts the emphasis simply on the sea patrol aspect. I look at the boats as also a means of transportation of land troops to a place of need coupled with the patrol function. Helicopters can do that as well but boats have a better, more persistent, physical presence. Presence matters...

I can see the churn. There's no question in my mind either that things are moving and that they aren't necessarily fixed in stone. That's mostly why I'm unhappy about it. To me a vision for reform needs an end goal, a clear road to it and a communication program to get everyone on board and...

All of that works fine if the threat is low and singular but goes to hell in a handbasket when multiple overt events become part of the aggressor's repetoire. This is all part of an "all my eggs in one basket" philosophy. We both know the frigate isn't the right tool for harbour patrolling...