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You're right. I misread another article with some Strykers in Europe being upgraded to the Mk44 Bushmaster II 30mm. The Mk 44 is capable of taking a Rheinmetall Oerlikon adapter kit making it capable of firing AHEAD and drew a wrong conclusion. I wrongly concluded those were for the M-SHORAD -...

The difference is that the Avenger has a .50 as its gun system while the M-SHORAD has a 30mm which have been upgraded to fire AHEAD. I think a HMMWV might be a bit light for this turret but a slightly heavier JLTV- maybe. That would put you back into Avenger Mark II territory. 🍻

Interestingly there was just an article that described a software upgrade from Leonardo to the US Army's Sgt Stout M-SHORAD which makes it more capable of engaging Class 1 and 2 drones with its existing gun system thereby saving its missiles for more valuable targets. Since the Sgt Stout...

I'm just finishing up my revisions to "Unsustainable 3rd Edn. I've included ARes transport battalions with terminal capabilities - unsurprisingly enough I've located them in Montreal. :giggle:

I know that I'm the constant contrarian here, but I'm not fond of weapon systems that come in 20' long, 8' high containers and need a large truck to haul around the country side. My preference would be for a container that is an older 10' Bicon standard - especially if it could be reduced to 4 '...

They were interesting boats too. The crews were mixed - even in those days - which was no problem as the crew quarters were divided into two cabins - one for 5 and one for 8. They just needed to get the ratios right. :giggle: At Eustis they also had a small railroad and training train crews...

Back in 1980, I was part of a tour at Ft Eustis where the US Army has most of its "navy" in what they call terminal battalions. We had tour of one of the predecessors of these ships which are designed to transport cargo from ship to shore. Each could carry up to two M60 tanks and had a crew of...

Sigh! Not before my time. Neither was this: :(

I guess there just wasn't enough proselytizing going on in the ranks. :(

Yeah. The example math doesn't work out. But it's a start, especially if they can really get it down into the $3-5,000 range and start producing them at scale. We still need something in the sub $1,000 range to take out quadrocopters and Lancet/V2U types of systems. 🍻

Ever visit Casa Loma in Toronto? It's amazing how much money there is in arms manufacturing that has little to do with the costs of R&D or the constituent parts or labour. 🍻

Still too expensive. Call me again when they get them under $100,000. If we can build 1 to 2 ton cars at under $50,000 we should be able to produce something like this, at scale, the same way. 🍻

I think that one goes to "failure" as well. In a maritime environment as constricted as that area is, knocking out a dozen or so mostly 40 to 50 year old ships does not equate to success when Iran remains capable of shutting down any and all maritime activity it chooses to. Iran never really had...

Noah's comprehensive take on it here: 🍻

My son lives in Vernon and his wife's family have a house on that reserve. They've been evacuated and are now safe with my son. It's a nightmare there. But it's not an unusual event, either. :(

Here's an interesting one. Note the aircraft that the American HIMARS deployed on. 🍻

I think you need to focus on the term "strategic" within "strategic partnership." The CAG/GoC certainly has a transactional history with GDLS-C. I was around when we got the AVGPs then built by General Motors Diesel (GMD), GM's defence wing. The expected winner of the project was...

I thought we were talking about Trump's reneged promise for PAC3s made in Turkey. At this point the FP-7 is pre-production and quite different. 🍻

Except Trump has once again done and about face and hasn't given the okay to produce there. Guess Putin was against it. :giggle: 🍻

I can assure you that the Canadian army is following developments on a daily basis. HIMARS is the LRPF program which is funded and contracted for the delivery of 26 systems and ammo. That tends to close the four decades long project for the time being. That's not to say that there will not be...