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Here you go mate. That one's at a the RCA museum. The rest were in storage in Montreal as late as 3008. Don't know where they went after that. Do you wonder why I get cynical at times. :(

There's a point where something is small and light enough where the difference between large wheels (like on that piece of kit) and tracks don't really matter that much. The bigger and heavier the vehicle is the more the ground pressure matters and tracks make a difference. On something as...

Honestly, my taste goes more towards French patisserie products - Oh, and a good German Käsekuchen of course. :giggle:

Damn. I knew that and yet my fingers typed "Danish." Maybe its because the Danes and Dutch are so similar. :giggle: :unsure:

I don't have enough experience with NATO multinational corps headquarters to comment directly, but a quick reading tells me there are an adequate numbers of corps headquarters in Europe already (10 or so). Jack Watling did a paper on this several years back after US 5 Corps was stood up again...

Interesting article about the UK forward presence in Estonia. The US pulled its infantry-heavy combined arms battalion out just recently with no indication if further rotations are forthcoming. My guess is that the equipment is still there but . . . If I read the tea leaves right that leaves...

Under Army 2030, 4 ID and each of 1 ID, 3 ID, and 36 ID were scheduled to become an armoured division with two ABCTs and one SBCT each. That changed last year when 4 ID was changed from III Corps to the Pacific focused I Corps. 3 ABCT was the last heavy brigade in 4 ID going into 2026. At this...

:ROFLMAO: And my blatant bias for tracks has been reinforced by watching three attempts to get up the sandy incline before finally deflating the tires. But yeah - 70 MPH on the highway. Just to get back to the issue. The Germans are using tracked Puma for its panzergrenadiers in panzer...

I'll agree that the Strategic Partnership is much more important than the new ACSVs. The partnership opens the door to ACV-W and all that entails albeit the scale of things will vary over time. IMHO, this virtually guarantees that the CA will be a wheeled and not tracked force for many years to...

I favoured the Hanwha as well (as did most folks in this forum judging by the poll). It was mostly because of the schedule and the VLS . . . but they're both good and each has its good points - my thoughts too come from a landlubbers point of view. I totally got the political issue on this and...

And the Indian one :giggle:

This is what happens when you become complacent and don't take enough defensive measures. If drones can kill tanks then they can kill anything on the battlefield that can be found and which isn't adequately defended. I've long ago come to the conclusion that close support artillery regiments...

That decision is more bewildering than the accident. What we have is: 1) evidence that the brakes were okay by the crown expert; and 2) no evidence that the brakes were faulty - because she gave no evidence - just a defence theory pulled out of counsel's butt. One would think in a case like...

I've never understood how any piece of art should sell for millions of dollars. I've got prints from Winners and Marshalls hanging on my walls that came in at $50 that look perfectly lovely. :giggle:

The Aussies have been a little light on arty for some time (It's been a long time since 104 Bty did its thing at Long Tan). Their move to HIMARS makes sense but keeping guns around is a wise move. (Balance in all things) I'm not sure I like the comparison to MDTF very much. I think the...

I can attest that their taste in wines is oft mediocre - the big cars and ex-wives, OTOH - Testify, Brother! :giggle:

:oops: 'I broke the law,' former Manitoba MP Inky Mark says after police seize over 400 firearms 🍻

The way I read the article is that the court ordered a repayment for $8.5 million and right after that he took payments totalling 6.0 million from the trust fund for "extraordinary and unprecedented" admin and professional fees which money was then used to (presumably in part) repay the 8.5...

It makes an interesting analogue to work from though if that ever does becomes an issue. :unsure:

I've heard the those arguments for and against many times. My own view is that it's a bit of a mix. Yes we can turn out a DP1 private and officer (if we get rid of that stupid university requirement) within 4-9 months and heavy equipment takes considerably longer. But, you can't turn out a...