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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...

Too true. They've had since 2014 to work out the preferred force structure. This feels slapped together and I say that knowing that there are some good folks working on it. The problem is that Advancing with Purpose was a 20 year scheme to get us to a place which was useless for the future. We...

Once you have an army over 10,000 people you need to think divisions. Once you have two divisions you need to think corps. Its simple organizational hierarchies and creating the staff structure to manage large forces. Canada's army has been mired in the battlegroup for three decades. It needs to...

Watching 4th and 7th Div taking shape, my guess is that the Strykers will be around for a while. And a new longer range gun would fit the bill. :unsure:

I could see an expanded role for the NAVRes but I also see these types of security operations as ones that have a role on land/shorelines/infrastructure etc. Here, basic light infantry and air defence matters. I think both the Swedes and Norwegians understand this type of role better than we do...

It was an interesting thing to watch the MCDVs evolving. I had a colleague who was a NavRes officer and a civilian lawyer in Edmonton who got his ticket and ran an MCDV for a year. On top of that I sat in as legal advisor on a number of projects to try to reform the PRes terms of service. These...

Well, I'll start the discussion with the idea that protecting our coastlines, especially vital infrastructure such as harbours and ports is important. We might disagree on how vulnerable they are and how threatened they are but threats change - whether drugs or sabotage - but sometimes we should...

Interesting that it can be reloaded with a K10. Makes you think that a K10MH might be on the way. 🍻

My guess is that its not the government but the navy that has little interest in this - or for that matter the army. 🍻

Yup. It doesn't have to be a CB90/ It must be CB90ish - speed, maneuverability, crew capacity, armament, ability to land against rough shores etc. A Canadian built CB90 clone is fine and preferable to me. 🍻

My nod goes to the CB90 with the capability of taking a half platoon as dismounts. IMHO, these make excellent patrol, craft of coastal infrastructure on both coasts and quite possibly could be positioned to operate out of small coastal harbours by NavRes pers with small ARes platoons. Simple and...

I've been working with those numbers for a while and my most realistic model has an army of 7 divisions (3 homeland, 3 expeditionary and 1 general support) for a total of 30,00 RegF and 55,000 PRes (of whom only 50,000 are ARes). I've left of both the static base support system and CADTC...

Here's a new one Who else is wondering what threat he'll pump out against Canada once we retaliate against his next round of bullying tariffs. :ROFLMAO: