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        Very difficult time for all.....my heart go's out to the families and their comrades....really hits you when you see Colin Bason's photo on the news and the cap badge of the Westie's.....

I noticed a car today at the local mall with the magnetic sticker on the trunk with the following ....Support Our Troops  Bring Them Home.     What group or who are these people that are having  these magnetic stickers made,......maybe someone can provide some  info on who is doing this...

                            One "hell of a good man"...  our General Hillier ..keep up the good work..!

Hi  Guys,            With the use of the RPG by terrorist's in Afghanistan and Iraq ,i would like to know more as how the RPG compares to the German PanzerFaust of WW2, I have been told that the PanzerFaust was a very potent weapon against our tanks, maybe some of our knowledgeable Army.Ca guys...

I was watch the A&E presentation of "Lima Co. a USMC reserve unit in Iraqi, one incident that really stands out is the use of drugs by these terrorists to hype themselves up, these marines told of finding, and it was also shown, vials of drugs with needles{ Adrenalin vials}, also Syrian money...

In the latest issue of  "Combat Arms" { Guns & Ammo magazine} the commander of 1st Marine Dvision {Major General J.N. Mattis} said that  "ACOG" mounted on the M-16 rifle has proven to be the biggest improvement in lethality for the Marine infantryman since the introduction of the M1 Garand in...

I believe several members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment were killed during the 1974 invasion of Cyprus by Turkish forces

Hi guys,            just curious if the troops in Afghanistan are supplied with 5.56mm. ammo in bandoleers for the C7 & C8, i recall in the late 60's and early 70's getting 7.62mm.in bandoleers for the Canadian C1 & C2 we had the option of "topping up" our mags with stripper clips or a mag...

Hi Guys,      just curious if anyone, especially armorers might have had a chance to see or fire the British Lanchester smg or as the Brits refered to a "Machine Carbine". it is a copy of the German MP28 and fires the 9mm, was mainly issued to the Royal Navy, possibly the RCN may have acquired...

            Looks to me Null, that you spend too much time reading Liberal Party propaganda,or Liberal party B.S. meetings, your hero Trudeau treated ordinary Canadians with contempt and arrogance, you probably weren't even in this world when he was Prime Minister,

                                              Please explain how he served his country?????

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I often wondered how Trudeau had the nerve to attend Remembrance Day...

On CTV, this morning Jack Layton whining that our troops in Afghanistan are in fact in a war and that this is not in the Canadian tradition of "peacekeeping blah blah". No consideration or condolences to the fallen and their families,this guy needs a wake up call

                                        Looks pretty impressive,lots of command experience, thanks for the link, Michael

I was wondering if someone could give some info on the new CO {Brig.General Frazer} who just took over command of the multi-national force in Kandahar-- "As tan". Is the new CO a infantryman,Armor or Artillery, maybe some of the guys on Army.ca have served with General Fraser and can provide...

I would be interested to know about our new MND military career,,ie: when he enlisted , which  branch of the Forces he served with,  Armour, Infantry, Artillery or Engineers,  i have been watching the papers but nothing about his Army career, perhaps there is someone on Army.ca that would be...

                          I was told that the Nco's were issued Sten Guns and that some PCMR also were issued the U.S. m-1917 Enfield rifle in .30 calibre,  maybe somebody else can help me on these 2 weapons been issued. :cdn:

A excellent article on the capabilities of our sniper's

Here's a query for Wes  , did the Aussie's have their own version of the Canadian C 2 light auto which gave us Canuck's added fire power in the infantry section, i think the Aussie's refered to the FN 7.62mm rifle as the  SLR { self loading rifle}, just curious if they made the heavy barreled...