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Sure it has a use if you have no other options, but from the Ukrainians/legionnaires we've worked with: fieldcraft seems to be a far more effective active and passive response to anything UAS. Not so much as dismissing it, but loathing the fixation on the shotgun at the expense of fieldcraft in...

Ah yes, the shotgun is going to stop the 80-120kph FPV bomber drone which are being used for attacks in Ukraine. The only good thing coming out of the AA CAUS shotgun fad is that it's removed all the bullshit waivers and barriers to using shotguns for ballistic breaches on ex and course (the...

It's also funny watching guys do skeet shoots on CASFC (SQ/BMQ-L redux) as part of their active CUAS solution when I've done FPV drone circuits at +200Kmph. Given higher pressure 5.56, I think we'll be in a good spot with a completely 5.56 loadout at the sect level between the carbines and LMG...

Doesn't need to be an insane UAS capability, but if I was the lead section in the pl or coy during movement (or even a sect level recce ptl), I definitely would like to have a system to assist with in-route selection and early warning. Doesn't work like that, well, not at a cost the GOC would...

Fair, that's something that needs to be addressed: a dismounted ATGM for the sect (probably would just default to NLAW), an upgrade/replacement for the M72, and getting the new M4 CG on line for that multi-mission munition platform.

I would prefer to have both a sharpshooter rifle and a UAS sensor at the sect level, and I could see a UAS sense/strike system at the pl level within the weapons det/sect. I know the proposed LIR rifle section org is working with both (and bringing back the gun group of old), but who knows how...

FYSA, been there for almost five years mate. It's also what the Vandoos used to start doing a interim sharpshooter program with the C7 a few years ago, honestly, from what I've seen it kind of runs like an ORA service rifle course.

Well, there's a 7.62 sharpshooter rifle now in the section, doctrinally at least, pretty sure it's just going to be the C20 with a different optic package from the SASR.

If the guy's doing the barrels are Canadian, we're not going to see the insane performance gains that hot loaded 5.56 is capable of, full stop (the black magic of barrels at this juncture, oddly enough, is French). I'm also quite aware of the ballistic change, the current C7 also has a 20"...

Hotter charge but otherwise it is a 62gr with a steel core and penetrator; but unless CC is changing up who they're getting their barrels from, their go-to barrels aren't really going to get much out of it and with slightly less barrel life. The current C7/C8 is already effective to 400m as an...

The army of the West pops up a lot in the ASAIC training safety lessons learned discussion.

Long endurance for sure can, but the absolute proliferation of short endurance UAS largely characteristic of your reference of choice works poorly those environments; with the arctic (and we'll toss in sub-arctic during winter in there) being the worst of the lot. The insulated batteries don't...

The main issue isn't so much that they're dangerous (other than producing secondary frag and spalling if struck) is that training safety doesn't require you to have ballistic plates on during live fire manoeuvre ranges until you add explosives to the mix (there are some bases that have modified...

And I specifically mentioned when it makes sense to do so, such as: hot weather tropical environments such as the jungle; long range ski based movements in the arctic or sub-arctic; and alpine and mountain environments (oddly enough, environments that the Ukrainians don't have any experience in...

I'd say I'm a big fan of being able to pack out my armour if the environment or task makes sense to do so (which is more common than you'd think), which is why belt kits and chest rigs will always be something I advocate for. Protection is huge, and not just from frag, we need the ability to...

For sure, I only used Kevin as he was the guy I've worked with the most on BMQs and DP1s (he, Matt, Danny and I basically lived together for the better part of two years out various armouries/bases) and was focusing more so on courses specific to an infanteer reaching OFP. But why I say it's a...

Since I'm in the loop within your AOR, there is a full time instructional staff, has been for four years doing both full time and part time courses concurrent (who have been responsible for keeping the bde's IT afloat for the same time frame). The problem within that particular bde has been the...

Oh god yes, especially if you have to shoot anywhere confined, and your friends will find it a lot more pleasant too.

For sure, I just don't understand the need for an 11.5 if they're not even intending to put a can on it (I can tell you that 6 callsigns will definitely gobble up the shorties in the battalion to run cans if there's a choice between 11.5 and 14.5); especially with current suppressor designs...

Mate, with reasonable ammo, a decent appreciation for connection to the gun and the appropriate firing position you can push to 500-600m effectively with an 11.5 with a reasonable amount of meaningful training/coaching. I've seen the slide show you are referring to, but the muzzle velocity...