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  1. NavyShooter

    The War in Ukraine

    I note that the article referenced the Covert Cabal's OSINT evaluations of tanks and such in the various depots.
  2. NavyShooter

    End of an era

    Hats tipped to a lifetime of service before self. Well done!
  3. NavyShooter

    Canadian modular assault rifle project, a C7 replacement?

    The AOPS has a RCN version of the C19 Ranger Rifle. Nice looking firearms.
  4. NavyShooter

    Reserve Weekend / Part Time BMQ

    Weekend BMQ's require a total of 22 training days, so typically about 10-11 weekends (there are 2 variants of the schedules). The one I'm supporting in Nova Scotia is running from January through until April, with basically 11 of 15 weekends being training weekends for the Candidates, and the...
  5. NavyShooter

    New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

    The perfect is the enemy of the good enough. Find something that ticks a few of the boxes, but mostly, is available in the near term for us.
  6. NavyShooter

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Probably not 'By Guess and by God'? :-)
  7. NavyShooter

    The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

    Probably pens, paper, and kneeboard maps. Nowadays? Something like what they showed in Top Gun Maverick??
  8. NavyShooter

    New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

    How would we move them from Saskatche....oh....sorry.
  9. NavyShooter

    The War in Ukraine

    Time to touch some boats...inappropriately?
  10. NavyShooter

    Cargo ship hits tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military - March 10th, 2025

    As I said...once is happenstance....we're moving much more to option 3.
  11. NavyShooter

    Cargo ship hits tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military - March 10th, 2025

    So.....a cargo ship hits an aircraft carrier, putting it in Souda for a few days of repairs and disrupting the Op Sched a bit. A few weeks later, a ship full of jet fuel (of a type probably used by said aircraft carrier's planes) gets bumped into and sunk... Once is happenstance. Twice is...
  12. NavyShooter

    Canada's tanks

    The Sherman from WW2 was actually designed with this in mind...
  13. NavyShooter

    Mar Tech Trade NAVGEN

    Follow the path of W Eng and combine the trades...it worked perfectly for them....then condense the school from a fully staffed organization to...not that....then attempt to train all the junior W Eng folks whilst the fleet is in the midst of the FELEX/MLR so they can't actually sail and get...
  14. NavyShooter

    Funny Pix & Video Thread

    Yuck. Red Stripe. Thanks, I'll stick with the rum.
  15. NavyShooter

    Government hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

    The old story of 'when war comes, you have what you've got onhand' rings true. We're looking right now at wars and rumours of wars - Ukraine has had us send a bunch of gear overseas, but little if any has actually been replaced in our stocks yet. Have we replaced the Leos that we sent over...
  16. NavyShooter

    Funny Pix & Video Thread

    I have a better print file if you want one (or 10) printed off....
  17. NavyShooter

    Another NGWS Fail

    Kevin, I don't have the Collectors Grade books on the OICW and XM8 on my shelf. I do have a copy of the Ross Story and the others though. The SPIW tale is a fascinating one. (That we should absolutely not follow.) NS
  18. NavyShooter

    Another NGWS Fail

    Looks back at history Reviews SCHV Reviews Project SALVO Reviews EM2 history Reviews T44 and T48 history Reviews 60+ year development of the Stoner DI system Um. Why.....? Does no-one in small arms look back at the old Ezell books and see what's been tried already before wasting...
  19. NavyShooter

    AOR Replacement & the Joint Support Ship (Merged Threads)

    I've said before - the NSS is fine, just 10 years too late. NS
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