Canada's tanks

[markppcli]

I have nothing but speaking to follow crewmen in the French military. C'est à mon avantage que je parle français Dan's better situation haha.

Everyone pounds track in the troop and many are crossed trained. Investigation is integral to their platoon maintenance plan. It’s not just a "do if you can" type thing - it’s expected. Battle order has a video on it.

I’m familiar with the video, I’d alway take Brendan’s stuff either way a grain of salt. He’s a good guy but at the end of the day he’s a graphic designer with some contacts.

It’s cool everyone pounds track - I’d expect in operations that the investigation guys in the VBLs are in OPs / doing their job while the tanks are static. In garrison? Sure, but if your always side by side then what the fuck is the point

 

[PrairieFella]

I’m familiar with the video, I’d alway take Brendan’s stuff either way a grain of salt. He’s a good guy but at the end of the day he’s a graphic designer with some contacts.

It’s cool everyone pounds track - I’d expect in operations that the investigation guys in the VBLs are in OPs / doing their job while the tanks are static. In garrison? Sure, but if your always side by side then what the fuck is the point

Our tank squadrons are dispersed in harbours, yet people sometimes have to move around for sentry tasks. Its not different for the French. 4 can be up on the OP, 4 on maintenance and 4 on rest, etc etc.

 

[markppcli]

Our tank squadrons are dispersed in harbours, yet people sometimes have to move around for sentry tasks. Its not different for the French. 4 can be up on the OP, 4 on maintenance and 4 on rest, etc etc.

My assumption is that if you have 4 VBL for recce tasks they are out doing those tasks pushed out from the platoon.

If your dispersed harbours are close enough together that troops are doing sentry for each other you haven’t actually dispersed.


Now to the topic actually being discussed: not having an auto loader so you can have an extra body to help pound track seems to me to be putting the cart before the horse.

 

[KevinB]

Rollers and ploughs are Sqn assets operated by the Tank Troops.

Clip on Rollers and Plows yes. Other nations however make dedicated breaching tanks - t that have a significant dozer blade and fire MICLIC’s as opposed to a main gun. That is a breaching tank - not a Squadron asset but generally a Bde or Divisional one.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Clip on Rollers and Plows yes. Other nations however make dedicated breaching tanks - t that have a significant dozer blade and fire MICLIC’s as opposed to a main gun. That is a breaching tank - not a Squadron asset but generally a Bde or Divisional one.

Yup. Engineers man those and bridgelayers. Our BLs had armour drivers.