Continental Defence Corvette

[Halifax Tar]

I guess what I was trying to ask and didn't do a good job of was, can you 'tell' by looking at the shells if there would be the potential that there was an issue with the proximately fuses or is the only way to know that there was an issue was to fire them?

Probably a better question for @AmmoTech90.

 

[Rainbow1910]

How old will our 57's be by the time we build the CDC's (if they get built) and we decide to reuse the 57's on the new CDC's? Would we be risking the same scenario as you describe above?

The Danish 76mm guns/mount stockpiles seem to be from likely the 1970's to 1980's, and very likely seems to have been a combination of improper maintenance or breakdowns due to age. From what I can see, the mounts/guns off the Halifax are partially original as BAE Systems received a contract to upgrade them from Mk 2 to Bofors 57 mm Mk 3 config for the FELEX upgrade package. The guns/mounts went abroad from 2010 to 2016, before being returned to Canada. They are likely still good if we keep rotating our ammunition stocks however by the time the Halifax class are retired, penny pinching for a relatively cheap system being reused seems like a poor bargain.

 

[Stoker]

How old will our 57's be by the time we build the CDC's (if they get built) and we decide to reuse the 57's on the new CDC's? Would we be risking the same scenario as you describe above?

Like the 76mm and the 5" they replaced the 57's will probably be returned to the manufacturer.

 

[Kirkhill]

With the deepest respect, I really don't care if we are the worst or not. We just need to be better. IMHO this is an example of where Canada needs to choose, militarily, what it wants to be. Do we want to meet the standard or do we want to exceed it ?

What is the role of the standard?

If I need one unit permanently available and I only have one unit in inventory then I need that unit to be available 100% of the time.

But if reality intrudes and I can only make it available 33% of the time then I need three units. And if, over time it becomes harder to meet the 33% standard and availability starts heading towards 25% then I need to add another unit to my fleet.

Is a standard a standard for a standard's sake or does it reflect a real world imperative?

 

[Halifax Tar]

What is the role of the standard?

If I need one unit permanently available and I only have one unit in inventory then I need that unit to be available 100% of the time.

But if reality intrudes and I can only make it available 33% of the time then I need three units. And if, over time it becomes harder to meet the 33% standard and availability starts heading towards 25% then I need to add another unit to my fleet.

Is a standard a standard for a standard's sake or does it reflect a real world imperative?

You can substitute my use of the word standard with average.