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You can't have one without the other.
It is not the army's job to decide where, when and why to deploy the army.
It hasn't been since Cromwell died.
Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement
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You can't have one without the other.
It is not the army's job to decide where, when and why to deploy the army.
It hasn't been since Cromwell died.
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I have no idea where you are going with this.
It's not a political issue. It's internal to the thinking process within the army that favours strategic mobility over tactical mobility. IMHO, the concept of strategic mobility is a chimera.
No it isn't. It's the army's job to be prepared for the most logical missions that the government may require them for.
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128 SPG's and 120 ammunition carriers, CP's and ARV's. It is to weep for the RCHA/RCADLR 2 - are you paying attention to this?
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arent we supposed to be getting 90+/-?
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The simple form is: What job will the government ask you to do that requires 200 howitzers? Or more?
Tactical vs strategic addresses what the government wants you to fight, where and when. The government needs to set the field and give you adquate warning of its intent.
No it isn't. It's the army's job to be prepared for the most logical missions that the government may require them for.
Too broad a range. A variant of trying to defend everything and holding nothing.
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The current plan calls for 3 x RCHA SP regiments (i.e. 54 guns) and the school and spares and forward deployed (say appx 24) for a total of 78 guns. The RFI calls for 80 to 102. If 80 then none for the ARes. If 102 then conceivably 3 or four batteries of SPs could got to the ARes albeit I consider that doubtful.
The RegF artillery is looking for more PYs. It currently has four regiments (3 CS and one GS) but wants seven (three CS, one rocket, two GBAD, one ISR/STA). That's close to 2,000 PYs.
My guess is that since the CAF leadership can't think beyond todays needs, and have no understanding of how to properly equip a reserve force, the decision will be made to stay at the lower number of guns.
A, as yet, further factor is a pencilled in 10 BGAD regiments in 2 DIV for a contemplated IAMD force and all of which are currently pencilled in as RegF. I wish I knew what those guys are smoking. How do you justify PYs for systems that will, at best, be on stand? Technical complexity?
Here's my answer - make two out of every three batteries in the CS, ISR/STA and GBAD batteries ARes. Make the rocket regiment fully ARes. That leaves enough PYs to create 10-15 additional 30/70 gun and GBAD regiments.
