Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

[FJAG]

Doesn't matter. They take the same fuzes, have the same compatibility class so they can be stored together. What is needed is more infrastructure to store what the army refuses to get rid of. If you keep getting and needing more stuff that needs specialized storage, it gets tiring pretty quickly for those that manage to special storage when told to just make it work.

No doubt.

For all that talk about logistics winning wars it still appears to me that Canada thinks symmetrical units with historic names win wars.

Notwithstanding there is some need for symmetry and if you have historic names why not use them, my take from the direction of the government so far is that it is turning to large L logistics in a number of ways. Even the army is evolving by adding two svc bns and a sustainment bde to 1 Div. There is a huge failure IMHO with the lack of a coherent plan to form any useful logistic entities in 2 Div. The CBG service bns seem to me to be the support company of the CARBs. There is no plan - to this point - for additional maintenance, logistics, or transport battalions to augment 1 Div's sustainment brigade or to provide theatre level support. The medical plan seems marginal at best.

I guess I'll wait for the CDS's big plan.

 

[AmmoTech90]

If the whispers I've heard about new energetic storage and processing infra are true then Canada will be well served.
The expansion to support units is also long overdue.
I will stand by my belief there are tooany ammo techs and what we need are better trained supply techs that can make a career track out of ammo.

 

[Kirkhill]

Doesn't matter. They take the same fuzes, have the same compatibility class so they can be stored together. What is needed is more infrastructure to store what the army refuses to get rid of. If you keep getting and needing more stuff that needs specialized storage, it gets tiring pretty quickly for those that manage to special storage when told to just make it work.

For all that talk about logistics winning wars it still appears to me that Canada thinks symmetrical units with historic names win wars.

How about space for all the rounds the government should have bought and should buy?

What is the approved life expectancy of a 105/155 shell?

How many days of war do we need to have on hand for how many divisions? Are we going to feed allies?

What is the necessary peacetime usage/production rate necessary to maintain fresh inventory?