Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

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Bumped with MSM's version out yesterday ....

Howitzers to fall silent when avalanche control deal in Rogers Pass ends in 2027

ROGERS PASS — The military has decided to end its role in avalanche control along a major British Columbia transportation route that has seen it fire artillery shells to set off slides in Rogers Pass for more than 60 years.

www.sootoday.com

MLAs call on federal government to ensure ongoing avalanche control in Rogers Pass - Creston Valley Advance

‘The economic importance of this corridor cannot be understated…’

crestonvalleyadvance.ca

... and this from the Team Blue info-machine

Protect Rogers Pass - Conservative Party of Canada

Ottawa, ON – Today, Dane Lloyd, Conservative Shadow Minister for Emergency Preparedness and Community Resilience and Mel Arnold, Associate Shadow Minister for Fisheries, released the following statement calling on the Liberal government to ensure the continued safety of Rogers Pass in British...

www.conservative.ca

I'm not so sure this is a government position as much as a CAF one generated by the down-the-road retiring of the 105mm C3 as a gun capable of doing live fire.

This reminds me of a sign-off by the deputy commander of the army on a staff paper around 2010 or so that basically retired the 105mm calibre systems from the army's inventory. It was reversed by the commander within a very short period of time.

We're once again looking at retiring the 105mm's live fire capability (not it's saluting role) from the army's inventory as SPs and HIMARS and STA and UAVs/LMs come on line. This is simply staff planning to ensure that some small residual requirement doesn't clog up the system.

My guess is that neither the minister nor his staff were apprised of this action before it happened or, if notified, were not properly briefed on the complexity of the problem being created for Parks Canada.

 

[Kirkhill]

72 RCH155s ordered with deliveries starting in 18 to 24 months.

All guns blazing: the UK sets up $1.35 billion RCH 155 artillery order - Breaking Defense

The order has long been held up by delay to the Defence Investment Plan, which is expected to outline British equipment priorities over the next ten years.

breakingdefense.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Mavik - battery powered drone
Shahed - two-sroke powered drone
Tomahawk - jet powered drone
PrSM - rocket powered drone
Excalibur - gun powered drone
Small Diameter Bomb - gravity powered drone.

All sustain flight, navigate their way to the target and discriminate between targets - on their own.

And some can act as transports, motherships for the others.

 

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Pentagon to purchase 10,000 Low Cost Containerized Missiles in three years starting next year.

Pentagon reaches agreements with defense firms on containerized missiles

The Pentagon is announcing framework agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 to acquire over 10,000 containerized missiles.

www.militarytimes.com

 

[Underway]

So on the C3 howitzers are dead front... heres the proposed reorg of ARes units that will be learning the Reg F equipment. Courtesy True North Strategic Review (Noah).

Q16. I read in the CBC (re: the end of Op Palaci) that the Army is retiring the C3 Howitzer; any word on what will replace it? Or what PRes Arty will evolve to?

Replace? Lol, we're out of the 105 game. The M777 and the LG1 will be shipped to Quebec and kept in long-term storage just in case they're ever needed.

The ARes won't be getting their own dedicated platforms. The RCA is moving to a unified concept of equipment. The ARes will train on what the RegF uses.

Depending on the specific unit, they will be taking on specialized capabilities like the new 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer, Long-Range HIMARS, or specific capabilities like VSHORAD, UAS Employment, or Target Acquisition.

For Artillery itself, a lot is going to be reliant on things like simulators, Augmented Reality, and other emerging technologies in place of having actual systems to train on. They lose out on SHORAD though. I think it's public, so if you're curious, here's the proposed list of where each ARes is being tied to.