When is the Master Gunner Course for Leopard in Canadian?!?!?
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George Wallace
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Do you have the correct name for the course?
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George Wallace said:
Advanced Gunner likely. If they still have such a beast. Speaking of which, do we still have Advanced Comms and Advanced Driver in the Corp anymore?
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recceguy said:
I went and removed that from my post, as looking at the Armour School Courses, there was no such beast listed.
The Master Gunner Crse is an all Arms crse that involves a lot of technical calculations, with a difference between what the NCM's must do and what the officers must do. It involves visiting various companies that produce munitions and systems. It is quite a prestigious qualification to attain. Old Sweat may be better to elaborate on what it all entails. It definitely is nothing like the Advance Armour Gunnery Crse.
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recceguy said:
Looking at the School Crses....None of the old Advance Crses are listed on their Webpage:
http://www.armourschool.ca/squadrons---courses.html
Perhaps someone from the School could confirm that those have all disappeared......Although, there must be some plan for AIGs in the future.
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George Wallace said:
Currently on the Master Gunner course there is no difference between what the NCMs and Officers cover, in fact they work together and on my course for our project it was done in teams of two officers and 1 NCM. The only difference between the NCM and Officers is the qualification code that the students receive and NCMs get the title "Master Gunner"
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I was told by a friend (NCM) that the officers were delving a little more in the 'mathematics' portions. (this is the difference I was referring to.) Other than that he said that it was conducted as you mention.
[Edit to add: His 'High School math" may have been the reason for his comment.]
[Edit to add: His 'High School math" may have been the reason for his comment.]
Lt(?) Ehlers, the title of your post is miss leading, since it looks you're talking about some course associated with the Leopard tank, and only lasts 40 days
The Master Gunner course, actually the Army Technical Warrant Officer Course Program (ATWO), is run at Royal Military College, and lasts far more than 40 days.
Anyone looking for info on the ATWO P, can find it here
www.rmc.ca/aca/ams-sma/pro/ji-ir-eng.php
Typically the academic pre-course preparation begins mid July, as explained in the joining instructions
The Master Gunner course, actually the Army Technical Warrant Officer Course Program (ATWO), is run at Royal Military College, and lasts far more than 40 days.
Anyone looking for info on the ATWO P, can find it here
www.rmc.ca/aca/ams-sma/pro/ji-ir-eng.php
Typically the academic pre-course preparation begins mid July, as explained in the joining instructions
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AIGs are trained through the Army Direct Fire Specialist course which is run from January to February every year at the RCAC School by the Army IG Team. When I did the course, it was divided into a 25mm portion and a 120mm portion but from what I understand they were run concurrently on the last session. Also, the QS and TP are currently undergoing a re-write that will see the course change in to two separate courses.
