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The podcast is a good snapshot of what the Canadian Army is focusing on for Latvia. Overall I think it’s an okay plan, not great but maybe the best we can do given current constraints. I am uneasy though because overall I think the Canadian Army is going to become or continue to be very myopic...

Out of curiosity would Block 3 have been needed if P8s had started arriving in the RCAF around 2014?

I’m thinking about hypotheticals here but I think this is a good example of another Canadian inefficient use of defence spending in overall terms. Here on GoC websites the CP 140 Block III achieved IOC in 2014 and FOC in 2019. Block IV IOC according to the same site is winter 2024 and FOC...

All he is capable of is repeating the GoC and Liberal Party narrative, ironic considering the insistence that the P8A purchase is purely because they listened to the RCAF and the CAF and that the CAF and the GoC are fully in lockstep, something I don’t believe simply based on the CDS, Comd RCN...

Interesting that there are no munitions in the FMS announcement. I’m assuming the Mark54 torpedoes and sonobuoys from the CP140 will just transfer over but it would have been interesting to see air launched Harpoons or SLAM- ER included. I don’t believe those are in our inventory currently...

What is market value though? My 2 bedroom PMQ once upon a time came with no appliances, no garage, no fence and a basement that leaked each spring. A 2 bedroom town home that I rented immediately after that PMQ had a garage, appliances, a fenced yard space (tiny yes but fenced) and a...

Not aimed at this quote specifically but I really dislike the thinking that we are good using a less capable system in Canada for domestic training requirements. It’s a common problem and it encourages the institution to continue to think small in terms of only needing to field a BG inside a MN...

The success of the US Army’s Big Five ( Abrams, Bradley, Apache, Blackhawk and Patriot) program from the late 1970s is impressive in terms of linking doctrine to equipment requirements across the force to industry. The fact as you point out that the systems are the same just upgraded I think...

Not just the CoC, even reaching out to one’s peers and asking to join as a room mate etc.

If we look outside NA and Europe there are a number of post cold war era design tanks, the Korea K2 and Japanese Type 10 are examples. They share most characteristics though with the modernized Cold War base design US and European MBTs .

Good. I wonder if the CBC article detailing how difficult it was to find these was any impetus to get a PDF released.

I am not asking about either the eFP nor doctrine either I suppose, I have read the doctrine note and the old Armoured Regiment in Battle. I am interested in what the field forces will actually do in practice. During the many Ex MRs I have seen and participated in I have only seen the MBTs...

How does the force plan on using the armoured units ( not sub units)? Does it envision an armoured regiment of 40 plus MBTs fighting as a unit with the Cdn Bde?

That’s the question, and it needs to be answered by Canada and the GoC before the Army can design its forces. The army trying to design forces with out the country’s intent will largely fail which is likely to some degree responsible for the light Bns being adrift and not tied into a formation...

In terms of Raid Response Forces, what does Canada and the GoC actually foresee needing Rapid Response Forces for, what tasks? Canada does not have the same tradition of force projection in a rapid manner as say the US, UK, or France. Nor do we really have specific national interests that...

Does this equal the exercising of an actual capability or does it mean we have convinced NATO that us doing things we need to do anyway should be counted as our contribution? The RIP for example, if it was to be done in a manner such that we brought in the entire incoming BG plus equipment and...

Invisio 7 Headset Three interchangeable models 1. Head band 2. Neck band 3. Helmet mount The Inviso is a very good setup, especially with ATAK and two radios/or nets concurrently. I have ran various other active hearing protection and almost universally headbands suck with helmets. The...

The ISSP or the DICE helmet? ISSP has the ear pro with Comms but I don’t see it having the ability to clip on to the DICE rails. I’m also curious how well the ISSP headset works with the helmet given it seems to be an over the top headband.

I’m not aware of the Canadian Military really exercising the movement of ground forces to Latvia for Ex Steadfast Defender. I might have missed something but each element is doing things but there is no flow of forces into Latvia really planned. The Brigade won’t really be there, eFP is already...

Anyone get hands on with the headsets yet? Do they integrate with the helmets well? Any idea if the DICE helmets and these headsets will come with ARC adapters so that they can be integrated with the DICE helmet rails. Be nice if all the DICE came with active hearing protection that could be...