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  1. MrGnr27

    Mortar fire

    I must agree. Based on what we see in Afghanistan, the Bad Guys' ammunition comes from everywhere, and is almost always in varying stages of disintegration. Weapons maintenance in non-existent as well. Personally, I am okay with this. If the Insurgents want to continue with their own version...
  2. MrGnr27

    Detachment 2 i/c Course

    And, ya know, the "Three Streams" thing is just fine ! We never had a Det 2iI/C course in the seventies. The soldiers were taught by the No 1. In fact, I remember being between the trails during a firepower demo in Shilo, in ' 73, as a Gunner ! Although the No 1 and his Bomber were not far away...
  3. MrGnr27

    ARTY GUNS

    Old Sweat, Ack. I knew that 3 & 4 RCHA had the L5s as well. As I understand it, it was a No1 in "J" Bty who discovered the crack in his barrel one typically "Fine" November morning at the Gun Park. Further, I ack that the School was still in Shilo in ' 68. ( ' Just paraphrased for the sake of...
  4. MrGnr27

    ARTY GUNS

    Good Day all !! Haven't checked this means in awhile. The L5 did come into service with Canadian Gunners, as mentioned, in ' 68. The Airborne Battery and the AMF(L) Battery got them. ( So did the Arty Dept at The Combat Arms School, as well as the newly formed 5 RALC ). After the cracked...
  5. MrGnr27

    Looking for L5 Pack Howtizer Pics

    Just caught a whiff of this. I believe that I have one or two pics of an L5. Some are in a Herc, some are slung under a Voyageur and a Chinook, and one is deployed in one of the Edmonton shopping malls. I will check this out this weekend. I will get them scanned at work this Monday ( 16th )...
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    you like it

    Further to that, at one time we ( the Gunners ) were solely responsible for trials, evaluation, and procurement of capital equipment. Also, we looked afer Life Cycle Managenment of that kit. Today, that is a Combat Arms-shared function. The guy formerly known as a Master Gunner is now a Land...
  7. MrGnr27

    TFT's for the C3

    I seem to remember the HP67. We were the last Adv Tech Course to get PO'd on the Arty Slide Rule, and then toss it in the garbage ! Because we had learned to compute all survey functions with a pencil and log tables ( as well as with a CP&FC Graph, or Table C in the Firing Tables ), we too...
  8. MrGnr27

    The Home Station

    ( Yo....Bruce ! You are dating yourself ! The "Pig Farm" has been gone for years now !! ) As an old Airborne Gunner, I knew that Shilo was a training center for Canada's Parachute Corps during WW II. ( What Gunner has not used the old "HIgh Tower" as GAP 1 ?? ). What I did not know was that...
  9. MrGnr27

    Deployments?

    Ubique to that !!
  10. MrGnr27

    Guns and Mortars

    All the infantry MFCs that I ever worked with ( AB Regt, VP, RCR, Van Doo ) all had their proverbial "poop in a group" as it were. They were squared away both at the OP and at the FSCC. Further,we've all had those days where the adjustment for that big Fire Plan turned into the antics of the...
  11. MrGnr27

    Air Defence Units New Role?

    Royal76: The Reserve Arty Regts don't have mortars yet. That is, unless they got them from the Reserve Infantry units that had them. I could see that happening once the Regular Guns got the tubes off of the Regular Infantry Bns. Last time I was on the Rideau, there was talk of two Reserve Arty...
  12. MrGnr27

    Rules and Problems

    Good for you, Larry ! Ubique
  13. MrGnr27

    Chinook Picture

    Our friends to the South were doing that for years with their M102s and Chnook 2s. The best we could ever do ( in my time, anyway ) was two L5s and a jeep, internal, and one L5 with and ammo load slung externally underneath the Chinook. With two planes, you had a Battery, ammunition, and...
  14. MrGnr27

    Renaming of Reserve Artillery Units possible

    Perhaps this re-roling of the Air Defence guys into Field Regiments is in response to the ADATS going into the Black Hat world as a tank killer ??? ( Yikes ! A Gunner badge on a black beret ??? ) Just a thought.... Ubique
  15. MrGnr27

    Rules and Problems

    Larry, I hope things are well on the rigs ( no pun intended ). I believe that the issues of uniformity on the gun platform were put to rest. It's the old story: if you give 'em an inch....they take a mile...everytime ! In any case, I saw some recent photos of your old outfit deployed at Range...
  16. MrGnr27

    21 April 2005 - GDF 005 Twin 35mm guns will be retired

    What can I say, Troops ? M109, 35mm Oerlikon, SkyGuard...........talk about a kick in the ole cajones with a frozen mukluk !!!! Ubique
  17. MrGnr27

    Renaming of Reserve Artillery Units possible

    Right then....before we go to night routine, I would like to recap:   1. To "Gunner" @ Reply#4: Thankyou for providing that timely illumination on what the proposed numbering will be ( ie: 20 Fd becoming         41 RCA etc.   2. This Call Sign has always been aware that RCA history is...
  18. MrGnr27

    How does the loss of the CAR still affect training and capabilities?

    Bruce ! C'mon man ! You are supposed to be on my side!! ( How many times did you run up Zipperhead Hill with that towing eye anyway ? )
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    Renaming of Reserve Artillery Units possible

    Careful here..... 1. Batteries of the RCA ( read Primary Reserve - not The School ) are numbered, and, agreed, base their respective histories as Batteries. 2. The RCHA Batteries did so until the advent of the RCHA Brigade, and, subsequently, 1, 2, and 4 RCHA. ( 5 RALC did not come into    ...
  20. MrGnr27

    How does the loss of the CAR still affect training and capabilities?

    This Call Sign has been informed, via other means, that Arty assets ( FOO parties, mortar crews/door bundles ) having been exiting aircraft with the Para Coys for " the last six jumps or so ". This is very gratifying to old Airborne Gunners everywhere. You see, once you lose something ( like the...
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