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Some weekends and Tuesdays I wear my relish coloured pajamas. In the daytime I Cosplay as a public servant. The rest of the time, I'm neck deep in family things
Ottawa
Joined April 2009
Yikes for commentd. People don't realise the alternative to this is walking... Out of a chinook, or from the back of an MSVS, or humping kit miles & miles. Survivability will be provided by increased mobility. Armour would negate much of the mobility they need in the light role.
Just out for a rip 🛻 Check out what a couple of the first troops to train on the LTV have to say about the newest addition to the Light Infantry.
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@FuckOffBezos The $$$ difference isn't even that big between armoured PMVs or unprotected utility vehicles. IMHO it is folly to use the unarmoured w/ AoA kit approach for the CAF.
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@FuckOffBezos & yeah. Something like the Roshel pickup, with at least a .50cal (preferably bigger) in a modern turret or RWS, with a UAS & a couple loitering munitions in the back. That is what I'm thinking is pretty close to an ideal (wheeled) light Cavalry vehicle.
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@FuckOffBezos We need Protected Mobility Vehicles & need large numbers. As much as some on Twitter (&CAF) dismiss smaller AFVs, LAV6s & tanks will never be numerous enough to take on all battlefield & combat tasks. & there are many tasks for which smaller/lighter PMVs are just better suited.
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@FuckOffBezos Yup & then we have the stupid fixation on buying unarmoured platforms +AoA kits for deployments - to save $$$. But it often requires significant engineering effort & creates hazards & program risks... & results in a less deployable fleet (which I don't think saves $$$ in the end)
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@FuckOffBezos I believe Roshel, Terradyne, Inkas etc have viable Gwagon replacements. Except Roshel, none has the production throughput that would be required for a procurement like LUV. & then we ask for something already in service in NATO... Which makes it difficult for domestic players.
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@cerich67 I'm talking about us combatting a non-conventional enemy (say, for the sake of argument, the Oathkeepers or similar schmucks). So it would be patrols, cordon&search, working with local authorities, convoy escort & offensive actions against small light infantry elements.
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@JoAnneW63777667 I'd rather stay home & just leave them to mess up their own house... No need to it for them, buly the look of it.
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@ReiverHall Exactly! It happens to be something that is very easy to generate in a Reserve training ex - OPFOR is dirt simple & there are ways to simulate (or heck, invite) local authorities to increase value at all levels. That it is becoming a probable threat scenario is the scary part.
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@Cain Sure, if it was a conventional conflict. I'm thinking of something more in the "grey zone", where some militias take the propaganda a little too seriously & get some stupid ideas about coming to Canada...
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@Lucvend @jtquilliam Yes, those are all valid points greatly missed by my oversimplification! Courses forecasted in Q1 tie up a lit of funds (FRs or committed). If they get cancelled for whatever reason (or heck, a new un-forecasted course gets added in) it can play havoc on a unit budget.
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@RobertDocBacon Heck, the video even shows it acting as an APC (another AFV type!) to deliver an infantry section into an assault. Yes, the Senator is on the lighter & cheaper end of the spectrum relative to say a CV90... But it is a far cry from just a truck...
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RT @MelanieLake: Canada has so often answered the call to stand beside our friends and Allies in times of war - never to wage war against t…
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