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    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    Simple question and simple answer. What ever the amount is required for the Full time equivalent sized structure. If SAHL and KOCR each provide a Troop of Soldiers. Then they each get a Troop worth of equipment allocated to them. If each are established as a Sqn then you allocate that much...
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    Canadair 515 by Viking

    Time will tell, they seem to be wanting to spruce up the small lift sector. https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/de-havilland-eyes-restarting-production-shorts-cargo-sherpa
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    South Alberta Light Horse Regiment to amalgamate with larger reserve force

    The best time in My Reserve unit was when we had Reg Force Lt Col. He kept asking why don't we have this, why are you not doing that? Those simple questions got the ball rolling for more ammo, more training and more equipment. We were fielding a Battery Plus of field available trained...
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    2024 BC Election

    They should shut the Natural gas and oil pipelines down to BC for a three month maintenance program. Then open it up to load tankers heading to "other" customers for the next month. We will then see how much they want and need natural gas and oil. BC has been a cluster for a long time. The...
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    The War in Ukraine

    The Canadian Shipyard lost the contract. There was some great potential for other ship upgrades after New Zealand's, that faded away. is unfortunate but they way Canadian shipyards do their work.
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    The War in Ukraine

    Did we go their to do the work or did they come here and do the work?
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    C3 Howitzer Replacement

    The MACK Dump truck I drove I liked. Had great fuel milage, the old style camel back suspension was really good off road. Maintenance was a pain. Filters cost more, parts cost more and often on back order. They were great until they broke down. That's where parts supply, knowledge and tooling...
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    Domestic and Arctic Mobility Enhancement Project

    Most will not especially out West as they generally require a partnership back east in order to be considered. There appears to be many small companies who win bids all the time with the Cdn Government. Just the vast majority have roots back east, often deals with the big guys like Bombardier...
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    C3 Howitzer Replacement

    It should be dealer support With engines and drive trains that are not well supported here in NA I have the feeling once the trucks are out of Warranty the healing fence will be getting lots of use. My choice for off road trucks would be KW C5, then a WS then roll the dice and what ever I...
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    C3 Howitzer Replacement

    I guess if we only use those trucks in Europe it won't be so bad. Should be ample ready supply of engine parts, electronics and other OEM parts. I am not convinced we will have proper supply of parts here. For example a fuel injectors for the MSVS engine is not readily available here. More...
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    The War in Ukraine

    There was potential for follow on work for other ships but that dried up very quickly. Mod edit: article link removed. See Milnet.ca policy
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    The War in Ukraine

    I disagree, We have many smaller companies that provide critical specialized services to the larger defense companies. Although the small companies eventually get bought up. It still proves that we have the capability to do so. As for Irving/ Seaspan crapping the bed on manufacturing a viably...
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    C3 Howitzer Replacement

    Isn't it great, we will have two transport systems who have proprietary parts only available through the manufacturer. Yaaaaa. I just hope we have a domestic parts supplier for those non generic parts that break.
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    C3 Howitzer Replacement

    I would rather see a KW C500 series truck bought for our Military. The versatility of the truck series is pretty awesome. Those things in certain configurations are off road beasts.
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    Soldier Operational Clothing and Equipment Modernization

    I thought the reason for the flight suit was to cover bare skin for protection from fire. If it was bloused then it leaves little protection at one main point of entry.
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