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Kirkhill, When the article states, "Each new brigade will require an additional cannon battalion." They don't mean 2 Arty Bns, they mean an extra Art Bn req'd for each New UA Bde - not to mention 2 New or Reassigned Manoeuvre units.  Didn't know that each Bde will have MRLS/HIMARS Bn - I had...

Project File No 300000731-300 'MGS SOR (Mobile Gun System - Statement of Operational Requirements)' Highliights [One of the few SOR to be written to Exactly fit a piece of equipment - and if thats not enough, due to well known problems - such as Autoloader, well lets reassess so that it still...

SBCT4 (2nd Armd Cav Regt - Light), currently in the process of standing up, used to be the US Army's Experimental rapidly deployable Light HMMVW-based Cavalry formation - although it deployed just too late to participate in OIF. In early 2004, to save US$500M, it was decided the 2nd ACR would...

The Consortium advises that operations in Medium-High risk destinations would be dependant on provision of a LAIRCM capability for the BC-17X - especially considering the potential MANPADS threat.  This has the side-benefit of reducing any War-Risk insurance rates. For operations in a...

Jezz, whats with these north of 75* comments from an Ottawa insider? Seems to me that "an Alberta consortium's" (as per the OpEd) is as far as is politically possible (deep in Conservative territory and in Ottawa terms - out in the boonies), in these days of forever ongoing Liberal...

I'm actually amazed there was no related comment on the related post I made in the related 'Heavy lift conundrum' thread months ago - main ptn reattached. END As to converted B747 (c33) this was rejected by USAF as not flexible enough, airfield limited, etc. I fully agree with AMajor that C33...

I'm not so much worried about a purchase as the option DND is currently pushing of a C-17 Lease. According to internal DND SCIP correspondence, obtained through ATI, "CAS gave me a cost for Hercs [early buy] (of 13 Hercs) as Cdn$2.6B.  CAS has worked a lease-to-buy option that comes in at...

October 2003 correspondence from DGSP confirms "Hercules Replacement numbers . . . In an ideal world, we would drive the aircraft quantities from a logistic calculation in terms of ton miles of outsized cargo per day." Opportunity cost for additional strategic lift aircraft comes at a Premium...

As noted on CASR, "a radical method of providing an Alternative Service Delivery â “ form a Canadian  'Airlift-for-Hire'  Crown Corporation.  If  Government were to put out the initial capital to create such a Crown Corporation, this 'airline' could provide strategic airlift to 'friendly'...

From both the FAA (although I lost the link when my browser crashed a while back) - do a search on Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards. Plus the CAMAA Market Analysis CD, 1-2 February 2001, available through the CAMAA Business Office upon request and upon USAF approval. CAMAA...

Retired USAF C-5As are also a non-starter.  If you check through the 2004 issues of AIR FORCE Magazine on the web you will find they currently have the same availability rate as our Hercs - a mere 55%. Even with the proposed expensive Avionics upgrades and the RERP reengining, a USAF viability...

Although, at first glance, not a bad idea, the USAF will be retiring these remaining upgraded C-141Cs sometime in 2006 - check AIRFORCE magazine for exact dates - and replacing with C-17s. As previously pointed out, they are as old as our CC-130Es and, with retirement and scrapping of most...

As DAVID RUDD notes today in the Winnipeg Free Press, and acknowleged in DND documents, "it would be impractical to consider the acquisition of Russian-built cargo aircraft, as some have suggested. Transport Canada requires Canadian owners-operators to certify every nut and bolt, tracing them...

Unfortunately, Yes. Canada, as the nation supplying the new Chairman of the NATO military committee, is Responsible for All Costs associated with the supplied representative. Lets just hope that the Libs pony up the additional funding required? :-\ Although, personally, in view of their past...

FYI, the Actual 'Skinny' from the source (GDLS themselves) notes that as of May 2004: "Two M1A2 SEP Tanks were 'combat losses' ",  :( out of some 550 M1A2 SEP in Active service at that point, plus some 595 M1A2. So I guess that means they were in active service during OIF. Can't say any more...

As disected above, looks like the CF has a bit of a reprieve before MGS order placed. In early December 2004 GDLS-C spokesperson Ken Yamashita noted, in the London Free Press, that the company is adapting the MGS vehicle for the Canadian order but production is not expected to begin until later...

aMaj, I borrowed this from the noted thread, edited (one of my talents) and cleaned it up to be easily readable as very applicable to your comments. HOW TECHNOLOGY FAILED IN IRAQ By David Talbot, November 2004 'Technology Review'. U.S. commanders in Qatar and Kuwait enjoyed 42 times the...

Lance, Maybe not, especially as the 8 Prototype vehicles are not LRIP. As I previously noted on 'Leopard C2 is Not a Tank' thread in Armour section: Per Recent 2003 SECRET level ANALYSIS 'Whether to acquire the Mobile Gun System for the CF'. The Schedule calls for contracting of initial 16 MGS...

In regards to current MGS PD Maj J.A. Atkins  DLR 3-4      [incidentally - LCol Petit is Asst DLR - his boss] As of April 2003, Maj Atkins was Project Director - M-113 Life Extension [LE] LS OPI TLAV Fleet {And we all know how successful and over budget that was}  ;) The 12 Dec 02 BN 'Strykers...

While not a fan of the MGS - the above defense-aerospace notification is taken from the Press Release on the GDLS-C website.  :salute: I don't invent it - just make sure its duly noted.  :cdn: