36 CBG is a better performer than 33 CBG with some 1,600 v 1,200 pers. In my restructuring I take both 36 CBG (at roughly 1,600) and 37 CBG (at roughly 1,400) and have turned it into a single 36 light brigade (minus) operating out of Halifax. It consists of:
1) 30/70 8 CH recce regiment (a HQ and a 100/0 sqn from the RCD in Gagetown, a 10/90 squadron from 8 CH out of Moncton with a troop in PEI (PEIR), a 10/90 sqn in Halifax (1H and HalRif)
2) a 30/70 PLF reinforced amphibious/light infantry bn out of Halifax (a bn HQ and 100/0 rifle coy from 2 RCR in Halifax, a 10/90 rifle coy in Halifax (PLF), a 10/90 rifle coy in Sydney (CB Hghr), a 10/90 rifle coy in Amherst (NS Hghr), a 10/90 CS coy in Aldershot (WNSR) (2 RCR goes to the Supp order of battle)
3) a 30/70 RNBR light infantry battalion out of Frederickton/Gagetown a bn HQ and 100/0 rifle coy (formerly 2 RCR) in Gagetown, a 10/90 CS coy from Fredericton (RNBR) a 10/90 rifle coy from Moncton and area (NSRegt), and a 10/90 rifle coy from NFLD (1 &2 RNfldR)
4) 5 CRPG in Halifax
5) a 30/70 36 bde svc bn (-) with companies from both 36 and 37 Svc Bns, headquartered in Halifax with coys and pls throughout the Maritimes (RegF PYs from RSS and 5 Svc Bn)
6) 36 Sigs Regt reduced to a brigade Sigs Sqn for 36 CLBG.
7) 36 and 37 CBG's arty elements fall under 38 Arty Bde Shilo, and their engineer units become part of 4 ESR which comes under 6 CCSB, Kingston.
38 CBG is a tough nut.
You'll have to understand that I form two divisions - a more ready division (2 Cdn Div) out of Montreal which has as part of it the 70/30 high readiness 2 CLBG in Pet and the 70/30 medium readiness 5 CMBG (Valcartier) (as well as the low readiness 30/70 34 CLBG in Quebec, the 36 CLBG(-) in Halifax, the 39th Cdn Inf Regt in Victoria and the 6 CCSB in Kingston. 2 Cdn Div is tasked with defence of Canada and deployments generally anywhere (such as peacekeeping, failed states etc)
The other division, 1 Cdn Div (which I'm moving to Winnipeg to be close to the RCAF, maintains a low readiness mech force designed to do rotations to Latvia and general mobilization for European conflict. It has six brigades - a brigade headquarters and the prepositioned equipment for an armoured (or for
@KevinB a mech) brigade in Latvia (3 CABG) and three CABGs in Canada (1 CABG Edmonton, 32 CABG Toronto, 31 CABG London) it laso has 38 Arty Bde in Shilo and 33 Sustainment Bde Borden.
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31 and 32 CABGs are easy to organize but training is a challenge and as such is based quite a bit on flyover exercises to Latvia. 1 CABG is a problem child in that it needs to take its resources from across the whole of the Prairies to get its mass. 38 and 41 CBGs combined have around 2,400 folks (
@dapaterson can provide better numbers - mine are old) - any way, 2,400 reservists, even in a 30/70 construct are barely enough to man a CABG, even one that gets its divisional arty and engineers from the divisional arty and combat support brigades.
So, with that said, I made 38 CBG the 1 Cdn Div (and the whole Cdn army's single arty bde (as an aside, I find its a bit large but I'm trying to resist creating a second arty bde because I doubt that we will ever deploy even a single full arty bde and I want my headquarters to have a deployable function, not merely an administrative or training one.
38 CAB's headquarters moves to Shilo. Its components are:
1) 1 RCHA remains there as a 30/70 regt with a HQ and a 100/0 OP Battery and a 100/0 M777 bty. It receives additional batteries from the various Prairie arty units (10 Fd, 20 Fd, 26 Fd, 20 Bty, 116 Bty).
2) There are 7 additional 30/70 regiments (7Tor Toronto, 56 Fd Brantford, 30 Fd Ottawa/Pet, 2 Fd Montreal, 5 RALC Valcartier, 1 Fd Halifax (HIMARS) and 4 AD Regt.)
3) a 30/70 FGH divisional recce regiment (a HQ and 100/0 recce sqn in Shilo, a 10/90 recce sqn in Winnipeg (FGH) and a 10/90 recce sqn in Moose Jaw (SaskD).
4) a 30/70 bde svc bn in Winnipeg/Shilo with RegF coming from 1 Svc and ARes from 38 Svc Bn Winnipeg and Regina/Saskatoon
5) 38 Sigs Regt will become 38 CABs sig squadron.
38 CBGs infantry bns will all come under 1 CABGs two mechanized battalions (LEdmR Edmonton and RWpgR Winnipeg)
Manitoba and N Ont bns will go to the RWpgR which will have a Hq and 100/0 mech rifle coy in Shilo (from 2 PPCLI which will go to the Supp Order of battle) and a total of three 10/90 companies from the RWpgR and Camerons in Winnipeg and the LSSR in Thunder Bay. (all of whom need to do some serious recruiting to get their numbers up.
Sask infantry (RRegR and NSaskR) will provide 10/90 coys to the LEdmR together with the Cal Hghrs and a coy from the 2 PPCLI
Anyway. That's my thoughts.