...Whiskey Battery, 20th Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (CTC)...
What I kinda find surprising is that the CTS staff didn't try and find a "Made in Canada" hydration system.
MPSHIELD said:Very true, but i trust CAMELBAK gear. But is begs the question, is there a Canadian company that does Hydration systems? If so, how do they compare?
Just a thought
Guardian said:Another tangent, but what the heck is this? From the original article:
20th Regiment??? W Battery belongs to the Artillery SCHOOL, not the "20th Regiment RCA (CTC)." There's no 20th Regiment at CTC; not even in the Atlantic Area.
There's no excuse for this. This isn't some civvie reporter walking off the street; this is an ARMY article. Makes you wonder about the accuracy of the rest of the article, if they can't even get that right...
Platypus is used by MEC and Wheelers, although I am not sure if that specific brand is Canadian. Although I like the idea of using camelbak, it shows there are at least a few higher ups with the cajones to say "no we do not need to find a made in Canada solution for this with endless trials to go with the procurement. There is already a very good product on the market right now, it works, and alot of troops already use it anyways." Now if only they could start doing that with some other products.
Daidalous said:The gym in Trenton has a civy version of the new snow shoes. We used them in the winter during PT, and might I say there was no stepping on my tails at all. And the teeth on the bottoms work great for climbing hills, no more walking sideways .On the rest of the kit, haven't seen it, no opinion yet
CFFET and MSA. Therefore all the 1st line field Units will have them right in their QM as part of their CFFET to issue out to personnel of their Units during the duration of their posting there.Daidalous said:As per having the snow shoes only issued out via a MSA I can see pros and cons to that.
With these new Snowshoes, has the Dept of Indian Affairs made any comment on the loss of livelihood to the Native Reserve who had produced the Aluminium ones for decades to the Forces (The ones that are now being sold in some Cdn Tire stores.)?armyvern said:Seems fine to me...the people who will actually require them routinely will have them. I see no problems with this set-up (except for the actual snowshoe being crap).