Just a thought on Q1, in the past Bristol aerospace in Winnipeg (Now Magellan Aerospace) did make huge amounts of crv7 rockets and launcher pods. They supplied them to other nato countries for decades. I do believe they are completely out of production now unfortunately. But the knowledge and capabilities exist in Canada to build rockets and missiles if the political will is there to support it.
For Q4 - I really see the TAPV being wound down as LUV comes online (ideally with a scope increase to LUV). In the interim, I thino they should go to units like Arty (like the AD & MLRS units), Service Battalions & similar to generate organic Force Protection units (ground defence & CUAS). But even that would need some investment to better adapt the RWS... & to actually equip the 200 taxis with a weapon system. Right now those 200 TAPVs FFNW RWS are not much more than driver trainers.
As for Defence Division - lots of rumours, some reorg/consolidation of units being done already, but not a alot of the top level stuff has been decided (or if decided not communicated). Although... Regardless of the role, it will require a tonne of modern equipment... For the Defence/DOMOPS roles, aid to civil power & just to train/mobilise. All of that needs modern combat-capable equipment to train. Even better, modern Defence Div should have a role in our comhat doctrine & he able to augment overseas deployments with formed elements. If not well equipped, Defence Div will provide limited capability for any of those roles, be unable to augment Maneuvre Div, & any individual augmentees will essentially be semi-trained and need A LOT of workup to integrate. Not ideal.
Noah, love the updates as always, but have one question about the scuttlebutt/rumors in Ottawa. Is there any political/military/NATO upside/downside to the choices on the CPSP. Sounds like both teams are stepping up with good benefits (Korea maybe more so). With SAFE and Arctic defense discussions, there seems to be a pull towards strengthening EU ties more so than Indo-pacific. Any chance of limiting future defense options by choosing one over the other?
This whole french at the M/CPL and above thing is utterly stupid and will inhibit a lot of the leadership growth that we need right now. The PS school does not have the resources either.
Surprising that not allot of ppl aren’t already aware what is going on with their PRes units, guess if ur brigade isn’t large enough you won’t get the taskings such as augmenting the “Maneuver” Div.
The Army at large hasn't decided how to use Defenfe Division yet... So I'd be surprised if unit specific taskings are anything more than a "Warning order" right now... So maybe a concept... But far from being confirmed. Remember, this whole modernisatuon effort is less than 12 months old. & Outside of a role being determined we are alreasy seeing some modernisation/reorganisation/consolidation of units & structures in some brigades.
Just a thought on Q1, in the past Bristol aerospace in Winnipeg (Now Magellan Aerospace) did make huge amounts of crv7 rockets and launcher pods. They supplied them to other nato countries for decades. I do believe they are completely out of production now unfortunately. But the knowledge and capabilities exist in Canada to build rockets and missiles if the political will is there to support it.
For Q4 - I really see the TAPV being wound down as LUV comes online (ideally with a scope increase to LUV). In the interim, I thino they should go to units like Arty (like the AD & MLRS units), Service Battalions & similar to generate organic Force Protection units (ground defence & CUAS). But even that would need some investment to better adapt the RWS... & to actually equip the 200 taxis with a weapon system. Right now those 200 TAPVs FFNW RWS are not much more than driver trainers.
As for Defence Division - lots of rumours, some reorg/consolidation of units being done already, but not a alot of the top level stuff has been decided (or if decided not communicated). Although... Regardless of the role, it will require a tonne of modern equipment... For the Defence/DOMOPS roles, aid to civil power & just to train/mobilise. All of that needs modern combat-capable equipment to train. Even better, modern Defence Div should have a role in our comhat doctrine & he able to augment overseas deployments with formed elements. If not well equipped, Defence Div will provide limited capability for any of those roles, be unable to augment Maneuvre Div, & any individual augmentees will essentially be semi-trained and need A LOT of workup to integrate. Not ideal.
Noah, love the updates as always, but have one question about the scuttlebutt/rumors in Ottawa. Is there any political/military/NATO upside/downside to the choices on the CPSP. Sounds like both teams are stepping up with good benefits (Korea maybe more so). With SAFE and Arctic defense discussions, there seems to be a pull towards strengthening EU ties more so than Indo-pacific. Any chance of limiting future defense options by choosing one over the other?
This whole french at the M/CPL and above thing is utterly stupid and will inhibit a lot of the leadership growth that we need right now. The PS school does not have the resources either.
Surprising that not allot of ppl aren’t already aware what is going on with their PRes units, guess if ur brigade isn’t large enough you won’t get the taskings such as augmenting the “Maneuver” Div.
The Army at large hasn't decided how to use Defenfe Division yet... So I'd be surprised if unit specific taskings are anything more than a "Warning order" right now... So maybe a concept... But far from being confirmed. Remember, this whole modernisatuon effort is less than 12 months old. & Outside of a role being determined we are alreasy seeing some modernisation/reorganisation/consolidation of units & structures in some brigades.
Yeah I was more so trying to got the point restructuring efforts going on (especially in places like Toronto or Montreal).
It seems so weird that (even tho it’s logically sound) all PRes Bde’s will be under one div so it’ll be interesting to see how it’ll play out indeed .