Quick note: Canadian Corporals are more equivalent to USMC Lance Corporals or US Army Specialists, both in terms of ranks scale and promotion standards. A lot of dudes get stuck at Corporal because of limited Master Corporal slots, this leads to them becoming Corporal For Life or C4L equivalent to Marine Terminal Lances or the Army’s E4 mafia.
The concept of "Master Corporal" comes from the French Army's "Caporal-Chef". A professional Junior NCO who just wants to soldier and not deal with the BS.
@@devilin100 First off the e# thing is an American term the rest of NATO uses OR 1-9 for enlisted. There is only 1 sgt rank, grades in the CAF are annual payscales. A sgt grade 5 doesn't have more authority over a sgt grade 1 they just get paid more. Also the CAF has a rank for all OR levels a master corporal is OR5 sgt OR6 warrant OR7 Master warrant OR8 Chief warrant OR9 Just because you're stupid and can't be bothered to google a rank structure doesn't mean its fucked.
Each national military has they're own symbology. Infantry units is pretty standard world wide with the X in the box but there are some symbols here that aren't organic to the US military.
@@urielsanchez767 NATO counters (map symbols) are universal to all NATO member nations, they're done as symbols so that language is not a factor, i've never seen a US military map using US specific symbols. Nor have I ever seen any NATO nation using an org chart with custom symbols. The most custom it gets is nations who name their units instead of numbering them, but it still doesn't change the symbol.
Good video man. As you mentioned a few times, a lot of the finer details is down to the unit/coy SOP. Did want to bring up that we are using the M3 Carl Gustav now (thank god for the weight reduction) with the reserves having the leftover M2s. Also, the mortar platoons are out and that task was given to the artillery regiments. We have "Fire support platoon" which is usually TOWs and C16s depending on the organisation/equipment/requirements. Source: i'm in the video XD
Thanks for the info. I've been told by one of my 1PPCLI sources that their battalion mortar platoons are just detailed from the reserves now, but they still have them
@@joeydepalmer4457 If you think that there’s enough turnover in the Canadian military that the vast majority of the active troops we currently have are not battle tested, then I got a flying pig to sell ya.
Great video! I was a Field MP in the USMC, and we had a similar “quad-buddy team” system for our 20 Marine/4-truck M-ATV unit. Each truck had a driver and gunner that never exited the trucks. Each truck had two “Trunk Monkeys”. There was the Patrol Commander, 2IC, 3IC and Doc. The latter 4 operated as truck commanders and dismounted at their discretion to fulfill ground duties. We effectively had a 9-Marine Rifle Squad and 4 Gun Trucks. We didn’t operate in 4-man fire teams, but rather as “Trunk Monkeys” that would link up or deploy as needed.
That’s really similar to how we were running Strykers when we first got them. You’d have the VC, Driver, and two air guards that were used because of the stupid layout of the vehicles weapon system. It basically made the driver side rear unguarded. So we had to take guys out of the fire teams. When we had dismounts, the saw gunners were the air guards because saw.
As those that follow my Community Tab or peruse our Discord know, couldn't upload last week because I was moving apartments. Regular weekly posting should continue as normal, although there is big drama over our new landlord and the availability of internet in this building lol Also, this video sources from the official manual on the subject and 5 servicemembers we contacted from 1PPCLI and 2PPCLI.
good video, with my Section in B-Coy, 1 RCR I'm the dismount 2IC. like you said in the video that 1 PPCLI does - we also do it so the crew commander just worries about the vehicle stuff, and I deal with the admin so it makes his job easier. Pro Patria
@@majorleaguegames9129 yeah it does have three gas settings: 1. useless, 2. useless, 3. Fucking junk. What a fucking Rube Goldberg device of a weapon. How many different things can go wrong? Here comes the 9 gunner, clearing a hard stoppage …again… oh, he’s got it cleared …wait… the bolt just springinsproinged apart and stopped up the trigger mech. And assuming it doesn’t IMMEDIATELY break, don’t you dare look at it wrong or it might jam. Sure, it’ll take a mag, if you skipped upper arm PT this week. Nothing like CHOOSING to induce repeated complex stoppages. What a fucking goofy choice for an LMG.
The Canadian belt fed 7.62mm machine gun is almost identical to our GPMG as they're both based on the same Belgian design, which was actually designed in the 50's, entered service in the British Army in the very early 1960's....meaning it's been used constantly for over 50 years. My Dad was a Grenadier Guardsman who did his National Service in 1963 and they had them way back then, with the wooden furniture. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦✌
We definitely have one of the if not THE highest quality military in the world, but the Canadian government has neglected the for the last 20 years making our military laughably small and under equipped. And the equipment we do have are very old.
@Adam Vivo sure, doesn’t change the fact that our military is pathetic. Our navy is non-existent, our fighters are from the 80s, we have other aircraft that are even older than that, we have 82 MBTs, and we lack so much more equipment. Our military is almost a burden in NATO, we definitely do not hold up our own weight.
@Adam Vivo lol You mean Harper who publicly stated through his lawyers that no social covenant exists between Veterans and the country for which they volunteered to serve (meaning Canada bears no responsibility to the people it sends into harms way when they come back injured, sick and broken) And then follows that up with closing all the Veterans Affairs offices in the country save for a couple, making it harder for Vets to apply for/get support and compensation they are entitled to. Is THAT the Harper you're referring to? Also, the reason he invested a lot in the military wasn't because he was sympathetic to their needs/requirements. It's because Canada was in the middle of a war with Afghanistan. It was out of necessity.
Back in 1995, I was serving with the RI Army National Guard and had the opportunity to conduct annual training in Canada, at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, in Quebec Province, which is the home of the Royal 22nd Regiment (the "Van Doos"), which is referenced early in the video (0:51). While there, I had the opportunity to meet several of their mech infantry soldiers; good guys, very solid soldiers. At that time, the U.S. Army was still using iron sights on its M-16A2s, while the Canadians had already fielded the ELCAN scope on their C7 rifles. The 22nd mech infantry guys showed me theirs and boy were they proud of having those scopes as standard issue on their rifles. They were especially proud that the scopes were made in Canada. One thing I'll mention here. We spent several days in garrison, before going out to the field, and their chow hall was amazing!!! Best food I've ever eaten in military dining facility. US Navy comes in second. I can't think of very many memorable meals I've had in an Army mess hall.
I worked many years as a civilian cook in the many chow halls of Valcartier. Your comment really brings back good memories of serving visiting US troops . You could see it in their faces that they were loving our grub, it felt like it was a feast every time. Thanks for the share! 😉
holy shit how have i not discovered this channel???? idk whether to be pissed or happy that i have several years of backlogged content to enjoy to my hearts content
@7:54 you mention that the LAV 6.0 is similar in capability to the USMC LAV 25 or the US Army Stryker Dragoon. I just want to note that while that is true, the US Armys Stryker Dragoon is basically the same vehicle as our LAV3s, and the USMCs LAV 25 is basically the same vehicle as our Bisons (which we still use). All three are basically different generations of the same vehicle. Gen 2, 3, and 4 of the GD family of LAVs.
Usually LAV crews will have C8 rifles due to the compactness of the shorter barrel especially when in vehicles. Otherwise love the break down, keep it up mate!
As in the driver CC and gunner? Yes, I agree with that. Though not usually any of the guys in the back, they get C7s so they can engage targets further out. That wasn't for you, Nick Westcott, that clarification was for others that may read this.
I was in the 2nd battalion, ppcli and can tell you we all rocked c7's in the rifle platoons. Heck before I got out my old company had only one c8 in the weapons vault! It's mostly the snipers & recce platoon guys who get them
M Coy 3 RCR, we had a pretty close to 50/50 mix. SC and 2IC and the grenadiers had dibs. Our weapons pool had all kinds of weird shit stashed in random corners.
@@Native.Heathen Not so much for me. First contract I was the PLTs carl g loader and carried the c6 as personal weapon. Fucking sucked. After that experiance and the armys decision to unfuck itself in 2007 led to me being picked up for the company mobility and demolitions team for 3.5 years before they sent me to be a 2IC.
CAF Combat Engineer here. Our terminology for platoons and companies is the same as armoured. Platoon being a "troop" company being a "squadron" etc. Friggn love the channel and the video btw! Great stuff!
As a former paratrooper and U.S.Army soldier 82nd airborne,I should know more about our friend and neighbor to the north on how they operate their men and equipment.
Or airforce. In the civilian world “Louis” are known as “cat headers”: as soon as you hear on the other end “this is Lieutenant so and so you take a deep breath because a $#!+ show is about to go down 🤣😂🤣😂 But up north we worked with both and it took a while for me to get the ranks straight, it seemed for a while that no matter which I went with I was wrong: very confusing to have both in the same room!
I think the Canadians did it right by going with OD green furniture on their rifles. I just think it looks better, and it probably helps to break up the outline somewhat as well
Canadian Infantry are very professional and train hard in my opinion. I am a Yank from down South. When the shit hits the fan, fury explodes. In mech infantry all soldiers learn every trade and leadership roles at least 2 levels above as in the US Army. Very common for me back in the 1980s was I was an Airborne Contract and graduated Airborne School and becoming an mech infantry before I transferred over to an Airborne Infantry unit 2 years later. Honestly mechanized infantrymen are more intelligent in technical and urban tactical aspects. Paratroopers are more proficient on light infantry skills. That was the difference back in the 1980s and 90s. Iraq and Afghanistan combat experience has training and combat experience combined both which is good. Cross trained skills helps soldiers and commanders in more skill sets and reduces casualties.
Good vid. Dismounted TOWs are shoot once and die weapons. I’ve observed many live fire events with TOWs and none of them hit a moving target. The signature is huge, the time of flight is long enough to allow a well trained tank platoon to execute battle drill and get off at least two rounds of counter fire before the missive reaches the target. This generally ends the flight without a hit
Countdowns and Volley Firing. Shoot and Scoot. Ambushing. TOWs can work. It’s just how they’re employed most of the time. Training TOWs are horrible to Live Fire. They go all over the place. Real deal works better.
The excellent optics on the TOW let them hit tanks from 2+km away. From a concealed position on their flank, I saw a tow section wipe out a t-72 platoon and 2 mech bmp company that stopped while preparing their assault. Time of flight is like 10 seconds. If the TOW gets the first shot from a good position, the tanks are fucked.
@@adraper6816 It seems you have quite a bit of experience with the system, so I'll defer to you on this matter. Though I feel that "running" or "hauling ass" would probably describe the "scoot" when bullets are flying, since if the tank is still operational or has friends, would take offense at having a TOW missile fired at it.
Canadian here. I was infantry. Charlie team, having only 2 rifleman and being less experienced, we often said that Charlie team was expendable. On my infantry course we had one instructor tell us "Charlie team! Your job is to die!"
I spent 2 years in PRes Infantry (Voltigeurs de Quebec) before swapping to Weapon Tech. They often gave me an M203 and put me in Charlie team early on. We never got issued 40mm training rounds when doing team maneuver exercises, so yay to an extra (useless) 5lbs on my gun, when I weighed 125lbs at the time lol.
@@Venicilia I feel your pain friend. I'm about 120 - 125lbs. When I got to my regiment they wouldn't give me the C9. Because "we want this weapon to be effective, and it weighs as much as you do!"
When I saw the canadians when we were training in Mississippi and Louisiana I was jealous of their ELCANs, and that was before i knew they had hi powers too...
I don't know why you think putting a machine gun sight on a rifle is cool, I used the elcan in service and really did not like the post style reticle. Would of much preferred something like the ACOG uses
Thanks for the update on small section in CANADIAN ARMY my brother is weapon tech with 5TH CANADIAN DIVISION GAGETOWN and this video was informative and help since I also amateur defense analyist and amateur military historian
Platoon Commanders (Pl Cmdr) will always command their vehicle when mounted as will the Sect Cmdr's of their own respective LAVs. A 10-man section typically dismounts 8 personnel in two 4-man fire groups of two 2-man fire teams each. Each fire group would be lead by the Sect Cmdr and Sect 2IC. Each group would have a rifleman, grenadier and LMG. The LAV gunner would assume command of the section Zulu vehicle (with the driver), while the Pl WO would command the Pl HQ Zulu veh and control movement of the platoon Zulu vehicles while the platoon is dismounted. --- There is also a *_Battle Group_* formation which is typically a battalion+ sized organization consisting of a mechanized infantry battalion, an armoured squadron, CE squadron and RCHA battery (w/ FOO/FAC).
Excellent video as always. Could you do a video covering the Stryker Brigade Combat Team? Specifically I wondering about the number of personnel in the various sub-units of the SBCT.
Canadian infantry have m203a1 grenade launcher to attach to C7a2 and C8a3 riffles plus m72a5, c16 grenade launcher, Carl Gustav m2 recoilless and c9a2 machine gun are combined perfectly.
Couple points: We don't call them L.A.V's...spelling it out like you do...we say LAV. You never anglicize the Royal 22ieme Régiment's name, by pronouncing it 22nd. Its name is french and you don't translate it. The CSM is not necessarily the the MWO with most time in...company sergeant major in the Canadian military is an appointment not a rank...therefore any master warrant officer can be appointed CSM.
Seems geared more towards a defensive doctrine, maybe a reflection of old cold war nato doctrine. Heavy on firepower, light on assulters, less depth to absorb heavier casualties from offensive operations. Also seems officer and tail heavy.
33% of every platoon and 33% of every company is in depth, if a CMBG forms 2 battle groups then there would be about 20% of the remaining Bde strength in depth. Also depth is important in both the defense and the attack. CA training is VERY aggressive in doctrine, a 203 on a rifle doesn't prevent someone from assaulting. Any mechanized force has a giant tail. The more support elements you have the less the combat troops have to deal with admin/support activities and the more they can fight. Furthermore the nature of armoed vehicles, especially tanks and IFV's make them very maintenance heavy and consume supplies at a very high rate, requiring a lot of support. The modern soldier also has much more and complex equipment that they're carrying around, requiring more support. Officer ratio is about the same as the US just with everyone being +1 rank because commonwealth rank structure is weird like that.
On the one hand I love the Inglis high power they are everything you really need in a military pistol. On the other hand they were from WW2, not just the design I mean most of the ones the Canadian military are still using were made in the 40s.
When I was in, a section consisted of 8 soldiers, not 7. Basically the same as listed with an additional rifleman in Alpha. This would allow for 2 man fireteams. When did that change?
It didn't. Not really. That is still the official doctrine, but these days with manpower shortages and crewing LAVs, you'll often end up with fewer dismounted troops. Once they switch into the Light role, it's still 8.
@some lǝᴉuɐp guy I am also a Canadian soldier, people might say "ell tee" and a couple people might say "loo-tenant", but it's supposed to be pronounced "left-tenant". Its the exact same as our Lt-Governors, its pronounced left-tenant governor. Not lootenant governor.
Do people from Quebec say "Lef-tenant"? Because us Americans say "Loo-tenant" because during and after the war for independence the Army was mostly modeled after the French and we just used French pronunciations.
@some lǝᴉuɐp guy I don’t really care how people pronounce it. We all know what rank is being referred to. I just think if someone is making a video on doctrine/regulation, they should use the correct pronunciations.
FYI we never called a LAV a L - A - V. We called them a LAV. In one syllable as in the first syllable of lavatory. Seeing as they are Canadian, anyone who calls them L-A-Vs are wrong ;). Ret'd former LAV Crew Commander, 1 PPCLI.
Good video. Just a few points of interest 1. Regular units of the Canadian Army have a peace time manning of 70-75% of war strength. That means there is a D Company which is supposed to materialize when a major war breaks out. For more minor operations the Battalion that is tasked will often be brought up to strength by a company from another Battalion or the Army Reserves. 2. The Leopard 2 tanks of the Armoured regiments are more theory than reality. Currently the Canadian Army has 80 battle tanks (give or take). That translates into either one tank regiment or one tank squadron for each of the regular regiments with about 20 spare tanks. Those sqns that are not currently outfitted with tanks are using LAVs or TAPVs as stand ins. As with the operations in Afghanistan the plan is to create aMech Battle Group based on one full infantry battalion (based on one of the Regular Battalions, probably with the 4th company, a tank Sqn, an armoured engineer troop and an artillery gun battery. This Battle Group would operate for 6-9 months then be replaced by another battalion, sqn, troop and battery and so on. This rotation allows the Canadian Army to cover its commitments by sharing the limited equipment. What the CA will do if a major war breaks out and we have to use all the units at the same time im not sure. As a Canadian soldier this used to bother me but I realized after much research that many other armies have the same problem. The Australian Army is almost identical to the Canadian Army including 3 Armoured units sharing 3 sqns of actual tanks and the rest running LAVs just like the CA is.
Another Excellent video. Wondering about about Indian Motorized Units. And how their organization reflects their available equipment, and India's geography.
@@sv5813 considering we have the world record for the longest sniper shot, 30 000 Canadian volunteer to served in Vietnam, we were with the US in Afghanistan after 9\11, we were in the gulf war in 1990-91, In Libya in 2011, against the Islamic state, in Mali, how can we forget serbia in 1993 where Canadian old out against a force 3x their size and didn’t suffer a single casualty. Serbia was a war the US didn’t even participated in. and the fact as of right now in 2021 Canada didn’t lose a single war. Their is literally not a single US war since ww2 where there wasn’t a Canadian soldier except The invasion of Iraq ( even in irak Canadian were there but in small number). So I guess you’re wrong.
@@jb76489 Ring your nurse lassie.....then read First Nation history. If it wasn't for our First Nations' allies... Canada would have been toast.... Joseph Brant,Tecumseh....Where did Sitting Bull find peace & sanctuary? after the Little Big Horn....and who sent out the Mounties to guide in the remnats of the Lakota Nation?...John A. MacDonald. In my Regt,in my platoon, we all honoured the most decorated member, a First Nation warrior, and he was more than proud to wear the uniform, as do still the thousands of First Nation today.
im Canadian and knew we had a domestic mbr being the c7 but i didnt know nearly all our rifles are domestically made. very cool and strategically makes sense
In Canada its automatic, semiautomatic and safe. Because we already deserned between semi and auto or burst fire...no such thing as a more auto feature
Talking about the pistol for a moment, overseas almost everyone get a Hi-power but you will not see it used in training as the handgun is basically there to get you to your rifle. Also yes, the pistols are from the 50's and no one really likes them. The only except that I heard of when I was in the service was the MP's who use a more modern handgun.
I liked them. If the unit had a weapons tech worth their salt, the hipower would function great. Never had much of an issue at all with them. Even my WWII Inglis made one functions just fine still (don't know how many rounds before I got it went through it, but I've put through at least 1000 rounds and no break downs, jams, barrel issues, etc)
I love your videos! Could you make one about German armored troops and infantry? A lot will change there with new armor incoming, new Rifles will be adopted and even a new military branch coming.
I mean it's DND procurement, it'll probably be 2032 and half the gun will be produced in Ontario, half in BC, final assembly in QC and the production pistol will be a Webley
More that government procurement in general and defence procurement more specifically is a mess in Canada. The legislative priority on maintaining a defense industry capability within Canada means that things are more expensive and take longer - even when there are good options for doing things quicker. This is apart from the usual bureaucratic staffing issues which is an entirely different story altogether...
has CA ever considered adding a 5th LAV at the platoon level? Would clear up room in the section LAV's, add room to bump up the Wpns det, maybe add in a medic or other roles ie) drone operator.....ala the USMC.......
You're hired.....a 5th would be ace. The killer was when the Canadians had a sweet deal with the Dutch,( who were drawing down their armour) to get thier CV-90/40s for Brigade 1st Btns.....nixed by government suits. Bde 2nd Btns/LAV 6 Bde 3rd & 4th Reserve(Light) Btns?.....say, Air/Mobile Haaglands BvS Vikings? with CDN units deployed yearly and trained in Arctic/Mtn Warfare, issued with Nordic skiis....getting rid of the flipping snow shoes.
First of all love the channel ....second of all great research and presentation...third thing could you please do one on Australian mechanized infantry battalions ( very similar to Canada but m113a4 and lav25) but soon we're getting boxers and rhienmetal lynx vehicles as well as the new thales hawkei
The battalions haven't had the 81mm mortars in ages. They have been transferred to their affiliated artillery unit. The theory when it was done was that the AGLS would replace the 60mm and 81mm mortars. Note that I don't think this was a GOOD idea, just the substantiation that was used to make the change.
Been wanting to Join the Canadian Armed Forces since I was a kid, I've always been patriotic for some reason but like many other Canadians, I lack confidence in my Government
The Canadian Armed Forces need to get a higher budget our government here in Canada needs defined as a 2% of their GDP tornado just like it says in the alliances charter. World peace is a thing of the past now and I highly doubt they had to go to cool off anytime soon we
In Australia you only get sergeants at platoon hq level unlike the us where every second soldier is a sergeant...lance corporals lead fire teams... corporals lead sections ... sergeants lead platoons with a second lieutenant ... company sergeant majors and majors lead companies... captains are company executive officers or staff officers.. warrant officers are battalion sergeant majors
@@jwhisky4128 Germans don't put G in front of everything. Their rifles use Gs but their IFVs, tanks and so on do not. German machine guns uses the MG designation. The French and British also don't name everything with Ls. The British for example uses FV designation for armored vehicles. The US use M for tanks, utility vehicles, rifles, grenade launcher, machine guns and basically everything. The only one that's like the US is the Koreans which use K for everything
USA, Canada, Korea: Lets be super methodical with our weapons nomenclature. Meanwhile in India, weapons names be like:- *Netra:* Indian designed AEW&CS *Netra:* Indian designed Quadcopter UAV *Netra:* AI-based Internet Surveillance System for Intelligence agencies (Indian NSA) Sindhu *Netra:* Indian designed Spy Satellite for tracking enemy warships . *Arudhra:* 4D S-band AESA radar created in India (400 km range) *Arudhra:* 4D S-band AESA radar bought from Israel (ELTA EL/M 2084) ^These two radars look nothing alike. . IACCS: Integrated Air Command and Control System IACCCS: Integrated Artillery Command Control and Communication System . Trying to make the Indian equivalent of Aster-15 or ESSM:- ATTEMPT 1 (ends in failure): Missile named "Trishul" (powerful name, meaning a Trident, mythological weapon of Hindu Gods) ATTEMPT 2 (successful): Missile named "VL-SRSAM" (Vertically Launched Short Range SAM) . WTF!? Make it less confusing please!
US Army: Sir, you know how we gave the Canadians a license to make M16's? They've made some changes that are actually pretty good. US Pentagon: Don't be ridiculous. We're Americans. Nobody can teach us how to design (see's Canadian C7 rifle).... Ok we've come up with a few new upgrades for the M16. We're going to call it the M16 A2 US Army: Sir isn't this just a C7 but worse because it only has 3 round bursts on full auto? US Pentagon: Yes. A 100% American design.
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Quick note: Canadian Corporals are more equivalent to USMC Lance Corporals or US Army Specialists, both in terms of ranks scale and promotion standards. A lot of dudes get stuck at Corporal because of limited Master Corporal slots, this leads to them becoming Corporal For Life or C4L equivalent to Marine Terminal Lances or the Army’s E4 mafia.
@@eanerickson8915 Sorry for asking but what does that mean?
The concept of "Master Corporal" comes from the French Army's "Caporal-Chef". A professional Junior NCO who just wants to soldier and not deal with the BS.
@@eanerickson8915 You imply that only support trades are lifers, plenty of combat arms stay in.
Canada, just kinda said wtf is a rank between e5 and e8, Sergeants will have 15 grades, that wont be a shit show
@@devilin100 First off the e# thing is an American term the rest of NATO uses OR 1-9 for enlisted.
There is only 1 sgt rank, grades in the CAF are annual payscales. A sgt grade 5 doesn't have more authority over a sgt grade 1 they just get paid more.
Also the CAF has a rank for all OR levels a master corporal is OR5 sgt OR6 warrant OR7 Master warrant OR8 Chief warrant OR9
Just because you're stupid and can't be bothered to google a rank structure doesn't mean its fucked.
Do one about NATO symbology so we can further understand your videos
I second this.
I've seen a video about NATO symbols before on a channel called Military History Visualized, but I agree. A refresher would be most welcome.
just type in NATO symbols explained in youtube and you'll get someone explaining it to you.
Each national military has they're own symbology. Infantry units is pretty standard world wide with the X in the box but there are some symbols here that aren't organic to the US military.
@@urielsanchez767 NATO counters (map symbols) are universal to all NATO member nations, they're done as symbols so that language is not a factor, i've never seen a US military map using US specific symbols. Nor have I ever seen any NATO nation using an org chart with custom symbols. The most custom it gets is nations who name their units instead of numbering them, but it still doesn't change the symbol.
Would love to see more British, Australian and Canadian stuff.
Don't forget our KIWIS.
R PM all the English speaking armies with skill and American logistics. We’d go farther than Genghis Khan.
Kaydzy we might lmao
Kaydzy we would go pretty far.
Please add the South Africans, the Irish, the Rhodesians, the Israelis and the Singaporeans please!
"I'm going to become an armored soldier so that I can ride around in tanks!"
Spends 96% of career walking carrying heavy ruck sacks :-(.
Recce!
Recce!!
ill be joining armoured corps, is that what im in for?
@@captainblackbeard7840 I was RCD... yes, you will be doing a lot of walking. My own opinion if I was going to do it again, I would go Infantry.
@@mathew75100 Are you a recruiter??? lol. You would advise Infantry over armored for less walking? I am just asking because I'm a GG.
Good video man. As you mentioned a few times, a lot of the finer details is down to the unit/coy SOP.
Did want to bring up that we are using the M3 Carl Gustav now (thank god for the weight reduction) with the reserves having the leftover M2s.
Also, the mortar platoons are out and that task was given to the artillery regiments. We have "Fire support platoon" which is usually TOWs and C16s depending on the organisation/equipment/requirements.
Source: i'm in the video XD
Thanks for the info. I've been told by one of my 1PPCLI sources that their battalion mortar platoons are just detailed from the reserves now, but they still have them
@@BattleOrder a perfect example of the "make due" attitude we have in the infantry corps. Again, awesome videos!
Mortar plts are back with the infantry now.
@@jihadisthentai1259 you obviously didn’t read this video’s comments then
@@BattleOrder I wouldn't take anything "jihadists henti" says seriously
A video on light infantry battalion in CAF (3R22R, 3PPCLI, 3RCR, with a quick mention to the reserve units) would be very cool too!
These Canadians are legendary in their combat history. Love the video seeing how our cousins structure their army units.
@@joeydepalmer4457 With the exception of, you know, that whole Afghanistan thing...
@@joeydepalmer4457 2001 - 2014
@@joeydepalmer4457 If you think that there’s enough turnover in the Canadian military that the vast majority of the active troops we currently have are not battle tested, then I got a flying pig to sell ya.
@@joeydepalmer4457 world wars 1 and 2 canadians have not been tested too
@@joeydepalmer4457 if you say so it must be true
Great video! I was a Field MP in the USMC, and we had a similar “quad-buddy team” system for our 20 Marine/4-truck M-ATV unit. Each truck had a driver and gunner that never exited the trucks. Each truck had two “Trunk Monkeys”. There was the Patrol Commander, 2IC, 3IC and Doc. The latter 4 operated as truck commanders and dismounted at their discretion to fulfill ground duties.
We effectively had a 9-Marine Rifle Squad and 4 Gun Trucks. We didn’t operate in 4-man fire teams, but rather as “Trunk Monkeys” that would link up or deploy as needed.
That’s really similar to how we were running Strykers when we first got them. You’d have the VC, Driver, and two air guards that were used because of the stupid layout of the vehicles weapon system. It basically made the driver side rear unguarded. So we had to take guys out of the fire teams. When we had dismounts, the saw gunners were the air guards because saw.
As those that follow my Community Tab or peruse our Discord know, couldn't upload last week because I was moving apartments. Regular weekly posting should continue as normal, although there is big drama over our new landlord and the availability of internet in this building lol
Also, this video sources from the official manual on the subject and 5 servicemembers we contacted from 1PPCLI and 2PPCLI.
Cool dude and want more!
good video,
with my Section in B-Coy, 1 RCR I'm the dismount 2IC. like you said in the video that 1 PPCLI does - we also do it so the crew commander just worries about the vehicle stuff, and I deal with the admin so it makes his job easier.
Pro Patria
Thanks for the info!
Neat thing about the C9, in a pinch you can load a C7 magazine into the feed slot and use it instead of a box & belt
Until it immediately jams after 2 bursts
@@redMrCrayon They should do what the israelis did, and have a gas switch that limits the fire rate so it dont jam
@@honkhonk8009 the c9 has 3 gas settings
@@majorleaguegames9129 yeah it does have three gas settings: 1. useless, 2. useless, 3. Fucking junk.
What a fucking Rube Goldberg device of a weapon. How many different things can go wrong? Here comes the 9 gunner, clearing a hard stoppage …again… oh, he’s got it cleared …wait… the bolt just springinsproinged apart and stopped up the trigger mech.
And assuming it doesn’t IMMEDIATELY break, don’t you dare look at it wrong or it might jam.
Sure, it’ll take a mag, if you skipped upper arm PT this week. Nothing like CHOOSING to induce repeated complex stoppages.
What a fucking goofy choice for an LMG.
Correction. The 9 has two gas settings:
Fucked
Fucked at a higher cyclic rate.
The C6 is the one that has 3
As a Canadian boy I can’t thank you enough for this video you for yourself a new subscriber.
The Canadian belt fed 7.62mm machine gun is almost identical to our GPMG as they're both based on the same Belgian design, which was actually designed in the 50's, entered service in the British Army in the very early 1960's....meaning it's been used constantly for over 50 years. My Dad was a Grenadier Guardsman who did his National Service in 1963 and they had them way back then, with the wooden furniture. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦✌
One of the most underrated ground forces in the world
@Adam Vivo Wrong.
We definitely have one of the if not THE highest quality military in the world, but the Canadian government has neglected the for the last 20 years making our military laughably small and under equipped. And the equipment we do have are very old.
@Adam Vivo sure, doesn’t change the fact that our military is pathetic. Our navy is non-existent, our fighters are from the 80s, we have other aircraft that are even older than that, we have 82 MBTs, and we lack so much more equipment. Our military is almost a burden in NATO, we definitely do not hold up our own weight.
@Adam Vivo lol You mean Harper who publicly stated through his lawyers that no social covenant exists between Veterans and the country for which they volunteered to serve (meaning Canada bears no responsibility to the people it sends into harms way when they come back injured, sick and broken) And then follows that up with closing all the Veterans Affairs offices in the country save for a couple, making it harder for Vets to apply for/get support and compensation they are entitled to. Is THAT the Harper you're referring to?
Also, the reason he invested a lot in the military wasn't because he was sympathetic to their needs/requirements. It's because Canada was in the middle of a war with Afghanistan. It was out of necessity.
@@jonathanmcdonnell4327 Not to mention our WW2 era standard issue pistols
13:05
I was waiting for it, Charlie team will take the trench
The training scars bro!!
Back in 1995, I was serving with the RI Army National Guard and had the opportunity to conduct annual training in Canada, at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, in Quebec Province, which is the home of the Royal 22nd Regiment (the "Van Doos"), which is referenced early in the video (0:51). While there, I had the opportunity to meet several of their mech infantry soldiers; good guys, very solid soldiers.
At that time, the U.S. Army was still using iron sights on its M-16A2s, while the Canadians had already fielded the ELCAN scope on their C7 rifles. The 22nd mech infantry guys showed me theirs and boy were they proud of having those scopes as standard issue on their rifles. They were especially proud that the scopes were made in Canada.
One thing I'll mention here. We spent several days in garrison, before going out to the field, and their chow hall was amazing!!! Best food I've ever eaten in military dining facility. US Navy comes in second. I can't think of very many memorable meals I've had in an Army mess hall.
You know why they are called Van doos right?
@@superdrew8564 French for 22nd, if I'm not mistaken.
@@josephryan9230 ya because anglos cant say it properly in french...because you dont anglicize the name and van doos is the closest they can get
vingt deux
I worked many years as a civilian cook in the many chow halls of Valcartier. Your comment really brings back good memories of serving visiting US troops . You could see it in their faces that they were loving our grub, it felt like it was a feast every time. Thanks for the share! 😉
Solid and pretty accurate. Remember- Lieutenant = Leftenant, British Commonwealth
holy shit how have i not discovered this channel???? idk whether to be pissed or happy that i have several years of backlogged content to enjoy to my hearts content
AMAZING DUDE! Wish for modern US Army one in the future.
@7:54 you mention that the LAV 6.0 is similar in capability to the USMC LAV 25 or the US Army Stryker Dragoon. I just want to note that while that is true, the US Armys Stryker Dragoon is basically the same vehicle as our LAV3s, and the USMCs LAV 25 is basically the same vehicle as our Bisons (which we still use). All three are basically different generations of the same vehicle. Gen 2, 3, and 4 of the GD family of LAVs.
More the LAV 2.5 is the old coyote
This is a very good video for providing basic insight into Canadian mechanized tactics. Will you eventually do a video on the Franco-German Brigade?
BorisXanovavich that’s an oxymoron if I’ve ever heard one.
@@MaxwellAerialPhotography how?
More Canadian stuff is needed!!!
Usually LAV crews will have C8 rifles due to the compactness of the shorter barrel especially when in vehicles. Otherwise love the break down, keep it up mate!
As in the driver CC and gunner? Yes, I agree with that. Though not usually any of the guys in the back, they get C7s so they can engage targets further out.
That wasn't for you, Nick Westcott, that clarification was for others that may read this.
I was in the 2nd battalion, ppcli and can tell you we all rocked c7's in the rifle platoons. Heck before I got out my old company had only one c8 in the weapons vault! It's mostly the snipers & recce platoon guys who get them
M Coy 3 RCR, we had a pretty close to 50/50 mix. SC and 2IC and the grenadiers had dibs. Our weapons pool had all kinds of weird shit stashed in random corners.
@@devilin100 lucky!
@@Native.Heathen Not so much for me. First contract I was the PLTs carl g loader and carried the c6 as personal weapon. Fucking sucked. After that experiance and the armys decision to unfuck itself in 2007 led to me being picked up for the company mobility and demolitions team for 3.5 years before they sent me to be a 2IC.
CAF Combat Engineer here. Our terminology for platoons and companies is the same as armoured. Platoon being a "troop" company being a "squadron" etc.
Friggn love the channel and the video btw! Great stuff!
As a former paratrooper and U.S.Army soldier 82nd airborne,I should know more about our friend and neighbor to the north on how they operate their men and equipment.
whats your name? I wanna look it up
@@averageamogusenjoyer5240 so prove it
Respect to Canada 🇨🇦 from the USA 🇺🇸. Love you guys.
Love you guys back!
@@mouthbreather280 thx!
Nice, we are getting into Mechanized Territory, the
"We got a Marder/Puma/Bradley/Stryker but we still walk most of the way"
Branch of Service
As a saying in my country goes: A non-fucked soldier is an ineffective soldier.
Very well put together! Videos of this quality are rare on RUclips. Keep it up!
Great video! Up here we pronounce lieutenant as "LEF-tennant".
Thats common on all ex british colonies.
Exactly
Unless you're saying it in french ;)
@@superdrew8564 It's funny hearing Quebecois call it "Leftenant."
Or airforce. In the civilian world “Louis” are known as “cat headers”: as soon as you hear on the other end “this is Lieutenant so and so you take a deep breath because a $#!+ show is about to go down 🤣😂🤣😂
But up north we worked with both and it took a while for me to get the ranks straight, it seemed for a while that no matter which I went with I was wrong: very confusing to have both in the same room!
That Wargame: Red dragon music in background!
Actually Eugen used royalty free music
@@pepebeezon772 n00b Canadian mechanized infantry are no match for the Vandoos that embraced Airland Battle with their oversized C2A1 FAL !
@@KenshiroPlayDotA It's actually Vingt-deuxiem
@@alexdunphy3716 I know, but that's how they're called in English apparently. And in Wargame: Airland Battle.
@@S_bear7878 RD music is always unexpected...
like a Chimera !
When will you discuss mechanized infant brigades? Their armored strollers are pretty cool.
I think the Canadians did it right by going with OD green furniture on their rifles. I just think it looks better, and it probably helps to break up the outline somewhat as well
Nothing blends into sand like od green
@@jb76489 Better than Black. Give your head a shake.
@@jb76489 True, the woodland camo that U.S. forces were sporting in Iraq was a much better fit for the desert.
@@TheTrueNorth11 yes, because od green and black are the only two colors ever, you’re so smart
@@_lime. why are you so obsessed with Americans lmao there’s a whole world of countries out side the us dude
Canadian Infantry are very professional and train hard in my opinion. I am a Yank from down South. When the shit hits the fan, fury explodes. In mech infantry all soldiers learn every trade and leadership roles at least 2 levels above as in the US Army. Very common for me back in the 1980s was I was an Airborne Contract and graduated Airborne School and becoming an mech infantry before I transferred over to an Airborne Infantry unit 2 years later. Honestly mechanized infantrymen are more intelligent in technical and urban tactical aspects. Paratroopers are more proficient on light infantry skills. That was the difference back in the 1980s and 90s. Iraq and Afghanistan combat experience has training and combat experience combined both which is good. Cross trained skills helps soldiers and commanders in more skill sets and reduces casualties.
Hooah. Well said. 11M20C2. Headhunters!
Nice video, my Dad was a signalman with the 2PPCLI in Shilo.
Good vid. Dismounted TOWs are shoot once and die weapons. I’ve observed many live fire events with TOWs and none of them hit a moving target. The signature is huge, the time of flight is long enough to allow a well trained tank platoon to execute battle drill and get off at least two rounds of counter fire before the missive reaches the target. This generally ends the flight without a hit
Countdowns and Volley Firing.
Shoot and Scoot.
Ambushing.
TOWs can work. It’s just how they’re employed most of the time.
Training TOWs are horrible to Live Fire. They go all over the place. Real deal works better.
The excellent optics on the TOW let them hit tanks from 2+km away. From a concealed position on their flank, I saw a tow section wipe out a t-72 platoon and 2 mech bmp company that stopped while preparing their assault. Time of flight is like 10 seconds. If the TOW gets the first shot from a good position, the tanks are fucked.
@@spoton6906 Fairly difficult to “scoot” with a TOW on a tripod.
So your TOW gunners can hit from the Bradly mount but not from the tripod mount? That is a training failure.
@@adraper6816 It seems you have quite a bit of experience with the system, so I'll defer to you on this matter.
Though I feel that "running" or "hauling ass" would probably describe the "scoot" when bullets are flying, since if the tank is still operational or has friends, would take offense at having a TOW missile fired at it.
Damn, this is nice a video on the Kiwi army platoon ( 1900s-1940s-1950s-1960s )
If you plan on doing Canadian light infantry formations I'd be more than happy to be a respondent. I'm currently in the army in that framework
hope you guys got what's going on right now under control, seems like you do. Love and support!
Canadian here.
I was infantry. Charlie team, having only 2 rifleman and being less experienced, we often said that Charlie team was expendable.
On my infantry course we had one instructor tell us "Charlie team! Your job is to die!"
I spent 2 years in PRes Infantry (Voltigeurs de Quebec) before swapping to Weapon Tech. They often gave me an M203 and put me in Charlie team early on. We never got issued 40mm training rounds when doing team maneuver exercises, so yay to an extra (useless) 5lbs on my gun, when I weighed 125lbs at the time lol.
@@Venicilia I feel your pain friend. I'm about 120 - 125lbs. When I got to my regiment they wouldn't give me the C9. Because "we want this weapon to be effective, and it weighs as much as you do!"
I would love to one of the Swedish or Finnish (modern) but eitherway love the videos keep it up!
You should make videos on Canadian Armoured and light infantry units
The LAV 6.0 looks really nice
6:00 Wargame Red Dragon music lol. Love it!
When I saw the canadians when we were training in Mississippi and Louisiana I was jealous of their ELCANs, and that was before i knew they had hi powers too...
No one likes the hi powers.
Also the ELCANs are great if you are in a hermetically sealed clean room. Other than that they become garbage.
It's cause the hi powers are so fucking old all worn down. No joke some are left over from WWII.
@@evilbred974
What unit are you with?
I don't know why you think putting a machine gun sight on a rifle is cool, I used the elcan in service and really did not like the post style reticle. Would of much preferred something like the ACOG uses
@@evilbred974 Have you ever used one? I used not only the CF ones, but my own from WWII made by Inglis. Better functioning than the 1911
Thanks for the update on small section in CANADIAN ARMY my brother is weapon tech with 5TH CANADIAN DIVISION GAGETOWN and this video was informative and help since I also amateur defense analyist and amateur military historian
Platoon Commanders (Pl Cmdr) will always command their vehicle when mounted as will the Sect Cmdr's of their own respective LAVs.
A 10-man section typically dismounts 8 personnel in two 4-man fire groups of two 2-man fire teams each. Each fire group would be lead by the Sect Cmdr and Sect 2IC. Each group would have a rifleman, grenadier and LMG. The LAV gunner would assume command of the section Zulu vehicle (with the driver), while the Pl WO would command the Pl HQ Zulu veh and control movement of the platoon Zulu vehicles while the platoon is dismounted.
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There is also a *_Battle Group_* formation which is typically a battalion+ sized organization consisting of a mechanized infantry battalion, an armoured squadron, CE squadron and RCHA battery (w/ FOO/FAC).
You should do one on a Canadian sniper team
Excellent video as always. Could you do a video covering the Stryker Brigade Combat Team? Specifically I wondering about the number of personnel in the various sub-units of the SBCT.
One of the Best discrption I have heard! Good stuff,Cheers
Great video
I'm an ex medic and totally appreciate the research you did for this
this stuff underrated
Canadian infantry have m203a1 grenade launcher to attach to C7a2 and C8a3 riffles plus m72a5, c16 grenade launcher, Carl Gustav m2 recoilless and c9a2 machine gun are combined perfectly.
Couple points:
We don't call them L.A.V's...spelling it out like you do...we say LAV.
You never anglicize the Royal 22ieme Régiment's name, by pronouncing it 22nd. Its name is french and you don't translate it.
The CSM is not necessarily the the MWO with most time in...company sergeant major in the Canadian military is an appointment not a rank...therefore any master warrant officer can be appointed CSM.
the exception is when your an RCR you have to spit every time you say Vandoos.
Really wanted to see your take on the pioneer platoon...
Can you guys do a video on the French Foreign Legion infantry squad?
Seems geared more towards a defensive doctrine, maybe a reflection of old cold war nato doctrine. Heavy on firepower, light on assulters, less depth to absorb heavier casualties from offensive operations. Also seems officer and tail heavy.
The officer situation seems to be more of a legacy from the typical Commonwealth rank structure/unit organization.
33% of every platoon and 33% of every company is in depth, if a CMBG forms 2 battle groups then there would be about 20% of the remaining Bde strength in depth. Also depth is important in both the defense and the attack.
CA training is VERY aggressive in doctrine, a 203 on a rifle doesn't prevent someone from assaulting.
Any mechanized force has a giant tail. The more support elements you have the less the combat troops have to deal with admin/support activities and the more they can fight. Furthermore the nature of armoed vehicles, especially tanks and IFV's make them very maintenance heavy and consume supplies at a very high rate, requiring a lot of support. The modern soldier also has much more and complex equipment that they're carrying around, requiring more support.
Officer ratio is about the same as the US just with everyone being +1 rank because commonwealth rank structure is weird like that.
Everyone is multi tasked and trained in different roles
On the one hand I love the Inglis high power they are everything you really need in a military pistol. On the other hand they were from WW2, not just the design I mean most of the ones the Canadian military are still using were made in the 40s.
if it aint broke
0:20: Canada's Nicklas Cage goes through swamp exercises unruffled!
Good bunch the old Patricia's (PPCLI), I worked with them in Kosovo. Very professional.
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Nice video. Can you do one about the "country name" " formation name" in "conflict name"? my uncle was a "role"
I hope you'll release a clip about the structure of Queen's Own Rifle in WW2.
Canadians don't mess around when it comes to war
When I was in, a section consisted of 8 soldiers, not 7. Basically the same as listed with an additional rifleman in Alpha. This would allow for 2 man fireteams. When did that change?
It didn't. Not really. That is still the official doctrine, but these days with manpower shortages and crewing LAVs, you'll often end up with fewer dismounted troops.
Once they switch into the Light role, it's still 8.
Great stuff! Keep up the good work man.
For future videos, in the Canadian Armed Forces, lieutenant is pronounced “left-tenant”, just like the British do.
@some lǝᴉuɐp guy I am also a Canadian soldier, people might say "ell tee" and a couple people might say "loo-tenant", but it's supposed to be pronounced "left-tenant".
Its the exact same as our Lt-Governors, its pronounced left-tenant governor. Not lootenant governor.
@some lǝᴉuɐp guy
What unit are you?
Do people from Quebec say "Lef-tenant"? Because us Americans say "Loo-tenant" because during and after the war for independence the Army was mostly modeled after the French and we just used French pronunciations.
@@yakob3520 People from Québec say "Lieutenant" which is, well, French. In English it remains "Left-tenant"
@some lǝᴉuɐp guy I don’t really care how people pronounce it. We all know what rank is being referred to. I just think if someone is making a video on doctrine/regulation, they should use the correct pronunciations.
Best video ever bro
Thanks mate
Please add Pakistan army in next video
FYI we never called a LAV a L - A - V. We called them a LAV. In one syllable as in the first syllable of lavatory. Seeing as they are Canadian, anyone who calls them L-A-Vs are wrong ;). Ret'd former LAV Crew Commander, 1 PPCLI.
Good video. Just a few points of interest 1. Regular units of the Canadian Army have a peace time manning of 70-75% of war strength. That means there is a D Company which is supposed to materialize when a major war breaks out. For more minor operations the Battalion that is tasked will often be brought up to strength by a company from another Battalion or the Army Reserves. 2. The Leopard 2 tanks of the Armoured regiments are more theory than reality. Currently the Canadian Army has 80 battle tanks (give or take). That translates into either one tank regiment or one tank squadron for each of the regular regiments with about 20 spare tanks. Those sqns that are not currently outfitted with tanks are using LAVs or TAPVs as stand ins. As with the operations in Afghanistan the plan is to create aMech Battle Group based on one full infantry battalion (based on one of the Regular Battalions, probably with the 4th company, a tank Sqn, an armoured engineer troop and an artillery gun battery. This Battle Group would operate for 6-9 months then be replaced by another battalion, sqn, troop and battery and so on. This rotation allows the Canadian Army to cover its commitments by sharing the limited equipment. What the CA will do if a major war breaks out and we have to use all the units at the same time im not sure. As a Canadian soldier this used to bother me but I realized after much research that many other armies have the same problem. The Australian Army is almost identical to the Canadian Army including 3 Armoured units sharing 3 sqns of actual tanks and the rest running LAVs just like the CA is.
The RCMP and some other police agencies in Canada also use the C8, and the Canadian military is looking to replace their Hi-Powers.
Don't forget the SAS and the SBS.
Another Excellent video.
Wondering about about Indian Motorized Units. And how their organization reflects their available equipment, and India's geography.
Armour/Recce units use the C-8 as it's basic crew weapon. Good video, well researched and presented. You threw in a M1 so -1 for points, lol
I'm swearing in as a armoured crewman, would I be getting the C8 or C7?
Thanks for this great video, awesome content man ✌🏻
Canadians have a great history of being awesome soldiers. Semper Fi to our great neighbors to the north!
Emphasis on the word History!
Ask the First Nations, they’ve been on the wrong end of the Canadian military for several centuries now
@@sv5813 considering we have the world record for the longest sniper shot, 30 000 Canadian volunteer to served in Vietnam, we were with the US in Afghanistan after 9\11, we were in the gulf war in 1990-91, In Libya in 2011, against the Islamic state, in Mali, how can we forget serbia in 1993 where Canadian old out against a force 3x their size and didn’t suffer a single casualty. Serbia was a war the US didn’t even participated in. and the fact as of right now in 2021 Canada didn’t lose a single war. Their is literally not a single US war since ww2 where there wasn’t a Canadian soldier except The invasion of Iraq ( even in irak Canadian were there but in small number). So I guess you’re wrong.
We look at it as an "anything goes" hockey game.....
@@jb76489
Ring your nurse lassie.....then read First Nation history.
If it wasn't for our First Nations' allies... Canada would have been toast.... Joseph Brant,Tecumseh....Where did Sitting Bull find peace & sanctuary? after the Little Big Horn....and who sent out the Mounties to guide in the remnats of the Lakota Nation?...John A. MacDonald.
In my Regt,in my platoon, we all honoured the most decorated member, a First Nation warrior, and he was more than proud to wear the uniform, as do still the thousands of First Nation today.
im Canadian and knew we had a domestic mbr being the c7 but i didnt know nearly all our rifles are domestically made. very cool and strategically makes sense
Originally Diemaco, which later became Colt Canada
strategically?? lol
Nice choice using the Wargame Red Dragon menu music in the background.
Hey great video! Could you do one about the Bundeswehr? Im learning alot and looking forward to more!
the Wargame music is giving me fond NORAD deck flashbacks
In Canada its automatic, semiautomatic and safe. Because we already deserned between semi and auto or burst fire...no such thing as a more auto feature
Auto repetition safe.
Dude! Stop spilling the beans on us!
Talking about the pistol for a moment, overseas almost everyone get a Hi-power but you will not see it used in training as the handgun is basically there to get you to your rifle. Also yes, the pistols are from the 50's and no one really likes them. The only except that I heard of when I was in the service was the MP's who use a more modern handgun.
I liked them. If the unit had a weapons tech worth their salt, the hipower would function great. Never had much of an issue at all with them. Even my WWII Inglis made one functions just fine still (don't know how many rounds before I got it went through it, but I've put through at least 1000 rounds and no break downs, jams, barrel issues, etc)
God I can't even imagine the amount of research he had to do
I love your videos! Could you make one about German armored troops and infantry? A lot will change there with new armor incoming, new
Rifles will be adopted and even a new military branch coming.
Maple fury, best way and nice way to describe the Canadian armed forces.
Nicely done, this is Interesting video but i’m just wondering what about next video well be? my suggestion, what about Australia?
Impressively accurate detail.
Ah, the BHPs. They all date back to the Inglis company and are usually 70 years old at best. I think the new procurement is expected to be 2022?
Add a few years to that perhaps
I mean it's DND procurement, it'll probably be 2032 and half the gun will be produced in Ontario, half in BC, final assembly in QC and the production pistol will be a Webley
not the priority in the budget, I guess.
More that government procurement in general and defence procurement more specifically is a mess in Canada. The legislative priority on maintaining a defense industry capability within Canada means that things are more expensive and take longer - even when there are good options for doing things quicker. This is apart from the usual bureaucratic staffing issues which is an entirely different story altogether...
Loving the background music from wargame red dragon.. Thumbs up for knowing your audience!
has CA ever considered adding a 5th LAV at the platoon level? Would clear up room in the section LAV's, add room to bump up the Wpns det, maybe add in a medic or other roles ie) drone operator.....ala the USMC.......
You're hired.....a 5th would be ace.
The killer was when the Canadians had a sweet deal with the Dutch,( who were drawing down their armour) to get thier CV-90/40s for Brigade 1st Btns.....nixed by government suits.
Bde 2nd Btns/LAV 6
Bde 3rd & 4th Reserve(Light) Btns?.....say, Air/Mobile Haaglands BvS Vikings?
with CDN units deployed yearly and trained in Arctic/Mtn Warfare, issued with Nordic skiis....getting rid of the flipping snow shoes.
can you make a chart with unit formations and their size in the canadian military? squad, platoon, company, brigade etc.
Just a quick point about pronounciation. We don't sound out the letters in FOO/FAC. It's pronounced as one word, ie: foofack
RCR stands for Run Chicken Run lol
Ping Pong Champions of Long Island
C8 is used more often in the Royal Canadian Navy.
First of all love the channel ....second of all great research and presentation...third thing could you please do one on Australian mechanized infantry battalions ( very similar to Canada but m113a4 and lav25) but soon we're getting boxers and rhienmetal lynx vehicles as well as the new thales hawkei
Interesting that the Diggas are jumping over to Boxer instead of going LAV 6.0.
Aust Mech inf don't use ASLAV, or Boxer.
The battalions haven't had the 81mm mortars in ages. They have been transferred to their affiliated artillery unit. The theory when it was done was that the AGLS would replace the 60mm and 81mm mortars. Note that I don't think this was a GOOD idea, just the substantiation that was used to make the change.
Mortars are infantry now
Been wanting to Join the Canadian Armed Forces since I was a kid, I've always been patriotic for some reason but like many other Canadians, I lack confidence in my Government
Love to see more Canadian
The Canadian Armed Forces need to get a higher budget our government here in Canada needs defined as a 2% of their GDP tornado just like it says in the alliances charter. World peace is a thing of the past now and I highly doubt they had to go to cool off anytime soon we
In Australia you only get sergeants at platoon hq level unlike the us where every second soldier is a sergeant...lance corporals lead fire teams... corporals lead sections ... sergeants lead platoons with a second lieutenant ... company sergeant majors and majors lead companies... captains are company executive officers or staff officers.. warrant officers are battalion sergeant majors
more or less the same with us brits mate, yanks ive worked with are always suprised that our lance corporals are fireteam commanders and actua NCOs
i was gonna make a joke about how they put C in front of everything, but then realized that America does the same thing with M
And Brits with L, French with F, German with G, Korean with K, the list goes on....
@@jwhisky4128 Germans don't put G in front of everything. Their rifles use Gs but their IFVs, tanks and so on do not. German machine guns uses the MG designation. The French and British also don't name everything with Ls. The British for example uses FV designation for armored vehicles.
The US use M for tanks, utility vehicles, rifles, grenade launcher, machine guns and basically everything. The only one that's like the US is the Koreans which use K for everything
@@neurofiedyamato8763 yes you're right, I was referring only to service firearms
USA, Canada, Korea: Lets be super methodical with our weapons nomenclature.
Meanwhile in India, weapons names be like:-
*Netra:* Indian designed AEW&CS
*Netra:* Indian designed Quadcopter UAV
*Netra:* AI-based Internet Surveillance System for Intelligence agencies (Indian NSA)
Sindhu *Netra:* Indian designed Spy Satellite for tracking enemy warships
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*Arudhra:* 4D S-band AESA radar created in India (400 km range)
*Arudhra:* 4D S-band AESA radar bought from Israel (ELTA EL/M 2084)
^These two radars look nothing alike.
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IACCS: Integrated Air Command and Control System
IACCCS: Integrated Artillery Command Control and Communication System
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Trying to make the Indian equivalent of Aster-15 or ESSM:-
ATTEMPT 1 (ends in failure): Missile named "Trishul" (powerful name, meaning a Trident, mythological weapon of Hindu Gods)
ATTEMPT 2 (successful): Missile named "VL-SRSAM" (Vertically Launched Short Range SAM)
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WTF!? Make it less confusing please!
Canada: we want a M16.
US: We have em. You want em in green to go with your snazzy uniforms?
Canada: Say less.
Damn, I love the format but it's like you didn't even attempt to try here
US Army: Sir, you know how we gave the Canadians a license to make M16's? They've made some changes that are actually pretty good.
US Pentagon: Don't be ridiculous. We're Americans. Nobody can teach us how to design (see's Canadian C7 rifle).... Ok we've come up with a few new upgrades for the M16. We're going to call it the M16 A2
US Army: Sir isn't this just a C7 but worse because it only has 3 round bursts on full auto?
US Pentagon: Yes. A 100% American design.
@@silverjohn6037 Don't forget a completely fucked rear "battle" sight that has no use outside of National Match shooting circular targets at 500 yd.