Ready for Adaptive Dispersed Operations: The Army’s modernization strategy
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. By Chris Thatcher “Land power continues to be extremely relevant in the contemporary security environment,” Lieutenant-General Wayne Eyre said as he settled into an office chair in late...
Into the breach
by Ian Coutts When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada in March 2020, it was obvious that the country faced an almost unprecedented emergency. Long-term care homes, housing some of our most vulnerable Canadians – the elderly and permanently disabled – were...
DEW, Supacat team for SOF fighting vehicle
by Greg Burton In July 2019, National Defence announced the intention to procure approximately 55 to 75 Next Generation Fighting Vehicles (NGFV) to replace the existing High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) used by the Canadian Special Operations...
Fall 2020
THIS ISSUE Army Modernization: LGen Wayne Eyre Road to Readiness Less Travelled RCEME in Transition A Pathfinder’s Trials Training in a Pandemic Tactical Mobility Medium-Energy Lasers War Gaming
Browning Hi-Power to meet its replacement
Handgun manufactures could have a request for proposals (RFP) to mull over in the early New Year. The Department of National Defence intends to move forward with a project to finally replace the nine-millimetre Browning Hi-Power semi-automatic pistol worn by Canadian...
Lest we forget Canada
Canadian Armed Forces members on Operation Impact pay their respects and place poppies on the wreaths during the Remembrance Day ceremony held at Camp Canada, Ali Al Salem Airbase, Kuwait on November 11, 2019. Photo: Cpl Ryan Moulton
New order aims to “decisively address” hateful conduct
The Army Commander has issued a directive to stamp out racism, discrimination and hateful conduct. In an organization of almost 50,000 Regular and Reserve Force members, Canadian Rangers, and civilian employees, the occurrence of such incidents has been relatively...
Rapid deployment of indirect fire: Reserve artillery unit incorporates mortars and air mobile tactics on major exercise
Article by Lt(N) Andrew McLaughlin, PAO 31 CBG; photos by MWO Colin Hock and Andrew McLaughlin There’s nothing remarkable about the 11th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal...
Realistic effects: Advancing the next generation of weapons simulation
by Ken Pole Some 1,600 years ago, when much of Europe was embroiled in conflict, a Roman scholar, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, wrote a treatise on military matters. In it, he counselled: “igitur qui desiderat pacem, preparet bellum,” which translates as...
Rethinking the future of indirect fire
by Ian Coutts “We need a system that’s agile.” Captain Justin Walker is describing what he and his colleagues working on the Indirect Fire Modernization (IFM) project at the Directorate of Land Requirements think the Army is going to need in the future in terms...
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