Army has two variants in development for the next modular assault rifle
by Ken Pole When the federal government rolled out its June 2017 defence policy paper, it was packaged as “a long-term vision” for how Canada’s military could respond to a rapidly changing world. It was an ambitious vision built around a promise to spend...
Trials of helmets and load carriage vests for dismounted infantry are informing procurement for the rest of the Army
by Canadian Army Today Staff If you have noticed more requests for participation by your unit in equipment trials over the past few years, you are probably not alone. From an integrated soldier information sharing system, to light off-road vehicles, camouflage...
Training for the fight
by Chris Thatcher Wainwright still looked like Wainwright, albeit with the conspicuous haze and smell of smoke from distant wildfires burning elsewhere in the province. But for the participants of Exercise Maple Resolve, the sprawling training area in eastern...
Blackjack cleared for takeoff to Latvia
by Ian Coutts Latvia if necessary but not necessarily Latvia. That, to borrow from William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s famously waffling prime minister, is the situation that 129 Battery, home of the Army’s CU -172 uncrewed aerial system (UAS), finds itself...
Replenishing locks, stocks and smoking barrels
Since February 2022, the Canadian government has provided over $2.4 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. Some equipment was specifically acquired for the Ukrainian military, but much has come from the stocks of the Canadian Army, including Leopard 2A4 main...
Training the C22 trainers
by Ken Pole Considering firearms controls and setting aside the law enforcement community, the first time most Canadians encounter pistols is likely when they join the military. The Army is the most common vector since its approximately 44,000 Regular and...
Fall 2023
This Issue Trialing a tactical network ATAK meets the ISSP Blackjack Latvia bound? Replenishing Ukraine donations Assault rifle movement Helmets: The cool factor 5th Canadian Division Combined arms with helicopters
It’s all about Latvia
by Chris Thatcher “The operational art is about being unpredictable,” Lieutenant-General Joe Paul noted as he closed a lengthy discussion about Operation Reassurance and the Canadian-led multinational enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group in Latvia....
Strathcona’s lead the Leopard tanks into Latvia
Well before then Defence Minister Anita Anand announced in June that Canada would be sending a squadron of Leopard 2A4M main battle tanks to support the Canadian-led multinational battle group in Latvia, members of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) were...
Human Interoperability
by Anthony Seaboyer, Mike Rostek, Nancy Teeple, Ali Dizboni, and Yazan Qasrawi Military strategy increasingly relies on multinational alliances and coalitions to broaden capabilities, increase legitimacy, and deter conflict. Multinational interoperability is...