The Right Stuff
by Chris Thatcher If you’ve ever wondered what S.W.A.T, CSI, NCIS, and Code Black might look like all rolled into one, meet the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU). Part special forces operators, part forensic scientists, part police detectives, and...
Taking on the tanks
by Kevin Wang and HengLiang Wu Recent combat experiences in Ukraine have shown that portable anti-tank weaponry gives infantry a chance to fight against armoured targets, which are immune to rifles and grenades. The large variety of such weapons can be divided...
Protection Detail
by Chris Thatcher As two Bell CH-146 Griffon helicopters alternated high and low sweeps overhead, a CH-147F Chinook cleared the treeline and rapidly descended into a clearing. Its wheels touched the gravel just long enough for a medical team and four force...
Delivering electronic warfare effects: For 21 EW Regiment, the first task is explaining what they do
by Ian Coutts In the world of electromagnetic warfare, what you can’t see can definitely hurt you. Wherever we are in the world today – this includes our own homes as well as in the modern battlespace – we are immersed in a bath of electromagnetic radiation....
Integrating the big guns
by Chris Thatcher In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, NATO allies responded with the formation of enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Groups in eastern Europe as one of several deterrence measures. The Canadian-led battle group in Latvia...
Stalwart Guardian: Air mobility, urban assault, and a bridge that went boom
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher When you’re confronted by a determined foe, sometimes the only solution is to blow the bridge. After a hard-fought battle to seize the strategic crossing earlier in the...
Digital fires: the next bound
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher Six years ago, the Canadian Army acquired an Android-based Digitally Aided Close Air Support (DACAS) system that has fundamentally changed air-to-ground CAS...
Arctic Summer
by Lt(N) Andrew McLaughlin The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (G&SF), an Army Reserve unit headquartered in Barrie, Ontario, recently led a Joint Task Force (JTF) of over 150 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members made up of Army and Air Force assets and personnel....
Commemorative Voyage
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Ian Coutts Talk about a study in contrast. The location is the Davis Lock, one of the prettiest spots on the Rideau Canal system. Boaters heading upstream approach the lock...
Snipers set sights on new rifle
by Ken Pole If you’re a Canadian Army sniper, you can expect to have your new rifle no later than next April 1. All 229 of the bolt-action weapons, designated C21, are expected to be in the Army’s hands by year’s end, but it will take time to ensure that...
News Releases
- Rheinmetall awarded Canada’s Enhanced Recovery Capability project
- New player in tank production: Leonardo and Rheinmetall joint venture
- Ultra I&C wins $7 million contract for tactical data link support
- Allen-Vanguard receives follow-on order of SCORPION ECM systems for NATO ally
- Galvion receives follow-on Batlskin Caiman helmet order for Canadian DICE program