by Editor | May 15, 2023 | Combat Capability, Exercises, News
by Chris Thatcher Over the past three years, 6 Canadian Combat Support Brigade (6 CCSB) has conducted an experiment to understand how best to integrate its myriad of enablers into a manoeuvre brigade headquarters. As the mechanized brigade ramps up its training...
by Editor | Apr 21, 2023 | Combat Capability, News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher There’s a fine art to force generating a multinational battle group. Partner nations are often occupied with their own national priorities and grappling with the limitations of their defence budgets, so building combat capability requires some...
by Editor | Mar 31, 2023 | Combat Capability, Equipment, News
by Staff We’re not quite into “For the want of a nail … the kingdom was lost” territory, to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin. But for want of anti-tank weapons, air defence and counter-uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), defending troops, vehicles and headquarters...
by Editor | Mar 12, 2023 | Combat Capability, News
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...
by Editor | Mar 5, 2023 | Combat Capability, News
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...
by Editor | Feb 25, 2023 | Combat Capability, News
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...
