by Editor | Dec 4, 2018 | Equipment, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole The nine-millimetre Browning semi-automatic pistol used by the Canadian Armed Forces is a technically impressive weapon. It was conceived by American John Browning for Belgium’s Fabrique National in 1911, and has been used by more than 50 militaries...
by Editor | Nov 26, 2018 | C4ISR, Equipment, News
by Chris Thatcher The road erupted in a hail of gunfire as the soldiers of Oscar company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (3 RCR), emerged in a pincer movement from the treeline and down the gravel road onto the enemy’s position on the riverbank. The...
by Editor | Nov 9, 2018 | Equipment, News, Procurement
by Ian Couts “Boot-boots-boots-boots movin’ up an’ down again” The British poet Rudyard Kipling certainly nailed one of the central aspects of military life in that particular ballad. Even today, when troops are carried into action on helicopters and in LAVs,...
by Editor | Sep 13, 2018 | Equipment, News
by Chris Thatcher For the past 20 years, the Canadian Army’s light infantry battalions have been light by default, not by design. In an effort to address that gap in capability, successive Army commanders have since 2015 made it a priority to rethink the...
by Editor | Aug 23, 2018 | Combat Vehicles, Equipment, News
By Ken Pole There may still be a grain of truth in the observation that “an army marches on its stomach,” as variously attributed to Napoleon and Frederick the Great. But the Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) from General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLSC) is a...
by Editor | Jun 20, 2018 | Equipment, News
By Allan Joyner We own the night. It’s a mantra of many Western militaries and certainly one to which the Canadian Army subscribes. But as the technology associated with night vision systems improves, the Army’s edge might be slipping. Investment has not kept...
