by Chris Thatcher | Dec 11, 2018 | C4ISR, News
By Dr. Katherine Banko Urban environments present unique challenges for militaries. The Complex Urban Environment Montreal 2018 Trial (CUE 18), September 11-20, allowed researchers to explore concepts and technologies intended to improve future close combat in...
by Chris Thatcher | Dec 6, 2018 | Exercises, News
By Édouard Dufour, Adsum Newspaper The national mandate of B Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment (3 R22eR) is to prepare elite combatants to carry out complex missions in the jungle. These missions take place in the heart of inhospitable environments, with...
by Chris Thatcher | Dec 4, 2018 | Equiment, 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 over...
by Chris Thatcher | Nov 26, 2018 | C4ISR, Equiment, 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 Chris Thatcher | Nov 19, 2018 | Combat Vehicles, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole The last major element of the Canadian Army’s modernization of its medium logistics support capability, the new Standard Military Pattern (SMP) trucks, evidently has a budding fan club. Two of the 9.5-tonne capacity four-axle SMPs, from...
by Chris Thatcher | Nov 9, 2018 | Equiment, 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,...
