Canada's tanks

[GR66]

TBH it should not just be a Tank Project -- it really should be 1 Canadian Armoured Division Project...
Tanks, IFV, AEV, ARV, ABV, AVLB, Armored Ambulance, SPA, SPAA etc.

Frankly, anyone who thinks we're going to see any significant increase in our tank force...or a tracked IFV anytime in the near future are going to be extremely disappointed.

The CAF has too many other major priority projects going forward that honestly are more important than growing the Army to be able to field a Division(s).

The RCN's fleet replacement (including the just announced patrol submarine RFI and the eventual Kingston-Class replacement) will take vast amounts of money and procurement effort in addition to major recruiting increases.

For the RCAF the F-35's, P-8's, MRTT's, Helo replacements, AEW aircraft, RPAS and NORAD modernization will similarly take massive amounts of money and effort.

Both the above groups of projects have direct impacts on out ability to defend North America as well as to ensure that North America remains able to project force into either Europe or the Far East that outweigh the immediate need to grow the deployable Army.

As far tanks go I see us keeping what we have going as long as we can and when we finally do replace them it will be a single Regiment again with the goal of supporting and maintaining the single squadron deployed to Latvia.

 

[PrairieFella]

Frankly, anyone who thinks we're going to see any significant increase in our tank force...or a tracked IFV anytime in the near future are going to be extremely disappointed.

The CAF has too many other major priority projects going forward that honestly are more important than growing the Army to be able to field a Division(s).

The RCN's fleet replacement (including the just announced patrol submarine RFI and the eventual Kingston-Class replacement) will take vast amounts of money and procurement effort in addition to major recruiting increases.

For the RCAF the F-35's, P-8's, MRTT's, Helo replacements, AEW aircraft, RPAS and NORAD modernization will similarly take massive amounts of money and effort.

Both the above groups of projects have direct impacts on out ability to defend North America as well as to ensure that North America remains able to project force into either Europe or the Far East that outweigh the immediate need to grow the deployable Army.

As far tanks go I see us keeping what we have going as long as we can and when we finally do replace them it will be a single Regiment again with the goal of supporting and maintaining the single squadron deployed to Latvia.

Aka shut up and take it army

It sucks to be in the least sexy service sometimes haha.

 

[KevinB]

Frankly, anyone who thinks we're going to see any significant increase in our tank force...or a tracked IFV anytime in the near future are going to be extremely disappointed.

The CAF has too many other major priority projects going forward that honestly are more important than growing the Army to be able to field a Division(s).

The RCN's fleet replacement (including the just announced patrol submarine RFI and the eventual Kingston-Class replacement) will take vast amounts of money and procurement effort in addition to major recruiting increases.

For the RCAF the F-35's, P-8's, MRTT's, Helo replacements, AEW aircraft, RPAS and NORAD modernization will similarly take massive amounts of money and effort.

Both the above groups of projects have direct impacts on out ability to defend North America as well as to ensure that North America remains able to project force into either Europe or the Far East that outweigh the immediate need to grow the deployable Army.

As far tanks go I see us keeping what we have going as long as we can and when we finally do replace them it will be a single Regiment again with the goal of supporting and maintaining the single squadron deployed to Latvia.

Adults would be able to do more than a few things at once.
It is either simple incompetence at best, or intentional sabotage that Canada has let it's military get to this point with equipment -- it isn't like there are pretty solid data points as to equipment best before dates.

 

[GR66]

Adults would be able to do more than a few things at once.
It is either simple incompetence at best, or intentional sabotage that Canada has let it's military get to this point with equipment -- it isn't like there are pretty solid data points as to equipment best before dates.

 

[FJAG]

As far tanks go I see us keeping what we have going as long as we can and when we finally do replace them it will be a single Regiment again with the goal of supporting and maintaining the single squadron deployed to Latvia.

And therein lies the problem in the way Canada is doing things.

 

[suffolkowner]

Frankly, anyone who thinks we're going to see any significant increase in our tank force...or a tracked IFV anytime in the near future are going to be extremely disappointed.

The CAF has too many other major priority projects going forward that honestly are more important than growing the Army to be able to field a Division(s).

The RCN's fleet replacement (including the just announced patrol submarine RFI and the eventual Kingston-Class replacement) will take vast amounts of money and procurement effort in addition to major recruiting increases.

For the RCAF the F-35's, P-8's, MRTT's, Helo replacements, AEW aircraft, RPAS and NORAD modernization will similarly take massive amounts of money and effort.

Both the above groups of projects have direct impacts on out ability to defend North America as well as to ensure that North America remains able to project force into either Europe or the Far East that outweigh the immediate need to grow the deployable Army.

As far tanks go I see us keeping what we have going as long as we can and when we finally do replace them it will be a single Regiment again with the goal of supporting and maintaining the single squadron deployed to Latvia.

Im not so sure we're making the decisions anymore.
8 MRTT
5? AEW
12? SSK
Isnt there a USMCA negotiation going on right now about something

 

[DBNSG]

Im not so sure we're making the decisions anymore.
8 MRTT
5? AEW
12? SSK
Isnt there a USMCA negotiation going on right now about something

The friend list also included P-8's purchased at least 6 years before we were going to even look at buying.
The friend list also saw 88 F -35's bought after his Nibs claimed it was a dud.
The friend list also saw us actually buy 11 MQ-9B's after studying Drones for twenty years.
The Liberals are at the back of the Bus and there is an American accent driving it now.
When will we see an Arctic army task group (CDN Airborne Regt ) to supplement Alaska's 11 Airborne Division?

 

[KevinB]

The friend list also included P-8's purchased at least 6 years before we were going to even look at buying.
The friend list also saw 88 F -35's bought after his Nibs claimed it was a dud.
The friend list also saw us actually buy 11 MQ-9B's after studying Drones for twenty years.
The Liberals are at the back of the Bus and there is an American accent driving it now.
When will we see an Arctic army task group (CDN Airborne Regt ) to supplement Alaska's 11 Airborne Division?

The drivers is from Minnesota we never figured you’d notice

But in all seriousness, certain pressures have been exerted to induce action.

It won’t be the CAR, that name isn’t going to fly with a Liberal government, and not sure the Conservatives would want the baggage real or imagined either.
Parachute Reg’t is too British - and so you’re probably just going to see the various 3rd BN’s LIB’s get assigned that task then reformed into something like an Airborne Bde. In true CA fashion it would probably be another HQ for even less troops.

I suspect that some pressure will also be brought to bear to make 1CMBG (and probably 5) into some sort of mirror/parallel to an ABCT