Lance Wiebe
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Using the last White Paper as my guide, I have tried to come up with a â Å“newâ ? army, in other words, if I was given, say, 5 billion dollars a year, for say, fifteen years, what would my army look like? Of course, this is assuming that we do not go to war, the world doesn't drastically change, and so on.
Also, not being experienced in Naval or Air Force capabilities, I am restricting myself to the land, with a few exceptions.
First of all, my army would have four brigades. Two would be identical, and would be based on the present wheeled brigades we have now.
Let's say these two Brigades are 2 and 5 Brigade. Each Brigade would have one Armour Regiment, equipped with Coyote, MGS, and Coyote modified with TOW. There would also be two Infantry Battalions, equipped with LAVIII, and a 120mm breech loaded mortar variant of the LAV. Yes, I would give the mortars back to the Infantry! The Artillery Regiment would have some form of wheeled 105, and possibly 155mm guns, preferably mounted in a LAV chassis. The Engineer Regiment would also have equipment based on the LAV. These two Brigades would be moved to any trouble spots by our navy, in their â Å“ro-roâ ? ships.
Next, I would take our so-called â Å“lightâ ? Infantry Battalions, and form them in to a separate Brigade. Let's call it 1 Brigade. This Brigade would be our â Å“air mobileâ ? brigade, and would be not airborne, but air mobile. That's not to say that they would not have airborne elements, because they probably would. This would most likely be the most expensive brigade, because we would have to purchase medium lift helicopters, as well as attack helicopters. The Infantry would use the helicopters and their boots for their mobility, the Artillery would keep their present 105's, and recce and anti-tank units would use something like the Weasel, 20mm version for recce, and TOW version for the anti-tank troops.
Finally, our fourth brigade would be our â Å“mediumâ ? brigade, as opposed to the â Å“Lightâ ? and â Å“air mobileâ ? brigades. This Brigade would be tracked, with Armour, Infantry, Artillery and Engineer vehicles all using a common chassis. Ideally, armour packages would be modular, so vehicles could be moved light in C-17's if necessary, then additional armour added as required. I am envisioning a vehicle of about 25 or so tons in its basic form, and weighing 40 or so tons with its highest grade of armour package added. This would give the Infantry one of the best-protected APC's available, and some much needed commonality of parts. The CV 90 family would be the model for the new vehicle.
A couple of random thoughts; each brigade has two battalions except for the â Å“Air mobileâ ? brigade, which has three battalions, one from each current regular force Regiment. Also, new Units would have to be added to the regular force to form the fourth â Å“mediumâ ? brigade. This will undoubtedly cause many arguments over which units would be resurrected.
I also did not get into a huge amount of detail over equipment types and unit structure. I wanted to keep this relatively short, and to provide food for thought.
So, what's your thoughts?
Also, not being experienced in Naval or Air Force capabilities, I am restricting myself to the land, with a few exceptions.
First of all, my army would have four brigades. Two would be identical, and would be based on the present wheeled brigades we have now.
Let's say these two Brigades are 2 and 5 Brigade. Each Brigade would have one Armour Regiment, equipped with Coyote, MGS, and Coyote modified with TOW. There would also be two Infantry Battalions, equipped with LAVIII, and a 120mm breech loaded mortar variant of the LAV. Yes, I would give the mortars back to the Infantry! The Artillery Regiment would have some form of wheeled 105, and possibly 155mm guns, preferably mounted in a LAV chassis. The Engineer Regiment would also have equipment based on the LAV. These two Brigades would be moved to any trouble spots by our navy, in their â Å“ro-roâ ? ships.
Next, I would take our so-called â Å“lightâ ? Infantry Battalions, and form them in to a separate Brigade. Let's call it 1 Brigade. This Brigade would be our â Å“air mobileâ ? brigade, and would be not airborne, but air mobile. That's not to say that they would not have airborne elements, because they probably would. This would most likely be the most expensive brigade, because we would have to purchase medium lift helicopters, as well as attack helicopters. The Infantry would use the helicopters and their boots for their mobility, the Artillery would keep their present 105's, and recce and anti-tank units would use something like the Weasel, 20mm version for recce, and TOW version for the anti-tank troops.
Finally, our fourth brigade would be our â Å“mediumâ ? brigade, as opposed to the â Å“Lightâ ? and â Å“air mobileâ ? brigades. This Brigade would be tracked, with Armour, Infantry, Artillery and Engineer vehicles all using a common chassis. Ideally, armour packages would be modular, so vehicles could be moved light in C-17's if necessary, then additional armour added as required. I am envisioning a vehicle of about 25 or so tons in its basic form, and weighing 40 or so tons with its highest grade of armour package added. This would give the Infantry one of the best-protected APC's available, and some much needed commonality of parts. The CV 90 family would be the model for the new vehicle.
A couple of random thoughts; each brigade has two battalions except for the â Å“Air mobileâ ? brigade, which has three battalions, one from each current regular force Regiment. Also, new Units would have to be added to the regular force to form the fourth â Å“mediumâ ? brigade. This will undoubtedly cause many arguments over which units would be resurrected.
I also did not get into a huge amount of detail over equipment types and unit structure. I wanted to keep this relatively short, and to provide food for thought.
So, what's your thoughts?