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.