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MikeL
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Flaker said:Well I don't see this happening ("shock infantry") I think there is proof of concept but only in militaries that can afford it.
USA (Rangers, maybe marines, airborne)
England (paras, commandos)
France (marines, some para regiments)
Dutch (marines... Not sure if they are sf or not?)
I'm not sure if you are trying to list of SOF units, or SOF and non SOF units that can achieve the "shock" effect.
AFAIK, the Netherlands Marines are not as a whole SOF but there are specialized units within.
Aside from differences in size and equipment/support at their disposal how do these units greatly differ from the Canadian Infantry battalions and CANSOF?
Curious to what you mean by "more proficient at light infantry skills" what skill sets are these based on? What nations do have non SOF that are highly proficient at light infantry skills?Flaker said:However Canada is more similar to New Zealand/Australia. I don't believe they have non-sf units designed to be more proficient at light infantry skills.
I assume you support the original idea of each regiment having a specialized company? What would the mission/tasks be for this specialized Coy? Can a single company achieve those tasks? Are they tasks something that a Infantry Bn can not achieve now, or something that CANSOF could be tasked with? What would be required to support it?Flaker said:IMO, the money saved when it comes to troop retention would outweigh the costs of transferring soldiers.
Flaker said:Who knows maybe one day they'll finally make that Marine Commando Regiment. Which I would assume would have been based on the royal marines. I wonder what killed that idea?
I assume the costs associated with starting it, manning, equipment, etc would be challenges to forming a Marine Commando Regiment. As well, is it required? Is the CF large enough to have another unit added without hurting the manning of pre existing units? Can the Navy support it?
Would tasks given to a Canadian Marine unit be something the Infantry and CANSOF can not already do?