To be brutally honest the Light Infantry concept only works if you have the kit to back it up.In short helicopters...we (Canada) do not have the required lift to effectivley employ light forces and definatly not enough to sustain them.A Light Infantryman can only carry about 3 days rations,1 day water,and enough ammo to get through one good fight after that they are all but useless.The Airborne units are in the same boat,and a Company of jumpers will not influence the results of a battle anyway so why bother.Any Army that is serious about using light forces employs them at the Div level or Brigade level so enough logistical supply is present to sustain them.Airborne forces are pretty much outdated and are better employed as Airmobile provided there are enough helis availible in the heavy lift capacity.Canada does not have any Heavy Lift capability helis AT ALL!!!!!!!
The Light Infantry came about as a means of retaining numbers with minimal cost that‘s it.Nobody marches to battle anymore,if you arrive on foot then you are already too late. The mechanized units are mobile ,hit harder and can do the dismounted stuff if required.In short why did we even bother Light Infantry in the first place????
As for Airborne,we now do not have enough troops to bother,even if all the Jump Coys were joined back into another Regiment there still would not be enough to matterand if it did there are not enough aircraft to move them.With the current Air Defense equipment deployed what are the chances of us getting the required Air Superiority in the first place and how many aircraft could we stand to lose??The answer is none!!!!!
Yard Ape
