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Elephants weren't in the system yet. We were promised them decades before but they spent the money instead on a big ass wooden horse instead. Our spears were sharper back then, and straighter. There was better pillaging then too. Progress, bah!

   

It looks like Paul Martin thinks the war on terror is some kind of picnic or something
I am just so glad Stephen won the election. Now the Canadian troops can expect more better equipments, and now the Americans can expect some Pro-Americanism in Canada

   

Our WO storesy put it perfectly I think. Saliors ( insert soldiers/airmen here ) will bitch and moan about pay, conditions, kit, the boss, the subordinates etc etc ad infinitum. But give them a free pair of socks and they are happy for days. FREEBIE!!! I was crying I was laughing so hard because this is so true.

   

Once a storesman, always a storesman! Sailors never bitched and moaned about pay, conditions or kit....about the boss....maybe!

   

You mean I can have that glowstick? For free?

Score!

   

When they gave us the camelbaks to use when we were in Biloxi after Katrina you would have sworn that it was Christmas! Everyone wandering around comparing the different models. The first smiles I saw on board since everyone got recalled on the Labour Day weekend to head out. LOL.

   

It's funny about kit especially tools. Back in 65 two of us were sent to work on some hush hush electronics on the British aircraft carrier Hermes. She was undergoing a major refit at Davenport UK.

Our stay on board was supposed to be 3 weeks, but two days after starting the job we where out at sea (some cold war flap thing).

The tools we had with us were not sufficient for the job so we gave one of the officers a list of required tools. A day later two seamen carried this large box into our work area. We opened it and checked out the tools....

10 flat blade screwdrivers the longest being 48" and about 5/8" Dia'

About 20 open ended wrenches from 3" down to 1/4"

A soldering iron that would almost melt high carbon steel

a 24v power drill with about a gazillion lbs of torque.

6 hammers the largest being a 15lb sledge hammer

Lots of other odds and ends useful for a car wreckers yard.

This to install some extremely delicate electronic stabiliser equipment.

So we sat around for 8 days (until the flap was over) before returning to port and getting the correct tools.

The funny part is the officer said his people used those tools to keep the electronics working.

   

Well, it seems like I have the right forum here.
Been in for 18yrs. Infantry! Have tours all over the place and as for spending over $1000 on personal gear I will have to call "bullsh*t" on that one. That is unless you are talking about "Goutchie" comfort gear.
I have NOT been to Afghanistan (yet) but know I will be there before my career is over.
As for the buying of personal gear, yes, I do believe some items on the civie street are better but what we get now are leaps and bounds from what we had. The Desert boots we get are actually very good. The Rucksacks are good, but could use with improvements. I have not been issued the very new one yet so I can not comment on that one.
I have heard that the tac vest does not breath properly in the extreme heat. As for not enough mags.....there is a plastic 5 mag holder that fits in the large add on pocket (2litre water bottle holder). Yes, I have seen them. On another point....just how much ammo do you want to carry with you? Does not the LAV carry your second line?
Since I have joined I have had to buy some items on my own. US rain coat in '89, Ponch liner in '92 (Before we were issued them), gloves for a Winter Ex as the Black Leathers just did not cut it, but for a tour I have not had to spend anything over $20 for anything.

Sorry troops, the gear we get now is good and can only get better. Yes, there was underfunding but that was in mid '90's and the money spent in the last 8 years is great (though more can only help).

Please do not get me started on the other elements or pay issues. Some of the young soldiers now do NOT know how good they have it.

   

INDEPTH: AFGHANISTAN
Canada's equipment
CBC News Online | Feb. 15, 2006

Canadian forces working with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan are using a number of different vehicles and pieces of equipment to carry out their duties. See below for a look at what's being used:
Link

   

I found out last week what a 1 hooky makes now. Only twice what I made as a 1 hookie.

   

You lost me there buddy. All of those vehicles are CDN and I am qualified on most of them. The only one I have not seen is Nyala(?) That one is new to me. The rest of them have been with the CDN forces for quite some time.
Did I miss something in the link?? Nope, went back and re-read it. All the link states is where the veh is made........and in reality I believe the Iltis has been withdrawn from the Afghanistan mission. I am not 100% sure on that though......the G-wagon replaced it.

   

Hold your breath. Please. For a long time.

   

Who are you with sniper?

   

After 17yrs w/ the RCR's I took a RSS posting. Yes, I am still with the Regs.

   

Nyala and Mamba

Nyala and Mamba vehicleThe Nyala and Mamba are two variants of a South African mine hardened vehicle purchased by Canada for use by Field Engineer Reconnaissance elements in operational theaters. The 4x4 vehicle is used to evaluate routes in areas where the mine threat is high. The vehicle’s V-shaped hull and high suspension are designed to resist a blast equivalent to two TM-57 anti-tank mines detonating simultaneously. Both vehicles are currently in service, the Nyala being the newer variant. The Mamba has seen service in Bosnia and the Nyala has deployed to Ethiopia / Eritrea and Afghanistan.

Army site

   

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