Carbon-14

I have to rescind my comment of 12 man sections on roto 8. I don't know why I wrote that. We did not reorganize into 12 man sections. Out to me.

I think you meant crew commander (a MCpl) because infantry do dismount the section commander (the Sgt). I was with the 3-09 BG that replaced the Vandoos and we were deploying 12 man sections patrols as well. But mostly because our AO was so small that it didn't make sense to drive anywhere. When the vehicles did drive out, the crew commander would never dismount to join the ptl. Are you talking about the CCV? My understand was that its not replacing the LAV, just displacing it. I'm, admittedly, out of my lane of expertise though.

I thought that the Section Commander always rode in the back. I asked an infanteer friend of mine (I am not an infanteer) and he told me the same thing. Yes, there is no situation where the LAV is left without a crew commander. Even moving the vehicle requires either a crew commander (or a ground guide). I suppose the gunner *could* be the crew commander but gunners were always Cpl/Ptes and Crew Commanders were atleast MCpls Thankyou, I didn't see him there. It's still odd. Our FAC was always riding in the same vehicle as the FOO.

You're right, every section would have at least a LAR. Every section member would also have a personal radio. If you zoom in on the model, you can even see it.

We didn't use Carls G's much at all in Afghanistan, I think we only had 3 or so in the company. We did have crap loads of M72s though. There were lots of M203s in the platoons. 2 per sections sounds right. I'll also add my post from this threat here: Also, why is there no FAC with the FOO??

I'm pretty sure the TO&E for the Canadian mechanized section is wrong. Right now there are 8 dismounts and 2 vehicle crew. I believe it should be 7 dismounts and 3 crew. The crew commander wouldn't dismount with the rest of the section (He'd have a hell of a time squeezing out between the turrent and hull.) As well the company headquarters is wrong. There should be 3 LAVs. 1 for the OC, 1 for the LAV Captain, and 1 LAV CP for the 2IC.

Yes KAF is off in a world all its own. Its hard to consider it part of Afghanistan. I guess the guys were lucky; they didn't try tacvest in the turrent on my roto!

It made sence to put limits on the patches. But they were only banned in the battle group. And we for some reason we were still forced to create a semi-official company patch that we were never allowed to wear. No one really cared what colour flag people wore outside the wire. Most often it was the IR one. It was just our OC that was adamant about wearing the red/white one in the HQ. I doubt any other company had the retarded rules we had. I had a winter tour so there wasn't a big issue with heat with the brassards. But the turret crews sure hated them as they often got caught while moving in/out of the turret.

Patches were still unchanged as of spring of this year. Unofficial/custom patches were (stupidy) strictly forbidden even outside the wire with my company commander threatening to charge anyone if he saw one. Brassards attached to the frag vest also became manditory, covering up everything except the ISAF patch. We were also required to wear the red/white Canadian flag at the coy HQ.

Any chance we'll see the LAV III RWS, LAV LORIT or TLAV for the Canadians? NATO module looks great!

Looks more like an RG-31 to me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RG-31

Royal Canadian Reservist? Signals Corps? None of these things exist. If you're at the Jefferson Armoury in Edmonton, there is no Signals unit there.

No, its not.

I spent a winter in the Golan Heights. When it snowed on the Syrian side it would only last on average a couple days. Not enough to really be relevant to the game

Count me in among those having this problem M/B: ASUS P4P800-E Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz overclock to 3.3GHz Memory: 3069 MB Hard Drive: 300 MB SATA Video Card: ATI Radeon x850 Monitor: SyncMaster 920nx x2 Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Extreme Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Desktop MX 5000 Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate the error: Faulting application CM Shock Force.exe, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x46a948d4, faulting module atioglxx.dll, version 6.14.10.6645, time stamp 0x4681bf53, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00460fda, process id 0x1424, application start time 0x01c7d086ae54d02f.

I miss driving the Iltis IRIS was a (IMO) colossal waste of money. Radios weren't bad but the rest of the system was DOA. All made-in-Canada kit isn't bad but its tiring seening military projects turn into make-work for a Member of Parliment. Far too often we have to make due with substandard kit. And I continue to push for inclusion of the LSVW in CM:SF. So I can watch them burn. PS: Can you send me a raincoat? Mine leaks

And don't forget the improvised smoke screen from the Fuel-fired coolant heater! I remember reading it was voted the most disliked piece of equipment in the CF. Yes Operation Northstar was a fantasic mod! I feel like reinstalling it now. (BTW its not really a kill switch on the LS, if you turn if off while the vehicles running it won't shut off the veh, just disconnects the batteries)

Canadians were also developing a "Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle" which start as just the ADATs turret on a LAVIII chassis but they started adding more and more to it ("Low cost Precision Kill" and Hellfire missiles). Looks like costs got out of control and they're finally going to scrap the project. Would have been interesting but I doubt it'd be worth the money. The Stryker MGS, LAV TOW Under-Armour and LAV MMEV were together replace the Leopard. The CF recommended to cancel the MGS purchase. I Don't think anyone knows what the plan is now. Milverado in CM? So that would be a truck with a green texture on it? I think an LSVW would be better. But would definitely have to include the squeaky brakes and inability to climb hills.

I'm actually suprised Google earth is as detailed in the Golan as it is. Can make out both Israeli & Syrian positions and the technical fence. I can even make out my old barracks in Camp Faouar/Ziouani.

And I have a PO Box that can accept donations from our Neighbors to the North. Sounds like a good match Steve </font>

You're from Edmonton?

**Edit ** Nevermind, I was mistaken

I think thats exactly what they're refering to. Someone has to dismount to replenish the missile. As opposed to a vehicle with TOW Under Armor where it can be reloaded without leaving the protection of the vehicle.

don't know if people are interested but a couple more videos of Canadians in Afghanistan have popped up. They are much more intense then the one posted here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2r3C0PJ1LM This is actually the same battle as the previous posting but a different camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_S9P1kMNuM Dawn raid on a Taliban compound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaC-w2dIxZc Canadians get ambushed. There aren't many good shots of the LAV III but you definately hear them

Yup, Canadian