akd Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Of particular interest for the next CMSF module: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE USE OF TANKS IN ROTO 4 by Capt. Pascal Croteau There is perhaps a parallel to be drawn between the advent of the Leopard 2 and the end of direct attacks against us as of December 2007. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destraex Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 nice. Were they Leopard 1s I saw in one of those pics. What an interesting assortment of leopard apparel is being fielded by the canadians. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Whats ROTO 4 mean? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I'm guessing but it could be 'Rotation'. Bloody good article to boot - very interesting to see how the Canadians employ their armour in Afghan - the tanks turned up just as I was leaving and were part of our reserve in Helmand during Op SILVER in Apr 07. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 If Nato module has those Leopard2 tanks, I wonder if they'll include the canister shell as well? I remember the 75mm? WW2 version being quite effective in CMBB. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 nice. Were they Leopard 1s I saw in one of those pics. What an interesting assortment of leopard apparel is being fielded by the canadians. Yes, or rather Leopard C2 (Canadian Leopard 1). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 great find. Thanks for posting it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[hirr]Leto Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Good article! Thanks! Our boys make us Canucks very proud! Cheers! Leto 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I'm reminded of a Stryker MGS crewman bragging "Once the turret starts to rotate all hostile fire stops". Sounds like you don't need ubertanks in the infantry support role. You just need something sufficiently intimidating. Leopard C2 isn't very much more potent in the role than a well maintained and well crewed T-55. 105mm HE versus 100mm HE. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietrich Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 If I knew what the Canadian equivalent of "oohrah!" is, I would yell it. Makes me look forward all the more to the NATO module I'm reminded of a Stryker MGS crewman bragging "Once the turret starts to rotate all hostile fire stops". Sounds like you don't need ubertanks in the infantry support role. You just need something sufficiently intimidating. Which in turn reminds me of this quote regarding the A-10 Warthog: The F-15s and F-16s were good. The A-10s were absolutely fantastic. It is my favorite airplane. I love those people. If I had enough coins, I’d send one to every A-10 driver in the Air Force just to tell them how much I appreciate them because when those guys come down and they start those strafi ng runs, it is flat awesome. It is just flat awesome. You can move, and when that A-10 starts his strafing run, you can do anything you want to do as a task force commander because the bad guy’s head is not coming off the hard deck. His head is not coming out of the ground. If he is in a hole, he is hugging Mother Earth and praying to whatever God he can to that he lives through this. You can maneuver anywhere you want to maneuver as long as that cannon is fi ring. As long as that A-10 is flying above you and turning and moving, you can do anything you want to do. You could hear the roar of screams of joy when [the air liaison officer] would come over the radio and say, “I’ve got A-10s.” When the A-10s came in, first of all you could see them, second of all the control, the positive control, over what we were shooting with was absolutely phenomenal. Lieutenant Colonel J.R. Sanderson, commander, TF 2-69 AR interview 12 May 2003 by Lieutenant Colonel David Mannin as quoted in On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom COL Gregory Fontenot, US Army, Retired LTC E.J. Degen, US Army LTC David Tohn, US Army Sounds like you don't need something capable of supersonic flight and carrying half a dozen JDAMs. You just need something sufficiently intimidating. On the other hand, an übertank is less likely to be knocked out by a single RPG. On the other other hand, if the Blue commander was (unlike me) tactically smart enough to keep his MGSs out of RPG range... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theFightingSeabee Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Leto;1156441']Good article! Thanks! Our boys make us Canucks very proud! Cheers! Leto I saw some videos of the Canadians in Afghanistan. Those guys fight like junk yard dawgs! The taliban won't soon forget the Canadians! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[hirr]Leto Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I saw some videos of the Canadians in Afghanistan. Those guys fight like junk yard dawgs! The taliban won't soon forget the Canadians! Ooorah EH! : ) Leto 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norvandave Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 People here may not be aware that Canadian forces lost their 130th soldier in Afghanistan last week. Our soldiers have been doing a fine job that Canadians should be very proud of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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