CAN Enhanced (Permanent?) Fwd Presence in Latvia

[PuckChaser]

Dust off the 4 CMBG flags?

NDHQ is super excited at the prospect of an entire Bde HQ they can staff.

Post 1 Can Div HQ to Lativa permanently, so they can do something other than man the DART and conduct exercises in parking lots.

 

[GAP]

If this is the prospects

Quite https://www.google.ca/search?q=latvian+women&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipreOa37DSAhWi5IMKHf2kBzsQ_AUICCgB&biw=1902&bih=919

That can only be beneficial to the gene pool of places like Shilo.  :nod:

Then Shilo will be overwhelmed....

 

[George Wallace]

NDHQ is super excited at the prospect of an entire Bde HQ they can staff.

Post 1 Can Div HQ to Lativa permanently, so they can do something other than man the DART and conduct exercises in parking lots.

They would still be conducting exercises in parking lots.......Just not in Canada.

 

[Quirky]

That can only be beneficial to the gene pool of places like Shilo.  :nod:

No Eastern European girl would want to live in Shilo.  :rofl:

 

[George Wallace]

No Eastern European girl would want to live in Shilo.  :rofl:

???

Lots of Eastern Europeans in that region......Ukrainians abound there.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Different generations

 

[daftandbarmy]

Can we suggest names for that posting plot?   

Whatever you do, don't call it 'Task Force Smith' like a previous, completely failed experiment in 'superficial presence keeping intended as meaningful deterrence':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Osan

 

[TangoTwoBravo]

Whatever you do, don't call it 'Task Force Smith' like a previous, completely failed experiment in 'superficial presence keeping intended as meaningful deterrence':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Osan

Task Force Smith deployed to South Korea from Japan after the North Korean invasion of the South. While Task Force Smith offers lessons regarding army readiness, they were neither a presence nor a deterrence force.

 

[MarkOttawa]

Spain is sending tanks for NATO force in Latvia,

Spain to send six Leopard tanks and several armored vehicles to Latvia
http://www.baltictimes.com/spain_to_send_six_leopard_tanks_and_several_armored_vehicles_to_latvia/

and Poland is sending some too:

Polish “Twardy” Main Battle Tanks Headed to Latvia
http://www.defence24.com/496118,polish-twardy-main-battle-tanks-headed-to-latvia

but there are no indications I've seen that any Canadian Army Leopard 2s will be deployed.  I find that embarrassing in a force we are supposed to be leading.  If not now why have the things?

Mark
Ottawa

 

[GK .Dundas]

Spain is sending tanks for NATO force in Latvia,

and Poland is sending some two:

but there are no indications I've seen that any Canadian Army Leopard 2s will be deployed.  I find that embarrassing in a force we are supposed to be leading.  If not now why have the things?

Mark
Ottawa

Well you know they make such great paperweights.

 

[The Bread Guy]

I find that embarrassing in a force we are supposed to be leading.  If not now why have the things?

Maybe someone upstairs is taking the HQ bit too literally?

 

[dapaterson]

Lack of gravy in Latvia?

 

[MilEME09]

Because we dont want to whip out our tanks any chance we get?

Sent from my LG-D852 using Tapatalk

 

[The Bread Guy]

Lack of gravy in Latvia?

 

[MarkOttawa]

Graphic on twitter,
https://twitter.com/cezarysta/status/838399312136704001

by:

Cezary Stachniak
@cezarysta follows you

Logistician on NATO's Eastern Flank / Logistyk na wschodniej flance NATO / Poland & Baltic States defence issues / “Nothing happens until something moves”
https://twitter.com/cezarysta

Mark
Ottawa

 

[jmt18325]

I would imagine that Canada's contribution will change from time to time, based on what our allies bring.  Now if only we could get some kind of air defence....

I mean, it's a lot easier for Poland and Spain to throw some tanks on a train than for us to ship and or fly them there.

 

[MilEME09]

I know that list is only AFV's, but whats the battle groups arty situation like? would a Canadian M777 battery be a great asset? given with an Excalibur round you could touch Russia.

 

[George Wallace]

I mean, it's a lot easier for Poland and Spain to throw some tanks on a train than for us to ship and or fly them there.

Then again, it would be just as fast to buy them direct off the shelf from the factory..... [

 

[George Wallace]

I know that list is only AFV's, but whats the battle groups arty situation like? would a Canadian M777 battery be a great asset? given with an Excalibur round you could touch Russia.

And Soviet artillery would flatten that Grid Square and all the surrounding Grid Squares just as easily.  [:'(

 

[Old Sweat]

I know that list is only AFV's, but whats the battle groups arty situation like? would a Canadian M777 battery be a great asset? given with an Excalibur round you could touch Russia.

I have been told the guns are coming from one of the other contributing nations, although we are providing the BC, FSCC and FOO parties.