Mobile Gun System – Canadian Naval Review

Broadsides Discussion Forum Naval Service Culture

Army versus Navy Capability Planning

In a recent exchange on the Security and Defence Forum Policy Discussion Board concerning Army Transformation, found here (under the “Books and Publications” heading in the Canadian Defence Policy Forum) Major Andrew Godefroy commented with the following: Army Transformation is not a project. Transformation itself is an event that can […]

Broadsides Discussion Forum Canada in Afghanistan

Accrual accounting – For Canada First only?

Mea Culpa. This article by Murray Brewster points out what I should have picked up on before – the much ballyhooed tank acquisition announced in April DIDN’T include an amount for in-service support. Apparently, so far as I can determine, (a query has been forwarded to local Public Affairs, and […]

Broadsides Discussion Forum Canada in Afghanistan

The Long War’s Arms Race

This article suggests the Canadian army’s decision to scrap the MGS program in favour of a renewed main battle tank might have been prophetic – the American military is learning that their wheeled Stryker vehicles [a variant of the Mobile Guns System (MGS) that the CF planned on acquiring until […]

Broadsides Discussion Forum Defence Procurement

An appetite suppressant for procurement? (IV)

Eugene Lang, former chief of staff to Liberal Defence Ministers John McCallum and Bill Graham, and current policy adviser to the Liberal Party of Canada asks similar questions about the policy decision to scrap the MGS in favour of the Leopard II. Curiously, he claims his former boss, Graham, let […]

Broadsides Discussion Forum Defence Procurement

An appetite suppressant for procurement? (III)

The initial post raises two general questions: 1) How does Canada plan its equipment purchases? 2) How is Canadian equipment transported overseas once purchased? On point one, the recent decision to purchase Leopard tanks has caused much consternation from both those favourable to their purchase, and those opposed. The latter, […]