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Re: 3PPCLI to lose Airborne Capability

In 93 based on the optempo for the past two years in a conversation with a
couple of people I know . We sat down and came up with a force structure based
on the apparent need as opposed to either historical or ideology based
structure which we now suffer under.
 The force would consist of a light infantry division, three mech. infantry
brigades, one armored brigade and one unconventional warfare brigade.This
sounds huge and it is by Canadian standards .However our force structure and
size has always been driven a perceived lack of need  in spite of the reality
that shows the opposite being true.
Patrick Cain wrote:
> At 23:35 25/02/2021 -0600, Gordan Dundas wrote:
> >What we could really use is an airborne brigade plus a couple of light
> infantry
> >brigades to go with our three mech infantry brigades.
> >But since we barly have enough airlift for a battalion it's not likely to
> happen
> >is it?
> >
>
> It's that giddy pre-budget time: might as well dream.
>
> This ties in with a recent conversation I had, pleasing but not realistic,
> about what we could do with five brigades. The results, after a couple of
> pints, were:
>
> 1 CMBG  Heavy armour                    Edmonton/Wainwright
> 2 CBG           Light/airborne                  Petawawa
> 3 CBG           Shoreline ops                   Gagetown/Aldershot
> 4 CBG           Arctic and mountain warfare     Chilliwack
> 5 CBG           Heliborne ops                   Valcartier
>
> A doctrinal dog's breakfast, but not all that different from what the Dutch
> do. The concept would be that militia in each army area (LFWA/2) would
> train to either augment or to expand to replicate their corresponding
> regular army unit.
>
> Patrick Cain
>
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