Canada (Imagi-Nation)

MechCommander · Post by **MechCommander** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:04 am

thats looks good enough, now on to artillery the Primary Artillery Regiments in the New Canadian Army are.

The Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (3 Regiments).
4th Air Defence Regiment (1 Regiment).

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:49 pm

Why don't you post some pics of your armor and then we'll move on to the artillery. What kind of artillery does New Canada use? You mentioned M109s before and Old Canada used M777s, plus some smaller 105mm towed guns.

MechCommander · Post by **MechCommander** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:09 am

Heres a small portion of a Canadian Armored Regiment.

upload images

Yes the New Canadian Army Does make use of the M109A3s for the Primary Artillery Regiments, while the Reserve Artillery units uses M777 and the M101 towed Howitzers left over from the Old Canadian Military.

Hoth_902 · Post by **Hoth_902** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 4:05 am

MechCommander, Nice looking pieces. Please post some more.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 4:14 am

That's what I'm talking about! Nice looking armor!

I'll help you with the artillery soon...spending a couple days at Disneyland!

7.62 · Post by **7.62** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:25 am

MechCommander · Post by **MechCommander** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:38 am

The Princess Patrica's light Infantry are trying out there new L16 81mm mortars for the first time, Though the Soldiers in the Regiment where a little hesitant about these weapons as they never heard of light infantry using mortars as its more a weapon for a Artillery Regiment, the Carl Gustaf (pic not available) however they are having a blast with it though it did cause some burns.

MechCommander · Post by **MechCommander** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 9:41 am

Well 7.62 the same can be said for New Canada's view of Karma-Naskis, being that the island nation produces a plant that is still technically illegal in the mainland and our side of Vancouver Island, The Premier of British Columbia Kim Davidson and his Legislative court has been complaining about the plants "Foul Odor" that fills the air in the Provincial capital of Victoria. The Royal Canadian Navy is also a little bit uneasy when they saw the so called "Stealth Corvettes" in your KDF fleet, fearing that they pose a threat to their Warships as they have no experience in dealing with such Vessels.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:44 pm

[quote="MechCommander"]The Princess Patrica's light Infantry are trying out there new L16 81mm mortars for the first time, Though the Soldiers in the Regiment where a little hesitant about these weapons as they never heard of light infantry using mortars as its more a weapon for a Artillery Regiment, the Carl Gustaf (pic not available) however they are having a blast with it though it did cause some burns.
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Good looking grunts. You guys need to pick up a book though if they have never heard of light infantry using mortars. Your guys can read right?

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:45 pm

I'm assuming that you do't really care about the difference between platoon-based and battery-based operations, so the big question for New Canadian artillery is how many guns do you want in a battery? 8 guns? 6 guns?

7.62 · Post by **7.62** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:30 pm

MechCommander · Post by **MechCommander** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:51 pm

8 Guns for the New Canadian army's Artillery Battery's.

As for the Texton TAPV, New Canada does have them but they where not really used that much.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:15 am

Colonel Wilson has arrived to assist with the development and documentation of New Canadaâ€™s artillery. Letâ€™s start with the M109.

There are a lot of variations to howitzer battery organization. We recommend having a howitzer section of 2 vehicles: the SP howitzer and an ammunition vehicle. For an M109A3 you can use the M992 FAASV which is great because it is the same chassis as the howitzer so there is commonality in parts and maintenance requirements. Another option is the M548 tracked cargo vehicle (known in artillery circles as a Cat). Really you can use any cargo vehicle to haul ammunition, but if your gun is tracked you will want a tracked ammo vehicle so that it can keep up. Also consider that an ammo vehicle will be part of the battery defense, so the ability to mount a heavy weapon is a huge benefit. If each section has 2 vehicles your ideal crew size will be 8 dudes. Usually 4 guys in the gun and 4 more in the ammo vehicle. This gives you the ability to rotate crew members to maintain 24-hour operations.

If you donâ€™t want to have a 2-vehicle section you can always have a centralized ammunition section at the battery level. But remember that an M109 can only carry 28-36 rounds on board (depending on variants and modifications to the gun and turret). You can blow through that really fast so you will want ammo resupply handy.

The RODâ€™s recommendation is that each howitzer section have an M109A3 and an M992A2 and a crew of 8 big strong dudes.

MechCommander · Post by **MechCommander** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:24 am

The closest thing we have in the New Canadian Army's list of active vehicles that can be used as an Ammo Carrier is the BV 206 Tracked Vehicle.

The ammo carriers will be deployed as their own section, supporting the M109s.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:21 am

If you canâ€™t acquire a tracked ammo vehicle you can always use trucks, but you may need to displace for ammo resupply if you are in rough terrain. Just keep in mind that you have a limited supply of ammo and you will carry a variety of rounds (HE, DPICM, chemical smoke, WP smoke, illumination, etc). Ammo management is always a huge challenge even if you have a lot of ammo vehicles.

So if you use a centralized ammo section you will be running with 4-man gun sections. You will also need a fire direction center for tactical fire direction and a battery HQ. We recommend 2 M577s for each battery â€“ one for a dedicated FDC and one for a battery ops center. That way if you want to split your battery into two 4-gun firing platoons you can have the battery ops center function as a second FDC.

Battery HQ will be the commander, first sergeant, supply, armorer, NBC sergeant, commo sergeant, etc. An artillery battery also has a senior NCO called Chief of Firing Battery (the boys call him â€œsmokeâ€) and they also have a gunnery sergeant who is responsible for recon of future firing positions and establishing firing capability once the guns are in place.

The ROD recommends a battery HQ of 28 soldiers, 2 M577s, and 7 wheeled vehicles. That will cover the fire direction centers and the battery command group. Do you want the centralized ammo section at battery level?