Link To Canadians In Kandahar Pics.

[Roy Batty]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/photogalleries/afghanistan_kandahar/kandahar1.html?gallery=kandahar1

Not a fan of CBC but good pics nonetheless.

[Bullet Donor]

Down with CBC and their nice pics!

[RecceSoldier]

Great pics man

[Avary]

Where we learn that the C6 is a "heavy machinegun".

[RecceSoldier]

Yeah really.....like i thought the 50.Cal was a HMG not the C6...

Hey not really realted to anything but i heard that the G-Wagon isn't performing as expected in Aghanistan and the gov'n wants to get totally new vehicles?....anybody know if this is true or not?.....and if it is do you know what vehicle might be taking over for the G-Wagon?

[Tracker 23A]

The C6 is a medium machine gun. It is obviously a typo from an inexperienced/misinformed journalist.

Just like when the accident happened when a LAV III rolled over and they called the vehicle a "LAV III Coyote".

Whoever edited the pics, can't even spell since they used "practise", instead of practice.

With ref to the G Wagon, nothing is wrong with the G Wagon in the tasks it was meant to perform. If anyone thinks money grows on trees, it certaintly does not in Afghanistan and the government cannot simply scrap a multi million dollar contract because some soldiers don't like the G Wagon or because a few have been damaged/destroyed from heavy artillery shells used as IED's.

Look at what the American's are using there and compare that to what we are using, night and day. We in the end may not have the dominant military, but we certaintly have what it takes to get the job done in Afghanistan at the same time giving our soldiers the expected equipment to enable them to do it in a safe and secure manner albeit sometimes no matter what you are driving may be mortally damaged by someone who will do anything to kill those inside.

[Canuck Farrier]

Good photos ,i like the CADPAT desert camo!

[Roy Batty]

Tracker, maybe Recceesoldier was thinking of the Nyla contract with the RWS? They are not replacing G-wagons (IIRC) but are to be used in conjuction with them.

[Canuck Farrier]

what is the weapon of preference in a canadian infantry unit?

[Roy Batty]

what is the weapon of preference in a canadian infantry unit?

It's not a choice AFAIK. You get assaigned a weapon and that's pretty much it. The current infantry rifle of the CF is the C7A2.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5361/c7a2sm7cq.jpg

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1201/c7a2220pt.jpg

for more see here: http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-0army.htm

[Canuck Farrier]

Good Link,I bought a 303 Enfield 2 years ago that i use for Hunting,i got a buck with it last fall .Still a great rifle.I didnt know Rangers still used them!

[nullterm]

Great pics. Cool to see they hire locals to help out around the camp.

[ford400]

Does any one know what chest rigging the soldier has on in picture 3 and is it issued kit.

[Osiris]

Not issue.

[Tracker 23A]

Tracker, maybe Recceesoldier was thinking of the Nyla contract with the RWS? They are not replacing G-wagons (IIRC) but are to be used in conjuction with them.

understood and agreed.

Sometimes I get emotional.