This was recorded in Wainwright, Alberta. There is a 225 square mile training base there where war exercises are run frequently. The terrain is all rolling prairie.

@BoydBrandson

7 ай бұрын

I have been over every square mile of it.

Hope our nation Canada gets a higher military budget.

@uhhhhh..i-like-guns

2 ай бұрын

we only got a few billion :sob:

6:24 unloading into the ground that close is to simulate somewhat of a trench clearing while preventing the pop up target from not getting damaged as they are expensive.

In Canada we use the LAV III and LAV 6. The American Stryker is based off the Canadian LAV and both are built in London Canada I believe. We also use the German Leopard 2 tank

@robertsmith4681

Жыл бұрын

Both are versions of a Swiss vehicle called the Mowag Piranha produced under license.

@mrtacticalblock

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsmith4681 As far as I can tell the lav 25 and all its variants were based on the Piranha. The LAV III however has its own distinct architecture that the LAV 600/700 are also built on. Unless i'm missing something?

@John-kr7iz

Жыл бұрын

Yep, General dynamics took over the GM Diesel division a few years ago

@leafdude70

Жыл бұрын

Thought it was a Leopard 3?

@moneyandfood4758

Жыл бұрын

Blame Niazi and the muslims

Maple Resolve used to be used as pre-deployment. The training audience changes annually, this is RCR which is a mechanized regiment, it's usually a BG style exercise. LAV 6's are the vehicles used by the infantry, TAPV's by recce (recon)

@nilloc93

Жыл бұрын

TAPV's are used by suckers who didn't keep their coyotes.

@mathieuxdeschenes3788

8 ай бұрын

Was gonna mention they are lav 6’s 😂

@NovaScotiaNewfie

6 ай бұрын

Armoured Recce use the TAPV. Infantry also preform Recce.

@johnnyutah1895

5 ай бұрын

​@NovaScotiaNewfie I'm VP, and our Recce use the TAPV, I know armoured recce uses them too. 14 years deep into service, father was RCD, grandfather was a Strathcona.

@boxbreaker4863

3 ай бұрын

3RCR is Airborne light infantry.

One thing you might notice in the Canadian (CF) Forces is the average age of corporals and sergeants, usually much older than in the American forces. You should notice this with UK, Aussie, etc. forces as well. This is true with lieutenants, captains and majors as well.

@sheamyke4696

Жыл бұрын

Considering there are 13 enlisted ranks excluding warrant officers in the US army as opposed to 4 in the Canadian forces .... it just makes sense. Even when you include warrant officers in Canada there are still only 7. Rank means alot more in canada.

@CanadianRickyBobby

Ай бұрын

Corporal is a mandatory promotion after 3 years so you can be 20 years old and a corporal

That’s my regiment brother. Happy to see your reaction

This exercise is held every year, it's joint force training with Americans, Brits, and sometimes Aussies.

I was with 2 RCR till 2017. Miss the guy's, the field, but, not the Garrison. The firing full auto off to the side of the target is to keep the "muscle memory" intact, to keep the drill in place that when you come up to a trench you clear it by posting a granade then spraying the bad guys with a burst of full auto. Our weapons fire a 5.56 NATO round, using single or full auto fire rates. Miss doing target practice and doing the kill house's, good training, minus the shitty kit we have. Also, if you get a chance to get the adapter for the lazer tag kit on your C7, you can turn your C7 into a God gun shooting nothing but Carl G rockets...good times lol. Cheers from Canada and enjoy the time ya got with your friends, time goes by to quickly.

I have a cousin who took participated in this exercise a few decades ago. He was not comfortable sleeping in the fox hole, so he got out and bedded down beside it during the night. When the "mortars" started coming in he just about ate one. During the exercise he also managed to lose his rifle during a night pee-break. He had to walk around the next day holding a stick and yelling "I am a F**K pot". He was not a super soldier by any definition of the word. 🙂

The mud in Alberta is rough too. A lot of clay and top soil. So it’s slick and sticky at the same time.

As a Canadian I thank you for reacting to this. 🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️😊

Canada just updated it's military dress code taking effect early September 2022. Now all service members can wear their hair as long as they want, but it has to be symmetrical and well groomed. We can even have face and neck tattoos but obviously the ink cannnot be associated with anything negative. And until now, assault pioneers, special forces and sailors at sea were the only elements of the Canadian military permitted to rock a beard. What a modern time we live in lol

@chrisburke624

Жыл бұрын

Slight correction...most CoC's have been pretty accepting of beard chips for 'medical reasons' for the last year or two 😉😅 As for the new dress standards... we've been dreading them since discreetly announced internally back in October. I have a feeling the internal culture of the military will still rectify any pink hair or earring nonsense, for the most part.

@pugh783

Жыл бұрын

When I was in in 2009, while stationed at good old Meadord the new regulation forbid members from getting tattoos on their neck face and hands. I swear 1 in 3 instructors at Meaford back than had a neck, face or hand tattoo.

@brendancrummey5723

Жыл бұрын

Beards have been allowed on all combat arms since 2018

@moneyandfood4758

Жыл бұрын

Blame Niazi and the muslims

@billrockwell6916

Жыл бұрын

Those are lav 6 MICV and leopard 2 tanks. Your stuff is awesome by the way.

I was part of this exercise, great training experience! Actually met a few marines that attended the exercise too

The British Army used to do a lot of training at Wainwright. It's a good training area, but the real highlight is R&R in Edmonton/Calgary post ex.

@RPMZ11

Жыл бұрын

Great times.

@dmacpher

Жыл бұрын

@@RPMZ11 minus the cold

@RPMZ11

Жыл бұрын

@@dmacpher Don't get me going. Cold is kool... Meme : 'Canadian mosquito skulls found.' Check Six with 'UK Defence Commentary'. 'As of 2022...'BATUS' is now a 👻'' All amour, Challenger, and Warrior have been transported out....to? Oman??? Alberta was the greatest flipping training area we could ever be ''literally gifted'.'...she was maggie! Then there's the Canadians...These kid cats have always been second to none... Evert time in our history... at our darkest... It was the Canadian kids who were always the first in for the finals!. Merry Christmas.🎄 🩸

Lav 6. Striker vehicles are based on lav . Another great video. Loved the Canadian content. Keep up the gold work.

Probably one of the most badass videos I've ever seen lowkey

whoohoo, more Canada content! Hoo-EH!

Call sign 11 would usually be 1st company 1st platoon, and then alphabetical for each section/attachment. So i was in an amb, I believe I was 31d but i it was so long ago, can't remember exactly. Each mechanized platoon has (or had in my day) 3 lavs, 1 armored amb (usually Tlav or bison) and an engineer section, in a lav as well. Then every company also had a mechanic/weapons tech attachment.

@RPMZ11

Жыл бұрын

Interesting.😇

Always enjoy your comments when watching these videos. And just to expand on some of the callsigns, who's who, etc. As Brian Hewlitt @brianhewlitt2989 mentioned callsign 1-1 is the platoon commander, in this case "Borto", so number 1 company, number 1 platoon. When he says "1 this is 1-1" technically it's the platoon HQ calling the company HQ. And callsign "niner" would be the actual commander, i.e. callsign 1-9 would be the company commander. And as Brian mentioned, callsigns 1-1-A, 1-1-B, 1-1-C are the section/squads. Or Alpha, Bravo, Charlie for short. Listen for "over" at the end of a conversation when issuing orders, on the radio, directly to his section/squad commanders. Also, notice in the live fire portion just before dismounting, callsign 1-1 says "Charlie Charlie 1-1" which means all stations 1-1, i.e. the entire platoon, or the "Collective Callsign". The order being to dismount was a "three up T" formation. Also says "Tango-3-4 this is 1-1 you can punch now" which I'm assuming is a tank troop assigned to his platoon. "Tango" for tanks, so, the troop of tanks would come from the 3rd squadron, 4th troop. Very quickly in terms of who's who... Guys walking behind, wrapped with white tape on their arms, are safety officers making sure everybody respects their arcs of fire and nobody gets shot. Guys with orange patches on their arms are OCTs (Observer Controller Trainer) who are just watching and listening. OCTs have radios, access to GPS coordinates, can see the entire battlefield through electronics, etc. So, they can even throw in a monkey-wrench to screw things up for the attacking force.

@JoshBortolotti

Жыл бұрын

Good explanation

Would love to hear your thoughts on the NATO exercises with the Finns recently

@CombatArmsChannel

Жыл бұрын

Coming up!

@moneyandfood4758

Жыл бұрын

Blame Niazi and the muslims

Thanks for posting, I had heard of the Maple Resolve but didn't know what the heck it was.

LAV 6.0, Stryker is part of the family of vehicles. All of which are built in Canada!

I really like the fact that, even tho you are US military, you have a huge respect for other country military and this is what I enjoy the most from your channel!. And canadian tanks are called leopard, not too sure of the specifics about them but I heard they are really good tanks. EDIT: they are called leopard 2 A4 .. Supposed to be really good battle tanks. Compared to our others vehicle, they are really up to date.. Other vehicle's are dated since the 90's

oh god you're 100%, the issued frag vest and tac vest (aka the fishing vest) are horrendous. Some units have totally done away with tac vests and just let guys wear whatever as long as its greeen/tan. We also use WES (weapons effect system) not MILES, its similar but incorporates wounding and treatment by other troops so the god gun isn't' as needed. Its also integrated into some of the vehicles. Also the WES gear stops beeping after you lie down on the ground.

2:04 read the description of the original video you are watching, it clearly states a "thank you" to the Halo announcer.

Our gear is not too comfortable haha we just got used to it. We’re still using a lot of stuff from early 2000’s, but some guys are allowed to wear our own stuff as long as it’s ok’d by an RSM or something. We are getting newer stuff, it’ll just take forever.

I love how maple resolve is what i used to imagine when i played laser tag when i was younger

6:12 I don't know what to tell you man... We just, change when we hear the word war.

Gotta love maple resolve 😀

Just to add, for the eagle eyes out there, look closely at the platoon commander, callsign 1-1, when guys run up to him from behind during the live fire portion. Scene with two safety officers wearing white tape. Freeze-frame, zoom-in, and you'll notice a battle badge on his right arm. Has his name, nationality, rank, blood type, last three digits of service number and any drug allergies, i.e. NKDA (No Known Drug Allergies). All the info you would need for someone who's been wounded, etc. Wonder if that's standard kit or some sort of pilot project? Either way, that battle badge is pretty cool.

I took part in such an exercise at the same base years back as a member of a Canadian Ranger Patrol group, a reserve regiment now (not at the time). We worked with the Van Doos (le Vingt-deuxieme) the Royal 22 Regiment, a regiment based in the province of Quebec comprised of mostly Franco-phone personnel, prior to them being deployed to Afghanistan. The exercise, for them, lasted a month or so, nonstop.

I was actually opfor when they were doing that initial attack on the town i was on the GPMG setup in a murder hole probably killed half of those dead guys with the c6 as they filed into the town they only had one breach they could come in from so it was a machine gunners wet dream probably burned through 600 rounds on my own good times on maple resolve haha

JTF2 is like an entire brigade of Leo Majors lol. Can you imagine having an entire company of guys like Leo Major all kitted out in modern weaponry and tech?

@nilloc93

Жыл бұрын

the entirety of cansofcom isn't the size of a brigade, JTF 2 is battalion sized at most

It’s an LAV 6. Canadian armoured corp uses Leopard2 tanks, LAV6 8X8 Armoured troop carriers and the new TAPV. Think we still have some Gwagons too

Great video!

Speaking as a Strathcona veteran the 3 most common armored vehicles in a combined arms team are lAV 6 TAPV and leopard 2 A4, A4M and A6M

Wainwright is in Alberta just a few hours North of Calgary in Alberta.

hey man, just to update ya, usually the callsigns work as in India 11 being the infantry of Alpha company 1st platoon, India 21 being the infantry of Bravo company 1st platoon. and when you refer to other units you would start by addressing what occupation they are ie. Armoured, infantry, combat engineers, India being reserved for infantry, Tango for the armoured and Echo for the engineers. Also we use the Lav 6.0 as we have just fazed out the coyote or Lav 25.

@MichaelJoudrey

3 ай бұрын

This is 1RCR they don't have an Alpha Coy this would be Dukes. 11. Is first coy first platoon. So 33A would be Charles Coy , third platoon first section for example

Love your channel! I believe the US army goes there to train as well. Great stuff!

That training area you were wondering about is, I believe, Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, Alberta. A large training base east of Edmonton.

That looked fun!

01:44 Canadian Forces chow is always better than the US options...as a Canadian cadet visiting Fort A.P Hill in Virginia we were always mobbed by US JROTC to trade food with them...Canadian IMPs are just superior to MREs (not to mention hot A-Rations supplied even on field exercises). That said, MREs come with hotsauce, which is the only item anyone with an IMP may actually trade for.

The live fire portion takes place over a few days. Then usually the laser tag gear goes on and the box closes and maple resolve begins

It’s a Stryker with a Bradley turret minus the tow launcher

6:30 the Guy baddger checked the combatant (shoots a burst in his face) but he didn’t shoot the target because its an expensive electric one Essentially

Right now supporting 2023 Maple Resolve. Ive done JRTC , CMTC and Ft Irwin, this is legit

CFB Wainwright is located in Alberta, Canada - and is home to the Land Force Western Area combat schools. Each year, the unit designated as the high readiness unit (Able to deploy within 24 hours notice) does their final qualification exercise - which is Exercise Maple Resolve. The different skill sets practiced throughout the rest of the year all come together, with Maple Resolve being the final checkmark needed. During this month long exercise, Is the unit will focus on mechanized warfare, dismounted warfare, aggressive patrolling, get everybody qualified on comms, urban warfare, how to call in effective artillery & air strikes, etc **The base has 6 mock villages, ranges for everything from small arms up to Leopard 2 tanks. There are barracks available on base, some of which are fairly new - But troops will always sleep in tending of some kind during these types of exercises, As that will be similar to their accommodation when deployed.

Recently watched a combined arms assault on a Russian trench that looks similar to this. Was quite effective. Tank + infantry. The infantry were dropped off by APC

4:50 I'm pretty sure that's either an LAV 3

Looked like a ton of fun.

in alberta lav 3 and leopard 2

From what I see in the video, this was definitely filmed on vimy, it’s a military base in Quebec

@DR-fc1ey

10 ай бұрын

This is wainwright alberta, maple resolve is always there.

Maple resolve happens every other year, with some units going every year for a smaller version.

This is in the province of Alberta on the Prairie’s

Canada uses the lav lll which would to you be sort of reminiscent of the striker except not entirely. they also have a turret somewhat similar to that of the Bradley with a 25mm auto cannon.

@MichaelJoudrey

3 ай бұрын

Lav 6.0 the lav 3 is different and not used anymore

I'm sorry for how long it's been since I've watched your videos. My life has been pretty hectic the last several months.

@CombatArmsChannel

Жыл бұрын

No worries brother! Life comes first 🤙

We have a system like MILES, gives an injury indication, is it better, meh..it’s just as annoying as MILES lol

It’s in Alberta

Believe it or not but there is a thing called Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. And it is biggest heist in the history of Canada.

So Forces Tv ( Forces News on KZread) has a short 6 minute video about maple resolve. That explains a little about it and Americans the UK and France apparently as well as Canadians did this together. Because it's an international thing. it's three years old now so not sure if it's changed a lot or not.

6:13 they shot around the target cause the Lockheed Martin guys get pissed off if we fuck up the battery box or equipment.

@CombatArmsChannel

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

It’s crazy to me you can even do a KZread channel while in the military. My timeline in the Canadian military is 90’s a phone call home once a month at best by battalion comms systems and monitored. All mail was opened and read. But a KZread channel pretty sure it would have resulted in the brig. (Cool to see how things change;).

This is josh bortolottis video caf member.

Didn't see anyone commenting this; but Wainwright is in Alberta.

Have you tried B E A N S ?

Funny stuff about being in the prone position and blindly firing!

@CombatArmsChannel

Жыл бұрын

It's funny and aggravating everytime haha

8 wheeled armour vehicle .... LAV 5 to 7 depending on version ... Canadian made APC !!!

You should do a reaction on New Zealand

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing..

@moneyandfood4758

Жыл бұрын

Blame Niazi and the muslims

LAV6 is the name you want for the armored infantry fighting vehicle my friend :)

Lav 6 - striker vehicle is based on lav 3

You don't understand how Canadians work. Military or not. If I have the option to hunt for my food regardless if I have permission from the brass or not, you're damn right, I'm gonna. And as a Native American Indian you can't stop me from hunting anyway.

That ain't cold lol, Thats a snow shower in Wainwright.

LAV 6.0 is an upgraded stryker

\have you done or heard of the Battle of South Georga during the Falklands war in 1982. It was lead by Captain Miller (Royal Marines) defo worth a check out dude . I think Jeremy Clarkson did a show on it, if not there are a few vids on the tubes on it

Is like the Bradley but 8 wheels

Lav3 baby same that striker ☮️

@2481Fr

Жыл бұрын

We have lav3... coyote..bison.. leopard 1 and 2 Hummer somethime... Leopard 1 just for training Also new light vehicles

Hey mate, should check out, “Duke of Gloucester cup 2022”

He's team leader it might be Saskatchewan by the land and the layout

@irtazaazam2573

Жыл бұрын

Wainwright Alberta

The IFV is the LAV III. FYI your Strykers are based on the LAV and are built in Canada. Just saying.

I mean America has to feel pretty confident with an Ally like this as a neighbor.

@jfb.8746

Жыл бұрын

Depends. We have Justin Trudeau as PM. And we seriously are 'influenced' by China. Let that sink in.

Coyote reconnaissance vehicle

Best food I've had in the army was from Wainwright field kitchen. Shitty place to be but gat daym were the cooks top notch

Can you react to "Military Motivation - How Indian Special Forces rolls in Kashmir (Part 3)"

CAF uses Leopards as tanks & Coyotes as transport troops(also G-Wagons as Humvees)

@MichaelJoudrey

3 ай бұрын

LAV 6.0 , the coyote is used for armored recce and recovery but is being fazed out for new LAV variants. And the bison is also being fazed out.

LaV3. Like a Stryker

@erikholmes6924

Жыл бұрын

Shoots 30 mike mike

The biggest problem with Canadian infantry is their issued gear. It's 1980s-1990s gear. Frag vest, plates, and a load bearing vest on top. Very baggy fatigues. Foamies for earpro. Not high speed by any means.

@MichaelJoudrey

3 ай бұрын

It's not 90s gear. It's not great and the users can modify some with a battle belt etc. but it's slowly getting better. Also most use ear defenders (3M are issued)

@flyingtanks9313

3 ай бұрын

@@MichaelJoudrey buddy of mine a captain said he never even seen active earpro. That was a few years back though and Im glad to hear theyre putting them into service

Vehicles are LAV 6

9:56 the reason we don’t have nice rigs is a budget thing, our kit is garbage and it’s pretty sad to see. everyone calls the tac vest “the fisherman vest” cause of how bad it is and it looks

@rentondooley2683

9 ай бұрын

Wainwright Alberta lots of training lots of time spent there ;)

@noone9382

9 ай бұрын

@@rentondooley2683 just been there this summer😂

React to some more Britain’s ocean warriors

Armoured soldier is what we call tankers

@irtazaazam2573

Жыл бұрын

The rank of private for a tanker is now called trooper. They're thinking of changing the rank name of corporal to cavalier as well.

It should be called Exercise Maple Syrup 2022

For those interested in the various lasers and electronic simulations being used during the force-on-force segment... I put together some short clips of a 45-minute "Truth Duty Valour" episode from several years ago: CMTC - Introduction: kzread.infoUgkxa6smhnev3vs5IZPMBfzcveZqnVK0RUeg CMTC - EXCON: kzread.infoUgkxujwHdul0DfOYebiyzqeDCRycYGoVO8BH WES #1: kzread.infoUgkxkmFzuxNyxSkN1d32JCLeHR2Ym9q4EvnR WES #2: kzread.infoUgkxwirUpALzAmrNFAscxgg3ae6YeeniMExL WES #3: kzread.infoUgkxSAC2fGMjNbIl3DyVhPi4lZnMzCjpkaUs All the equipment is part of the WES (Weapons Effect Simulation) system being used at the CMTC in Wainwright, Alberta. Lot's of cool stuff that includes rifles, grenades, vehicles. The WES system even calculates the time remaining before you're dead. So, be sure to watch the whole video at the following link to see how it all works: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pGVsmbimf7m_hpM.html

ngl i love canada but its already snowing lol

1-1 is A Coy, 1 Platoon.... Sections are designated Alpha, Bravo, Charlie... Look at the number of LAV's in line I guessing this is a Battalion-level Advance-to-Contact w/ a "1-up" Company Assault... had to be at least 9 or so AFV's (plus Leopards in support)... In old terminology a "Combat Team" (Infantry-heavy)... dating myself...and just a guess

@MichaelJoudrey

3 ай бұрын

14 LAVs per Coy plus Bison ambulance, and a recovery vehicle (coyote) plus each coy would have the an echelon CQMS, Transport , Ammo etc. Then behind that you would have battalion assets and

30 mm or somthing.. 25 MM i think the bradleys use 30mm? but our canadian lavs use the 25mm Bushmaster if i recall correctly.. atleast that's what it was on the lav 25 and lav 3. not sure about lav 6

@NovaScotiaNewfie

6 ай бұрын

Bradley's use the same M243. The M1296 Dragoon (Stryker with a turret) mounts a 30 mm.

@Dermeister009

6 ай бұрын

@@NovaScotiaNewfie M242 Bushmaster is what the canadian lav 25 used and lav 3

This could be bordering Alaska but hard to say

@irtazaazam2573

Жыл бұрын

It's not. It's in the Canadian prairies

@Jeff-nj9mq

Жыл бұрын

Americans may be confused by the commentator saying Wainwright is near Alaska. He may be confusing it with the U.S. Fort Wainwright in Alaska. This is CFB Wainwright in central Alberta Canada.

This is where all the jtf2 plumbers from alberta come from lol

Does the MILES gear need zeroing?

@CombatArmsChannel

Жыл бұрын

The lasers do yeah, it's still not perfect because leaves and sticks can block the lasers

@VarvasNukka

Жыл бұрын

@@CombatArmsChannel Can say that that is particularly aggravating with the vehicles, like sure that tiny bush stopped a 120mm round yep yep. Also doesn't really give a particularly good impression of the various ammunitions as the real deal would, because for example a chaingun firing HE/MP rapidly at an AFV is going to fuck up a bunch of sensors, optics etc. even without necessarily needing to penetrate the armour, not to mention causing a 'significant emotional event' for the receiving crew. Also the ratio of training sensor coverage is a lot worse than compared to the infantry.