Basic Training: Commonwealth

 Canada's tiny military is trained, nevertheless, to the highest standards of Commonwealth forces. Note that Canada's armed forces are not officially divided into army, navy and air force - they are officially unified.

Update courtesy Charles Doty,  “Northern Dissident”, Brad Moore and Gary Kusec.

LAND FORCES

Canadian troops belong to regiments with long, involved histories, as in the British Army.  The regiments of the Canadian forces are listed on the “Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth" website.  This excellent site includes lists of British and Commonwealth regiments throughout history, and also provides a superb primer on the role of the Regiment in Commonwealth military life, in the past and today.

Characters intending to play a Commonwealth land forces character should check the site out.

Equipment:

• Service Rifle 5.56mm (C7) -- The C7 is comparable to the M16A2.
• Carbine C8 - comparable to the M177.
• Light Machine Gun 5.56mm (C9) LMG -- The C9 is the squad support weapon comparable to the M249.
• General Purpose Machine Gun (C6) -- The C6 is comparable to the MAG.
• Optical Sight (C79) -- The C79 has been adopted as a standard sight for the C7 and C9. The carrying handle is removed from the C7/C8 to accommodate the sight. Basically the sight in game terms is a telescopic rifle sight with ranges adjustable from ranges 200 to 800 metres in 100 metre increments.
• Short Range Anti-Armour Weapon (Light) (SRAAW(L)) -- This weapon is a Norwegian version of the US M72, and in the Canadian Forces is called the NM72-C7.
• Short Range Anti-Armour Weapon (Heavy) (SRAAW(H)) -- This is a canadian designation of  the Carl Gustav.
• ERYX and TOW Anti-Tank system.
• ADATS on M113 Chassis
• Javelin SAM
• Grenade Fragmentation High Explosive (M67) -- The issue frag grenade.
• ParkerHale C3 Sniper Rifle
• Elsie C-3 -- AP mine.
• M16 or M16A2 -- 'Bouncing Betty' AP mine
• M18A1 Claymore -- directional mine, pretty self explanatory.
• M21 -- AT mine.
• DM-21 -- AT mine
• Leopard I Main Battle Tank
• Cougar - as a LAV25 but armed with a 76mm gun.
• Grizzly - As a LAV 25, but armed with a .50 M2 Machine gun and a C6
• Coyote Armored Reconaissance Vehicle (uparmored LAV without amphibious capability. and a 25km Ground survalance radar, FLIR, day camera with 14x zoom and a laser rangfinder mounted either on a 10m mast or tripod with a 200m cable.
• BV206 - Tracked Transport (Used in the Arctic)
• M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
• Griffin (Bell 412) Cargo Helicopter

 Army Special Forces:

Joint Task Force 2 - SAS Table - This unit was founded in 1993 to serve as a counterterrorist unit.  Its duties have apparently expanded to those of other special forces units worldwide.  Entrants must have STR+CON+INT of 18+, and must have served a term in the Army, Navy or Air Force.

Airborne Commandos - Raider Table.  This unit has apparently, as of the mid-nineties, been disbanded.  The Jump School still exists as a cadre to reform this unit.

Navy

Notes:

• No Seabees
• Dieselelectric Submarines only--no nuclear power.
• Naval Aviation uses Air Force career tables.
• Rotary and Land-based fixed-wing aircraft only.

 Air Force

Notes: Pilots recieve Pilot: 5 instead of Pilot: 4

 Aircraft Used

• FighterCF18
• ReconCF18
• AttackCF18
• TransportC130

 Prior Conflicts

• Korea
• Gulf War (1991) (Participation was minimal)
• Peacekeeping in Yugaslavia and Somalia (early and mid ‘90s)

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