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Originally Posted by Seaver
Well, the irony is the Canadian Army has recently started employing bicycles to it's infantry (I kid you not).
They cant afford new Armored Personel Carriers, and some of the old ones date to WWII. To think, we caught flack for not having our Hummers armor plated... they're riding into battle like armed 12 year olds.
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What the fuck are you talking about?
Bicycles to our infantry? What regiment was that? I can see us buying bikes to help out in PT, something that the base would buy that would be stored at the gym. You want to ride a bike for PT? Here it is, bring it back when you are done.
I worked with the 10 mountain division (in the US) and they were VERY impressed with our LAV III fighting vehicles, and our Coyote recce kit.
I kid you not, your information is patently false. I admit that I selfishly want more money spent on the CF, and I look longingly at the kit the yanks get. I would not trade spaces with one of those poor fuckers for all the tea in China.
And we don't ride into battle. We provide humanitarian aid to the local population that has the unpleasant reality of living in a shitty war-torn country.
The saying is world-wide: What is the best army in the world?
American kit
German Officers
British NCO's
Canadian Troops.