Canadian Patrol Submarine Project

[Locke]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

South Korea's arms industry is impressive, they have been at war since the 50's

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Yeah, they have become a main supplier to Poland and Poland isn't messing around about armaments right now.

Very true statements, the South Koreans havent forgotten that there are neighbours that dont like them.

Very similar to the Poles, if someone wants to roll into Poland they are in for a fight. Same with Finland. They look East and...'not again.'

You get invaded or conquered enough times, you tend to stay on your toes.

[btimbit]

Both designs seem to meet requirements really well, it'll come down to which offer benefits the economy better. Korea recently upped theirs, with maintenance facilities built on each coast and further collaboration on other items like artillery.

Side note, but with the rumour that they could have the winner decided by the end of the year, is that the quickest procurement deal in recent Canadian history? Going to be up their with the Leopard 2 purchase for speed. Which reminds me, they still need to replace the Leo's they gave to Ukraine and the backlog of Leopard 2a7 orders is massive. Korean K2's perhaps?

[accord1999]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Side note, but with the rumour that they could have the winner decided by the end of the year, is that the quickest procurement deal in recent Canadian history? Going to be up their with the Leopard 2 purchase for speed. Which reminds me, they still need to replace the Leo's they gave to Ukraine and the backlog of Leopard 2a7 orders is massive. Korean K2's perhaps?

The Army seems to be the unfortunate red headed stepchild of the Canadian Armed Forces. While the other branches are getting massive paradigm changing (for Canada) upgrades, the Army's getting only modest upgrades. The most ambitious looks like a new force of self-propelled guns.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planne...orces_projects

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by accord1999

The Army seems to be the unfortunate red headed stepchild of the Canadian Armed Forces. While the other branches are getting massive paradigm changing (for Canada) upgrades, the Army's getting only modest upgrades. The most ambitious looks like a new force of self-propelled guns.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planne...orces_projects

Stealth snowmobile CrossChasm Technologies, Canada The Canadian Forces is developing a "stealth" snowmobile which can travel more than 15 km in electric mode or hybrid mode. $550,000 prototype tender awarded to CrossChasm Technologies of Waterloo, Ontario.[3][4]

Oh #### yeah!

Also the LAV 6 are supposed to be nice.

And in the true Canadian way

Tank Life Extension TBD TBD 2022–2036 TBD The Leopard 2 fleet requires a mid-life modernization by 2027. The cost is estimated between $100–249 million.[31]

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

And in the true Canadian way

Sounds about right. We'll replace the ones we gave away with second hand 2a5's or something, spend a few million upgrading and refurbishing them, just to not have the manpower to crew them anyway

[karl262]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Both designs seem to meet requirements really well, it'll come down to which offer benefits the economy better. Korea recently upped theirs, with maintenance facilities built on each coast and further collaboration on other items like artillery.



Side note, but with the rumour that they could have the winner decided by the end of the year, is that the quickest procurement deal in recent Canadian history? Going to be up their with the Leopard 2 purchase for speed. Which reminds me, they still need to replace the Leo's they gave to Ukraine and the backlog of Leopard 2a7 orders is massive. Korean K2's perhaps?

One thing I like about the Hanwha Ocean deal is they let Canadian teams be hands-on through the build process which I would imagine gives us a big leg up for maintenance and operations.

I don't know if TKMS is offering the same access, but hopefully, they are.

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