MTB Base in Montreal???...

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Marc Montgomery

To my knowledge, Canada still has AP mines and can use them. (perhaps no longer Cdn made?)
. BUT they can only be deployed and activated in situations where visual obs can confirm enemy activity ..and i believe, manually operated....and not the typical left in the ground indiscriminately activated mines.

can someone confirm- deny

Early in the Afghan war there was a news story about the camp defences in Kabul. Somehow the presence of "mines" was mentioned. I was working in HQ in Ottawa at the time, and watched a CANSOF major speak very directly to a full colonel or BGen about this. He was responsible for those defences when the story was based. There were no AP landmines. There were however, command detonated defensive mines. The use of Claymores hit the news for real when a soldier was killed on a badly run range.

2-12-2010; Baker, Joshua Caleb Corporal; 24; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry); Canadian Army; Alberta; Edmonton; Non-hostile - explosion (claymore mine); Kandahar; Afghanistan

http://www.icasualties.org/OEF/Natio...?hndQry=Canada

[Robert Bergeron]

Quote :
In an incident known as the C-19 incident near former Camp Nathan Smith in Afg. two canadian officers and a Warrant officer have been found and / or pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty after an incident during a firing range where the C-19 amoungst many other weapons were used.A private, untrained in the handling of the C-19 had placed the unfamiliar weapon backwards , thus firing in the direction of friendly personnel.The death of Corporal Baker was immediate.Many others were injured.

End of quote .

We must not forget the men and women who have sacrificed everything for their country.

Lest we forget.

Robert

[John McGillivray]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

An untrained private had placed the unfamiliar C-19 backwards

What was an untrained private doing in Afghanistan in the first place? My son did two tours in Afghanistan. He started off as in a reserve regt., and he trained with and fired the claymore mine on his basic Infantry course. They had to have at least two years in the reserve before they could even sign up for a tour, and then had almost a year of pre-deployment training.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv5...ahar-city_news

[Ed Storey]

'Untrained' in the use of the C19, not untrained as in the required skills for the tour, is what should be interpreted from the statement that has been made.

[Marc Montgomery]

Unless I am mistaken, the claymore has a slightly curved face to spray a wider arc along with the large words "this side toward enemy" embossed on it (?)

[John McGillivray]

Originally Posted by Marc Montgomery

Unless I am mistaken, the claymore has a slightly curved face to spray a wider arc along with the large words "this side toward enemy" embossed on it (?)

I believe it reads "Front towards Enemy"

[Robert Bergeron]

All,

Please read revised statement.The point is one of our own was lost and many were injured.We must never forget their sacrifices.

The weapon , made in Montréal worked properly and did it's job but in the wrong direction because of improper training.

Robert