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Central Canadian Military Inquiries

Central Canada
11-04-2004, 22:28
The Central Canadian Armed Forces planned composition will be as follows, and I was wondering if anyone could provide estimates on how much manpower it would take to sustain a military of this size and capability. Any other comments or suggestions are also welcome, thank you.

Army:

MBT - 140 Challenger 2

Combat Weight: 62,500 kgs
Crew Size: 4
Length: 8.327m
Length (gun forward): 11.55m
Width: 3.52m
Height: 2.49m
Ground Clearance: 0.5m
Max Road Range: 450km
Engine: Rolls-Royce Perkins Condor CV12 1200bhp
Gearbox: David Brown TN54 epicyclic, 6 fwd 2 rev
Suspension: Hydrogas variable spring rate
Speed: 59 kph (road); 40 kph (cross country)
Main Armament: Royal Ordnance 120mm L30 gun
Ammunition: CHARM 1 and 3, HESH and Smoke
Ammunition Carried: Typically 50 rounds - APFSDS, HESH, Smoke
Secondary Armament: Hughes 7.62mm coaxially mounted chain gun and 7.62mm loader’s GPMG Turret Mounted for Air Defence
Ammunition Carried: 4000 rounds 7.62mm
Armour: DORCHESTER
Smoke Dischargers: Exhaust smoke injection and two sets of five L8 grenade dischargers
Commander: Gyrostabilised fully panoramic site with laser range finder and thermal imager
Gunner: Gyrostabilised primary site with laser range finder and thermal imager, and coaxially mounted auxiliary sight
Driver: Day and night periscopes
Loader: Day periscope

RV - 215 Coyote

Length: 6.39 m
Width: 2.50 m
Height: 2.69 m
Maximum speed: 100 km/hr
Range: 660 km
Weight: 14.4 t
Trench crossing: 2.06 m
Fording: 1.3 m max
Sights: Daytime optical, Thermal Imagery (TI), Generation III Image Intensification (II)
Surveillance System: Battlefield Surveillance Radar, Thermal Imager, Daylight camera, and Laser Range-finder
Winch: Front-mounted 6,800 kg dynamic pull self-recovery winch
Engine: 275 hp Detroit Diesel 6V53T
Transmission: 5 forward gears, 1 reverse
Transfer case: 2 speed
Suspension: Independent rear 4 wheels torsion bar, Front 4 wheels strut
Wheels: 8 wheels (4 or 8 wheel drive)

Armament:
25-mm stabilized M242 chain gun
7.62-mm stabilized coaxial machine gun
7.62-mm top-turret mounted machine gun
76-mm grenade launcher (2 clusters of 4 launchers)
7.62-mm C6 machine gun

APC - 950 LAV III

Length: 6.98 m
Width: 2.7 m
Height: 2.8 m
Speed: 100 km/hr
Range: 450 km
Weight: 16 950 kg
Trench crossing: 2 m wide
Fording: Up to 1.2 m
Sights: Daytime optical, Thermal Imagery (TI), Generation III Image Intensification (II)
Spotlight: Maxa Beam, 6 million candle power, portable, with infra-red filter
Winch: Double Capstan constant pull winch
Engine: 350 hp Caterpillar diesel
Transmission: 6 forward gears, 1 reverse
Transfer case: 2 speed
Suspension: Hydropneumatic
Wheels: 8 x 8 drive

Armament:
25-mm stabilized M242 chain gun
7.62-mm stabilized coaxial machine gun (C6)
5.56 or 7.62-mm top-turret mounted machine gun
76-mm grenade launcher (2 clusters of 4 launchers)

SAM - 68 ADATS Air Defence/Anti Tank Missile System

Chassis: M-113A2
Crew: 3 (Driver, Commander, System operator)
Weight: 15.8 t
Speed: 58 km/h
Range: 400 km
Sensors: pulse Doppler radar (Range 25 km), electro-optical device with TV and FLIR
Guidance: Laser digitally coded

Armament:
8 ADATS missile per launcher (Speed Mach 3, Range 8+ km)
Warhead: 12.5 kg HE fragmentation/shaped charge, impact and proximity fuze. Penetrates: 900 mm of armour

FS - 96 M109A4+ Self Propelled Howitzer

Length: 9.12m
Width: 3.15 m
Height: 3.28 m
Weight: 24,970 kg
Elevation: -53 to 1333 mils
Range of weapon: 18 km (full traverse capability)
Ammunition: 34 rounds on board storage
Engine: 8-cylinder diesel
Maximum speed: 53 km/hour
Range of operation: 355 km on road

Armament:
155-mm Howitzer and a 12.7-mm (.50) caliber machine gun
76-mm grenade launchers (6)
Rate of Fire: First 3 minutes- 4 rounds/minute
Followed by- 1 round/ minute

FS - 220 LG1 Mark II 105mm Towed Howitzer

Length: 6.7 m
Width: 4.1 m (with open trails)
Height: up to 3 m when deployed
Weight: 1.5 t
Range: 19.2 km
Muzzle velocity: 490 m/sec at full charge
Traverse/Elevation: Barrel can be elevated or depressed and can traverse left or right 360 degrees.
Recoil mechanism: Hydropneumatic

Armament:
105-mm rounds (including extended range ammunition)
Normal rate of fire: 8 rounds per minute

LUV - 3,000 HMMVW "Humvee"

Cab: Crew Seating: 2-4 Man
Seat Design: Fore/Aft Adjustable
Steering Type: Power Assist
Maximum Speed: 55 mph Governed @ Gross Weight
Range: 275 - 337 mi
Engine: Manufacturer: General Motors, Diesel, 8-cyl, 6.5 L, Naturally Aspirated
Rating: 150 hp @ 3600 rpm, EPA-Certified
Fuel: Diesel, DF-2, JP-4, JP-8, VV-F-800
Cooling: Water, Radiator
Fan: Engine-Driven, Clutch Type
Transmission: Manufacturer: Allison, Fully Automatic
Speeds: 3 Speeds Forward/ 1 Reverse

Air Force:

Fighter/Attack Aircraft - 174 CF-190A (F-35 CTOL) Viper (Produced in Central Canada by Magellan Aerospace)

Length: 15.4 m
Height: 4.6 m
Wing span: 10.6 m
Turbofan engine: P&W F135
Thrust: 164.6 kN
Maximum take-off weight 27,216 kg
Maximum speed Mach 1.8
Air-to-air missiles: 2 x AIM-120 AMRAAM
Bombs: 2 x JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) 1000 lb precision air-to-surface munition
Gun : 1 x 27 mm

Tanker Aircraft - 8 CC-150 Polaris (Produced in Europe by Airbus Industries)

Length: 46.66 m
Wingspan: 43.9 m
Height: 15.8 m
Weight: 157 000 Kg (incl. full load and fuel)
Power: Two GE CF6-80C2A2 jet engines
Speed: Mach .84 (max)
Ceiling: 12,500 m
Range: 11,500 km
Load: Up to 32,000 kg

Heavy Transport Aircraft - 24 CC-189D Galaxy Heavy Lifter (Produced in Central Canada by Magellan Aerospace)

Power Plant: Four General Electric TF39-GE-1C turbofan engines.
Length: 75.3 meters
Height At Tail: 19.8 meters
Takeoff/Landing Distances: 3,697 meters takeoff fully loaded; 1485 meters land fully loaded.
Wingspan: 67.9 meters
Cargo Compartment Height: 4.10 meters; 5.76 meters
Range: 5,940 miles (5,165 nautical miles) empty.
Ceiling: 10,303 meters with a 272,250-kilogram load.
Speed: Mach 0.72
Load: 130,950 kilograms maximum wartime payload.

Medium Transport Aircraft - 48 CC-130J Hercules Medium Lifter (Produced in Central Canada by Magellan Aerospace)

Length: 29.79 m
Wingspan: 40.41 m
Height: 11.73 m
Weight: 70,000 kg
Power: Four Allison T-56-A-7/15 engines
Speed: 556 km/h
Ceiling: 10,770 m
Range: 3,960 to 9,790 km
Load: 17,320 kg or 92 passengers
Troops: up to 90
Paratroops: 64
Litters: 74 plus two attendants

AWACS - 5 E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System (Produced in Central Canada by Magellan Aerospace)

Length: 48.5 m
Wingspan: 47.5 m
Height: 15.8 m
Max T/O Weight: 171,000-175,000 kg
Powerplant: Two General Electric CF6-80C2 turbofans 123,000 lbst (547.2 kN)
Max Speed: 800 km/h
Service ceiling: 12,250 m
Range: 8,334 km
Endurance: 13 h with 540 km radius of action

Medium Helo Transport - 99 CH-146 Griffin (Produced in Eastern Canada by Canadair)

Length: 17.1 m
Rotorspan: 14 m
Height: 4.6 m
Weight: 5,355 kg
Power: Pratt & Whitney's PT6T-3D engine
Speed: 220 km/h (cruise) up to 260 km/h (maximum speed)
Range: 500 km
Passengers: 13 (including crew)

Heavy Helo Transport - 48 CV-192 Osprey (Produced in Central Canada by Magellan Aerospace)

Length: 57' 4" - Spread
63' 0" - Folded
Width: 84' 7" - Spread
18' 5" - Folded
Height: 22' 1" - Spread
18' 1" - Folded
Takeoff Weights: 47,500 lb Vertical Takeoff/Landing (VTOL)
55,000 lb Short Takeoff/Landing (STOL)
60,500 lb Self Deploy STO

Range: 200nm Pre-Assault Raid with 18 troops
200nm Land Assault with 24 troops
50 nm (x2) Amphibious Assault
500 nm Long Range SOF Missions
2100 nm Self Deploy (with one refueling)
50 nm External Lift Operations with 10,000 lb load
Cruise Airspeed: 240 kts

V.I.P. Transport - 6 CC-144 Challenger (Produced in Eastern Canada by Canadair)

Length: 20.85 m
Wingspan: 18.84 m
Height: 5.84 m
Weight: 18,779 kg maximum
Power: Two General Electric CF34 engines
Speed: Mach .83
Ceiling: 12,496.19 m
Range: 2200-3200 nm
Passengers: 9 passengers, 3 litters

LR ASW Patrol - 18 CP-140B Aurora (Produced in Central Canada by Magellan Aerospace)

Length: 35.61 m
Wingspan: 30.37 m
Height: 10.30 m
Weight: 64,410 kg
Power: 4 Alison T-56-A-14-LFE turboprop engines
Speed: 750 km
Ceiling: 10,668 m
Range: 9,260 km
Surveillance equipment: Sonobuoys, Forward-looking Infra-Red Camera (FLIR), magnetic anomaly detector, electronic support measures, fixed 70mm camera, hand-held camera, night vision goggles, gyrostabilized binoculars
Armament: Mk 46 Mod V torpedoes, signal chargers, smoke makers, illumination flares, and may be fitted with air-to-surface missiles

Navy:

CVN Dallaire Class (Modified Nimitz Class) - CCS Romeo Dallaire (CVN 23), CCS Patrick Strogan (CVN 24)

Displacement: 105,000 tons full load
Dimensions: 335 x 76 x 12 meters
Propulsion: 2 A4W reactors, steam turbines, 4 shafts, 280,000 shp, 30+ knots
Crew: 3000 + 2900 air wing
Radar: SPS-48E 3-D air search, SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search, Mk23 target acquisition, 2 SPN-46 air traffic control, SPN-43B air traffic control, SPN-44 landing aid
Fire Control: 3 Mk91 NSSM guidance systems with Mk95 radars
EW: SLQ-32(V)4 jamming/deception suite, Mk36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasure
Aviation: full flight deck with angled deck, 208 x 33 x 8 meter hangar, 4 deck-edge elevators, 4 C13 catapults; up to 80+ aircraft
Armament: 3 Mk29 8-cell Quad Packed NATO ESSM 32 missiles, 4 20mm Phalanx CIWS

Carrier Air Wing, CSS Romeo Dallaire:
VF 870 - CF 190C (F-35 CV) 12 Aircraft
VFA 871 - CF 190C (F-35 CV) 12 Aircraft
VFA 872 - CF 190C (F-35 CV) 12 Aircraft
VFA 873 - CF 190C (F-35 CV) 12 Aircraft
VAW 105 - CE-2C+ 6 Aircraft
VS 30 - CS-3B 12 Aircraft
HS 9 - CH 101 8 Aircraft
HS 7 - CV-192 8 Aircraft

Carrier Air Wing, CSS Patrick Strogan:
VF 874 - CF 190C (F-35 CV) 12 Aircraft
VFA 875 - CF 190C (F-35 CV) 12 Aircraft
VFA 876 - CF 190C (F-35 CV) 12 Aircraft
VFA 877 - CF 190C (F-35 CV) 12 Aircraft
VAW 109 - CE-2C+ 6 Aircraft
VS 32 - CS-3B 12 Aircraft
HS 11 - CH 101 8 Aircraft
HS 5 - CV-192 8 Aircraft

DDG Province Class - CCS Manitoba (DDG 284), CCS Alberta (DDG 285), CCS North Ontario (DDG 286), CCS Saskatchewan (DDG 287), CCS Bonaventure (DDG 288), CCS Terra Nova (DDG 289)

Displacement: 6,000 tons full load
Dimensions: 143.2 x 16.40 x 6.15 meters
Propulsion: 1 11,780 bhp Pielstick diesel, 2 GE LM2500 gas turbines, 47,494 shp,
2 shafts, 28+ knots
Crew: 200 (+45 transients)
Aviation: aft helicopter deck with Beartrap; 1 CH-101 Cormorant ASW Helo
Hangar: one, for 1 CH-101
Radar: Signaal APAR 3D air search, Signaal SMART-L 3D air/surface search
Sonar: SQS-510+ hull, TIAPS towed array
Fire Control: APAR will double as fire control.
EW: CANEWS, 4 Plessey SHIELD decoy, SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament: 8 Harpoon, 32 cell Mk41 VLS SM-2(LR), 1 DP gun, 2 20 mm Phalanx CIWS,
4 Mk.32 12.75 inch torpedo tubes firing Mk.46 Mod 5 torpedos,
6 12.7 mm MG

FFG Enhanced Halifax Class - CCS Winnipeg (FFG 342), CCS Saskatoon (FFG 343), CCS Edmonton (FFG 344), CCS Thunder Bay (FFG 345), CCS Calagry (FFG 346), CCS Yorkton (FFG 347), CCS Fort Frances (FFG 348), CCS Kenora (FFG 349), CCS Lethbridge (FFG 350), CCS Brandon (FFG 351), CCS Dryden (FFG 352), CCS Churchill (FFG 353)

Displacement: 5,235 tons full load
Dimensions: 135.5 x 16.40 x 6.15 meters
Propulsion: 1 11,780 bhp Pielstick diesel, 2 GE LM2500 gas turbines, 47,494 shp,
2 shafts, 28+ knots
Crew: 180 (+45 transients)
Aviation: aft helicopter deck with Beartrap; 1 CH-101 Cormorant helicopter
Hangar: one, for 1 CH-101
Radar: SPS-49 2-D air search, Sea Giraffe air/surface search
Sonar: SQS-510 hull, SQR-19(V) w/ CANTASS towed array
Fire Control: 2 Signaal STIR
EW: SLQ-501 intercept, SLQ-503 jammer, 4 Plessey SHIELD decoy, SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament: 8 Harpoon, 64 VL Quad Packed ESSM, 1 57 mm Bofors Mk.2 DP, 1 20 mm Phalanx CIWS,
4 Mk.32 12.75 inch torpedo tubes firing Mk.46 Mod 5 torpedos, 6 12.7 mm MG


SSN Majestic Class - CCS Ear Falls (SSN 901), CCS Falcon Lake (SSN 902), CCS Whiteshell (SSN 903), CCS Blue Lake (SSN 904), CCS West Hawk (SSN 905), CCS Snow Lake (SSN 906)

Displacement: 7,800 tons
Dimensions: 115 x 10.5 x 9.5 meters
Propulsion: 1 S9G reactor, steam turbines, 1 shaft, 40,000 shp, 30+ knots
Crew: 113
Radar: Kelvin Hughes Type 1007
Sonar: BQQ-10 suite with active/passive bow array, TB-29(A) towed array, TB-16 towed array, BQG-5A wide aperture arrays, WLY-1 acoustic intercept
EW: BLQ-10 suite, 1 reloadable 76mm countermeasures launcher, 14 external decoy launchers
Fire Control: Lockheed-Martin Librascope SFCS Mk 1 Mod C
Armament: 4 21 inch torpedo tubes (38 Mk48 torpedoes & Harpoon), 12 VLS (Tomahawk)

MCDV Vigilant Class - CCS Crescent (MM 712), CCS Crusader (MM 713), CCS Assiniboine (MM 714), CCS Prestonian (MM 715), CCS James Bay (MM 716), CCS Hudsons Bay (MM 717), CCS Fortune (MM 718), CCS Moresby (MM 719)

Displacement: 975 tons
Dimensions: 56 x 12 x 3.5 meters
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 2 Z drives, 15 knots
Crew: 31-36
Sonar: sidescan
Countermeasures: Modular payloads; route survey, mechanical minesweeping,
bottom inspection
Armament: 1 40mm Bofors, 2 12.7 mm MG

AOR Anticosti Class - CCS Revive (AOR 511), CCS Replensher (AOR 512), CCS Provider (AOR 513), CCS Preserver (AOR 514)

Displacement: 26,600 tons full load
Dimensions: 195 x 28 x 8.5 meters
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 20 knots
Crew: 111 + 60 transient
Aviation: aft helicopter deck with Beartrap; 1 CH-101 Cormorant helicopter
Hangar: one, for 1 CH-101
Cargo: 6,500 tons fuel, 535 tons aviation fuel, 300 tons ammunition, 200 TEU containers, 2,500 square meters vehicle space
Aviation: 2 CH-101 Cormorant
Armament: 2 Phalanx CIWS, 6 12.7mm MG