This was recorded in Wainwright, Alberta. There is a 225 square mile training base there where war exercises are run frequently. The terrain is all rolling prairie.

Hope our nation Canada gets a higher military budget.

6:24 unloading into the ground that close is to simulate somewhat of a trench clearing while preventing the pop up target from not getting damaged as they are expensive.

In Canada we use the LAV III and LAV 6. The American Stryker is based off the Canadian LAV and both are built in London Canada I believe. We also use the German Leopard 2 tank

One thing you might notice in the Canadian (CF) Forces is the average age of corporals and sergeants, usually much older than in the American forces. You should notice this with UK, Aussie, etc. forces as well. This is true with lieutenants, captains and majors as well.

I was with 2 RCR till 2017. Miss the guy's, the field, but, not the Garrison. The firing full auto off to the side of the target is to keep the "muscle memory" intact, to keep the drill in place that when you come up to a trench you clear it by posting a granade then spraying the bad guys with a burst of full auto. Our weapons fire a 5.56 NATO round, using single or full auto fire rates. Miss doing target practice and doing the kill house's, good training, minus the shitty kit we have. Also, if you get a chance to get the adapter for the lazer tag kit on your C7, you can turn your C7 into a God gun shooting nothing but Carl G rockets...good times lol. Cheers from Canada and enjoy the time ya got with your friends, time goes by to quickly.

Maple Resolve used to be used as pre-deployment. The training audience changes annually, this is RCR which is a mechanized regiment, it's usually a BG style exercise. LAV 6's are the vehicles used by the infantry, TAPV's by recce (recon)

That’s my regiment brother. Happy to see your reaction

This exercise is held every year, it's joint force training with Americans, Brits, and sometimes Aussies.

I have a cousin who took participated in this exercise a few decades ago. He was not comfortable sleeping in the fox hole, so he got out and bedded down beside it during the night. When the "mortars" started coming in he just about ate one. During the exercise he also managed to lose his rifle during a night pee-break. He had to walk around the next day holding a stick and yelling "I am a F**K pot". He was not a super soldier by any definition of the word. 🙂

The mud in Alberta is rough too. A lot of clay and top soil. So it’s slick and sticky at the same time.

As a Canadian I thank you for reacting to this. 🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️😊

I was part of this exercise, great training experience! Actually met a few marines that attended the exercise too

Lav 6. Striker vehicles are based on lav . Another great video. Loved the Canadian content. Keep up the gold work.

whoohoo, more Canada content! Hoo-EH!

Probably one of the most badass videos I've ever seen lowkey

Canada just updated it's military dress code taking effect early September 2022. Now all service members can wear their hair as long as they want, but it has to be symmetrical and well groomed. We can even have face and neck tattoos but obviously the ink cannnot be associated with anything negative. And until now, assault pioneers, special forces and sailors at sea were the only elements of the Canadian military permitted to rock a beard. What a modern time we live in lol

I really like the fact that, even tho you are US military, you have a huge respect for other country military and this is what I enjoy the most from your channel!. And canadian tanks are called leopard, not too sure of the specifics about them but I heard they are really good tanks. EDIT: they are called leopard 2 A4 .. Supposed to be really good battle tanks. Compared to our others vehicle, they are really up to date.. Other vehicle's are dated since the 90's

The British Army used to do a lot of training at Wainwright. It's a good training area, but the real highlight is R&R in Edmonton/Calgary post ex.

oh god you're 100%, the issued frag vest and tac vest (aka the fishing vest) are horrendous. Some units have totally done away with tac vests and just let guys wear whatever as long as its greeen/tan. We also use WES (weapons effect system) not MILES, its similar but incorporates wounding and treatment by other troops so the god gun isn't' as needed. Its also integrated into some of the vehicles. Also the WES gear stops beeping after you lie down on the ground.

Call sign 11 would usually be 1st company 1st platoon, and then alphabetical for each section/attachment. So i was in an amb, I believe I was 31d but i it was so long ago, can't remember exactly. Each mechanized platoon has (or had in my day) 3 lavs, 1 armored amb (usually Tlav or bison) and an engineer section, in a lav as well. Then every company also had a mechanic/weapons tech attachment.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the NATO exercises with the Finns recently

01:44 Canadian Forces chow is always better than the US options...as a Canadian cadet visiting Fort A.P Hill in Virginia we were always mobbed by US JROTC to trade food with them...Canadian IMPs are just superior to MREs (not to mention hot A-Rations supplied even on field exercises). That said, MREs come with hotsauce, which is the only item anyone with an IMP may actually trade for.

Always enjoy your comments when watching these videos. And just to expand on some of the callsigns, who's who, etc. As Brian Hewlitt @brianhewlitt2989 mentioned callsign 1-1 is the platoon commander, in this case "Borto", so number 1 company, number 1 platoon. When he says "1 this is 1-1" technically it's the platoon HQ calling the company HQ. And callsign "niner" would be the actual commander, i.e. callsign 1-9 would be the company commander. And as Brian mentioned, callsigns 1-1-A, 1-1-B, 1-1-C are the section/squads. Or Alpha, Bravo, Charlie for short. Listen for "over" at the end of a conversation when issuing orders, on the radio, directly to his section/squad commanders. Also, notice in the live fire portion just before dismounting, callsign 1-1 says "Charlie Charlie 1-1" which means all stations 1-1, i.e. the entire platoon, or the "Collective Callsign". The order being to dismount was a "three up T" formation. Also says "Tango-3-4 this is 1-1 you can punch now" which I'm assuming is a tank troop assigned to his platoon. "Tango" for tanks, so, the troop of tanks would come from the 3rd squadron, 4th troop. Very quickly in terms of who's who... Guys walking behind, wrapped with white tape on their arms, are safety officers making sure everybody respects their arcs of fire and nobody gets shot. Guys with orange patches on their arms are OCTs (Observer Controller Trainer) who are just watching and listening. OCTs have radios, access to GPS coordinates, can see the entire battlefield through electronics, etc. So, they can even throw in a monkey-wrench to screw things up for the attacking force.

2:04 read the description of the original video you are watching, it clearly states a "thank you" to the Halo announcer.

Our gear is not too comfortable haha we just got used to it. We’re still using a lot of stuff from early 2000’s, but some guys are allowed to wear our own stuff as long as it’s ok’d by an RSM or something. We are getting newer stuff, it’ll just take forever.

LAV 6.0, Stryker is part of the family of vehicles. All of which are built in Canada!

I was actually opfor when they were doing that initial attack on the town i was on the GPMG setup in a murder hole probably killed half of those dead guys with the c6 as they filed into the town they only had one breach they could come in from so it was a machine gunners wet dream probably burned through 600 rounds on my own good times on maple resolve haha

JTF2 is like an entire brigade of Leo Majors lol. Can you imagine having an entire company of guys like Leo Major all kitted out in modern weaponry and tech?

6:12 I don't know what to tell you man... We just, change when we hear the word war.

Gotta love maple resolve 😀

I love how maple resolve is what i used to imagine when i played laser tag when i was younger

Just to add, for the eagle eyes out there, look closely at the platoon commander, callsign 1-1, when guys run up to him from behind during the live fire portion. Scene with two safety officers wearing white tape. Freeze-frame, zoom-in, and you'll notice a battle badge on his right arm. Has his name, nationality, rank, blood type, last three digits of service number and any drug allergies, i.e. NKDA (No Known Drug Allergies). All the info you would need for someone who's been wounded, etc. Wonder if that's standard kit or some sort of pilot project? Either way, that battle badge is pretty cool.

I took part in such an exercise at the same base years back as a member of a Canadian Ranger Patrol group, a reserve regiment now (not at the time). We worked with the Van Doos (le Vingt-deuxieme) the Royal 22 Regiment, a regiment based in the province of Quebec comprised of mostly Franco-phone personnel, prior to them being deployed to Afghanistan. The exercise, for them, lasted a month or so, nonstop.

It’s an LAV 6. Canadian armoured corp uses Leopard2 tanks, LAV6 8X8 Armoured troop carriers and the new TAPV. Think we still have some Gwagons too

hey man, just to update ya, usually the callsigns work as in India 11 being the infantry of Alpha company 1st platoon, India 21 being the infantry of Bravo company 1st platoon. and when you refer to other units you would start by addressing what occupation they are ie. Armoured, infantry, combat engineers, India being reserved for infantry, Tango for the armoured and Echo for the engineers. Also we use the Lav 6.0 as we have just fazed out the coyote or Lav 25.

Thanks for posting, I had heard of the Maple Resolve but didn't know what the heck it was.

Speaking as a Strathcona veteran the 3 most common armored vehicles in a combined arms team are lAV 6 TAPV and leopard 2 A4, A4M and A6M

You don't understand how Canadians work. Military or not. If I have the option to hunt for my food regardless if I have permission from the brass or not, you're damn right, I'm gonna. And as a Native American Indian you can't stop me from hunting anyway.

6:30 the Guy baddger checked the combatant (shoots a burst in his face) but he didn’t shoot the target because its an expensive electric one Essentially

Love your channel! I believe the US army goes there to train as well. Great stuff!

4:50 I'm pretty sure that's either an LAV 3

We had Wainwright Alaska here the last M.R. Been to every one of them since 1995. Know the trng area well only if its cold, wet and dark.

Right now supporting 2023 Maple Resolve. Ive done JRTC , CMTC and Ft Irwin, this is legit

in alberta lav 3 and leopard 2

Great video!

It’s a Stryker with a Bradley turret minus the tow launcher

Believe it or not but there is a thing called Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. And it is biggest heist in the history of Canada.

Wainwright is in Alberta just a few hours North of Calgary in Alberta.

That training area you were wondering about is, I believe, Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, Alberta. A large training base east of Edmonton.

Recently watched a combined arms assault on a Russian trench that looks similar to this. Was quite effective. Tank + infantry. The infantry were dropped off by APC

That looked fun!

6:13 they shot around the target cause the Lockheed Martin guys get pissed off if we fuck up the battery box or equipment.

It’s in Alberta

Have you tried B E A N S ?

The live fire portion takes place over a few days. Then usually the laser tag gear goes on and the box closes and maple resolve begins

We have a system like MILES, gives an injury indication, is it better, meh..it’s just as annoying as MILES lol

LaV3. Like a Stryker

CFB Wainwright is located in Alberta, Canada - and is home to the Land Force Western Area combat schools. Each year, the unit designated as the high readiness unit (Able to deploy within 24 hours notice) does their final qualification exercise - which is Exercise Maple Resolve. The different skill sets practiced throughout the rest of the year all come together, with Maple Resolve being the final checkmark needed. During this month long exercise, Is the unit will focus on mechanized warfare, dismounted warfare, aggressive patrolling, get everybody qualified on comms, urban warfare, how to call in effective artillery & air strikes, etc **The base has 6 mock villages, ranges for everything from small arms up to Leopard 2 tanks. There are barracks available on base, some of which are fairly new - But troops will always sleep in tending of some kind during these types of exercises, As that will be similar to their accommodation when deployed.

I mean America has to feel pretty confident with an Ally like this as a neighbor.

8 wheeled armour vehicle .... LAV 5 to 7 depending on version ... Canadian made APC !!!

This is josh bortolottis video caf member.

Looked like a ton of fun.

Coyote reconnaissance vehicle

From what I see in the video, this was definitely filmed on vimy, it’s a military base in Quebec

That ain't cold lol, Thats a snow shower in Wainwright.

Didn't see anyone commenting this; but Wainwright is in Alberta.

I'm sorry for how long it's been since I've watched your videos. My life has been pretty hectic the last several months.

So Forces Tv ( Forces News on KZfaq) has a short 6 minute video about maple resolve. That explains a little about it and Americans the UK and France apparently as well as Canadians did this together. Because it's an international thing. it's three years old now so not sure if it's changed a lot or not.

It’s crazy to me you can even do a KZfaq channel while in the military. My timeline in the Canadian military is 90’s a phone call home once a month at best by battalion comms systems and monitored. All mail was opened and read. But a KZfaq channel pretty sure it would have resulted in the brig. (Cool to see how things change;).

9:56 the reason we don’t have nice rigs is a budget thing, our kit is garbage and it’s pretty sad to see. everyone calls the tac vest “the fisherman vest” cause of how bad it is and it looks

The biggest problem with Canadian infantry is their issued gear. It's 1980s-1990s gear. Frag vest, plates, and a load bearing vest on top. Very baggy fatigues. Foamies for earpro. Not high speed by any means.

Maple resolve happens every other year, with some units going every year for a smaller version.

The IFV is the LAV III. FYI your Strykers are based on the LAV and are built in Canada. Just saying.

LAV6 is the name you want for the armored infantry fighting vehicle my friend :)

LAV 6.0 is an upgraded stryker

Funny stuff about being in the prone position and blindly firing!

Canada uses the lav lll which would to you be sort of reminiscent of the striker except not entirely. they also have a turret somewhat similar to that of the Bradley with a 25mm auto cannon.

This is where all the jtf2 plumbers from alberta come from lol

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing..

1-1 is A Coy, 1 Platoon.... Sections are designated Alpha, Bravo, Charlie... Look at the number of LAV's in line I guessing this is a Battalion-level Advance-to-Contact w/ a "1-up" Company Assault... had to be at least 9 or so AFV's (plus Leopards in support)... In old terminology a "Combat Team" (Infantry-heavy)... dating myself...and just a guess

14:47 Again, do your research on the video before reacting...the person who filmed this video also has a video about going through infantry platoon commander training in 2020...they are the leadership (at least a platoon commander, unless he's been promoted in the years since).

CAF uses Leopards as tanks & Coyotes as transport troops(also G-Wagons as Humvees)

This is in the province of Alberta on the Prairie’s

For those interested in the various lasers and electronic simulations being used during the force-on-force segment... I put together some short clips of a 45-minute "Truth Duty Valour" episode from several years ago: CMTC - Introduction: kzfaq.infoUgkxa6smhnev3vs5IZPMBfzcveZqnVK0RUeg CMTC - EXCON: kzfaq.infoUgkxujwHdul0DfOYebiyzqeDCRycYGoVO8BH WES #1: kzfaq.infoUgkxkmFzuxNyxSkN1d32JCLeHR2Ym9q4EvnR WES #2: kzfaq.infoUgkxwirUpALzAmrNFAscxgg3ae6YeeniMExL WES #3: kzfaq.infoUgkxSAC2fGMjNbIl3DyVhPi4lZnMzCjpkaUs All the equipment is part of the WES (Weapons Effect Simulation) system being used at the CMTC in Wainwright, Alberta. Lot's of cool stuff that includes rifles, grenades, vehicles. The WES system even calculates the time remaining before you're dead. So, be sure to watch the whole video at the following link to see how it all works: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJdoarmetLy9hmQ.html

Maple Resolve is everything combined, even some of yall american guys come up for it every year and we get to watch all the civilians freak out thinking we're being invaded lmao. Those are LAV6s, the stryker is an americanized version of our old Bisons which is the grandfather of our LAVs.

Best food I've had in the army was from Wainwright field kitchen. Shitty place to be but gat daym were the cooks top notch

You should do a reaction on New Zealand

In a military exercise, a civilian old man wants to cross a small bridge, so he asks two soldiers if he can cross. The answer is no, because the enemy is on the other side and there is a lot of shooting going on. The old man leaves and returns the next day. He sees the same two soldiers on the bridge and asks again if he can cross the bridge. this time the answer he gets is: We don't know, we got killed yesterday...

\have you done or heard of the Battle of South Georga during the Falklands war in 1982. It was lead by Captain Miller (Royal Marines) defo worth a check out dude . I think Jeremy Clarkson did a show on it, if not there are a few vids on the tubes on it

Canada uses Leopard tanks.

Can you react to "Military Motivation - How Indian Special Forces rolls in Kashmir (Part 3)"

Lav3 baby same that striker ☮️

The 8-wheeled vehicles you’re looking at are LAV’s, not sure if it’s the LAV III or LAV VI, but they are absolute beasts when it comes to anything IFV or APC related. Only downside: unlike the Bradley, it doesn’t have any effective anti-tank weaponry

Lav 6 - striker vehicle is based on lav 3

Armoured soldier is what we call tankers

Wainwright Alberta, not Alaska

Hey mate, should check out, “Duke of Gloucester cup 2022”

It should be called Exercise Maple Syrup 2022

React to some more Britain’s ocean warriors