Corrections requested: Military facts/Globe's Sept. 16 edition

A message sent to Globe editors and these reporters (with apologies to Cameron Campbell--see fourth comment):

Dear Editors,

Corrections should be made regarding the articles by Bill Curry and Paul Koring, Sept. 16.

1) Mr Curry: "Canada beefs up Afghan war commitment". Mr Curry writes that "The original mission in Kabul saw the Iltis jeeps replaced by LAV III light armoured vehicles when it became clear the jeeps did not provide enough protection for the troops."

Absolutely incorrect. The Iltis were not replaced by the LAVII but by a better jeep-type vehicle, the Mercedes Geländewagen ("G-Wagon").

2) Mr Koring: "U.S. pilot targeted Canadians' trash fire". Mr Koring writes that "A single second's worth of fire from the aircraft's [A-10] gun is able to spew 50 thumb-sized, high-explosive bullets, each of which is powerful enough to rip through armour plate."

The A-10's gun is the AN/GAU-8 30mm Avenger seven-barrel gatling gun.

Far from firing "thumb-sized, high-explosive bullets", it fires "milk-bottle-size rounds". Rather a large difference, one would think.

It is this sort of wildly inaccurate reporting by Canadian journalists on basic military facts that calls into question their ability to report accurately on military matters at all.

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