Drill Routine

The CAF Drill Routine Simulator: a writer and simulator for Canadian Armed Forces drill routines, for drill-team coaches and judges, built against the CF Manual of Drill and Ceremonial.

Stable since August 2026
Platoon and Colour party
Runs in the browser
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What it does

Build a platoon or Colour party, sequence drill movements on a timeline, then play the routine back on a parade square measured in real paces.

Movements are modelled from the manual: turns, wheels, inclines, dressing, sizing, saluting, and the Chapter 7 formation and flank movements, with the commander and warrant officer marching their own correct paths rather than being dragged along with the body.

It ships with ready-made routines, including the March On! competition sequences for a platoon with and without arms and for a Colour party.

Per-member selection, so individuals can be given their own movements.
A timeline with explicit start ticks, so different members can move at the same time.
Scrub, step and pause playback; validation flags overlaps and broken dressing.
Routines save and reload locally as JSON.

Open drillteamroutine.com

The simulator with a five-person Colour party on a marked parade square, its setup panel on the left and the movement timeline below — A Colour party of five on a 30 by 15 metre parade square, ready to march on.

The simulator's timeline: one track per member with Marker, Fall In, Quick March and Halt movements laid out in ticks — The timeline: one track per member, every movement placed in ticks.