by Editor | May 3, 2021 | Combat Vehicles, Equipment, News
The first variant of the Canadian Army’s new Armoured Combat Support Vehicle (ACSV) rolled off the production line at General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada in London, Ont., in late December. “Light Armoured Vehicles (LAV) have protected Canada’s soldiers on missions...
by Editor | Jul 23, 2020 | Combat Vehicles, News, Procurement
by Allan Joyner and Chris Thatcher Collaboration between the Army and an equipment manufacturer is standard practice once a contract is signed and the two parties begin fine-tuning the capability that will be delivered. It is rare, though, that a project the...
by Editor | Jan 21, 2020 | Combat Vehicles, News, Procurement
By Allan Joyner It might be the last and one of the least glamorous in a steady line of vehicle projects that have delivered logistics and combat trucks to the Canadian Army over the past five years, but the Light Utility Vehicle (LUV) project has the attention...
by Editor | Jun 7, 2019 | Combat Vehicles, Equipment, News
By Allan Joyner With the exception of a short period in the early 2000’s, when General Rick Hillier recommended replacing them with a wheeled gun system, main battle tanks have been seen as a key part of the Army’s combat mix. Some suggested that tanks would be...
by Editor | May 27, 2019 | Combat Vehicles, Equipment, News
By Chris Thatcher As of the end of April, the last of 550 modernized light armoured vehicles (LAVs) were in the field with Regular Force units across the country. For a program that has seen the scope of work expanded twice, the schedule adjusted several times, and...
by Editor | Nov 19, 2018 | Combat Vehicles, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole The last major element of the Canadian Army’s modernization of its medium logistics support capability, the new Standard Military Pattern (SMP) trucks, evidently has a budding fan club. Two of the 9.5-tonne capacity four-axle SMPs, from...
