by Editor | May 29, 2018 | Combat Vehicles, News
By Richard Bray Another fleet of new trucks is on the road to serve with the Canadian Army. The new Standard Military Pattern (SMP) truck is a four axle, 9.5 tonne capacity vehicle, intended mostly for use with the Regular Force. “Expectations are very high...
by Editor | Apr 16, 2018 | Combat Vehicles, News
by Lt. Ken Jacobson As part of the Force Mobility Enhancement (FME) project, the Canadian Army (CA) began receiving 18 new and improved Leopard 2 Armoured Engineer Vehicles (Leo 2 AEVs) in late fall 2017 to provide critical support to the CA’s Leopard 2 main...
by Editor | Feb 14, 2018 | C4ISR, Combat Vehicles, News
by Chris Thatcher “It’s a great time to be in DLR,” said Colonel Nicolas Pilon as he settled into a chair in his office overlooking the Gatineau hills. The statement is ear-catching, if only because it is one very few Directors of Land Requirements have uttered...
by Editor | Jan 23, 2018 | Combat Vehicles, News
By Captain Scott Franklin, office of the Director Land Requirements Gatineau, Quebec — Royal Canadian Armour Corps (RCAC) members who had the privilege of working with Leopard 1 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) are saying farewell to the venerable workhorses, whose...
by Editor | Dec 21, 2017 | Combat Vehicles, News
by Chris Thatcher Project managers learn early never to read too much into policy pronouncements. But when your unfunded project is the first among many listed in the government’s new defence policy, you have reason to be optimistic money may soon be coming....
by Editor | Dec 5, 2017 | Combat Vehicles, News
by Chris Thatcher For most Canadians, the first glimpse of the Army’s new tactical armoured patrol vehicle (TAPV) was on the streets of Quebec as it waded through meter-high water, patrolling flooded neighborhoods in Gatineau, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières,...
