A farewell to the Leopard 1 main battle tank

A farewell to the Leopard 1 main battle tank

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...
Critical gap: Defending the threat from above

Critical gap: Defending the threat from above

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....
Defining the TAPV

Defining the TAPV

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,...