by Chris Thatcher | Sep 13, 2018 | Equiment, News
by Chris Thatcher For the past 20 years, the Canadian Army’s light infantry battalions have been light by default, not by design. In an effort to address that gap in capability, successive Army commanders have since 2015 made it a priority to rethink the construct...
by Chris Thatcher | Aug 23, 2018 | Combat Vehicles, Equiment, News
By Ken Pole There may still be a grain of truth in the observation that “an army marches on its stomach,” as variously attributed to Napoleon and Frederick the Great. But the Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) from General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLSC) is a far...
by Chris Thatcher | Jun 20, 2018 | Equiment, News
By Allan Joyner We own the night. It’s a mantra of many Western militaries and certainly one to which the Canadian Army subscribes. But as the technology associated with night vision systems improves, the Army’s edge might be slipping. Investment has not kept pace...
