Re: [OT]Second-Hand Canuck Gear

On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Alan E Brain wrote:

> Wonder what the Canadian Army did with the turrets of their
> old leopard 1's, after they got new ones from Germany?
> 
> You know your army's not the best equipped when you buy gear too
obsolete even
> for CANADA...

OUCH! A direct hit, Mr Brain... :>

The Canadian Army does have one or two neat toys; the Coyote recon
vehicle
is actually supposed to be equal or superior to anything in anyone
else's armoury...

http://www.army.forces.ca/LF/equip/veh/COYOTE_E.HTML

(The Canadian Forces actually run some very good websites, this being
one
of the better ones.)

I just noticed, on the above website, that the Canadian Leopard-based
bridge layer is called... wait for it... the Beaver.

That's so Canadian it's painful... :>

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -