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Lend-Lease based upon Universal Carrier, used to tow artillery. Windsor Carrier. Canada. variation of Universal Carrier. M3A1 Half-track. Various, United States. M5 Half-track. International Harvester, United States. similar to M3 produced for Lend-Lease.
United States / Canada. 4500 built by Chrysler/Dodge in Windsor 1951-1955 [7] M38/M38A1 Jeep. Light utility vehicle. 1950-1980s. United States / Canada. Built 1950-1952 and replaced by M151 [8] for regular forces by 1974 and retired in the Reserves in 1980s. M135 GMC Deuce and a Half. 2 1⁄2-ton 6x6 truck.
Configurations consist of 41 Troop Cargo Vehicle (TCV), 49 Ambulance, 97 Command Post Vehicle, 19 Engineer Vehicle, 18 Electronic Warfare Vehicle, 54 Maintenance Recovery Vehicle, 70 Mobile Repair Team, and 13 Fitter/Cargo Vehicle. First vehicles to be delivered in 2021. [ 129 ] TAPV. Canada.
German infantry weapons in the Askifou War Museum, Crete. Lists of World War II military equipment are lists of military equipment in use during World War II (1939–1945). They include lists of aircraft, ships, vehicles, weapons, personal equipment, uniforms, and other equipment. There are aggregated military equipment lists by country, and ...
Battle of the St. Lawrence. The history of Canada during World War IIbegins with the Germaninvasion of Polandon 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed Forceswere eventually active in nearly every theatre of war, most combat was centred in Italy,[1]Northwestern Europe,[2]and the North Atlantic.
The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Canadian Army formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe, Landing in Normandy during Operation Tonga, in conjunction with the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity, in March 1945.
Lebel M1886/93 (Remained in use until the end of World War II. Mainly used by reservists and for launching VB grenades and as sniper rifle) [ 187 ] [ 188 ] [ 189 ] [ 184 ] MAS-36 (Adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles) [ 190 ]
The RCN ended the war with the third-largest naval fleet in the world, and an operational reach extending into the Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean and Mediterranean. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The List of Royal Canadian Navy ships of the Second World War lists over 1,140 surface warships, submarines and auxiliary vessels in service during the war.