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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.
The history of Canada during World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed Forces were eventually active in nearly every theatre of war, most combat was centred in Italy, [1] Northwestern Europe, [2] and the North Atlantic. In all, some 1.1 million Canadians served in the Canadian Army ...
Canadian Car and Foundry. Canadian Military Pattern truck. Chevrolet C8A. CMP FAT.
A combat knife is a fighting knife designed for military use and primarily intended for hand-to-hand or close combat fighting. [1][2][3] Since the end of trench warfare, most military combat knives have been secondarily designed for utility use (clearing foliage, chopping branches for cover, opening ammunition crates, etc.) in addition to their ...
Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War: Volume I. Six Years of War: The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific appeared in print in 1955. Written by Colonel Stacey, the book was 629 pages in length, profusely illustrated with charts, photos, map and sketches, with ten appendices, a glossary of abbreviations, 50 pages of ...
R. Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Royal Canadian Dental Corps. Canadian Military Engineers. Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. Royal Canadian Postal Corps. Categories: Military units and formations of the Canadian Army. Military units and formations of Canada in World War II.
During the Second World War, the Canadian Army used the r ifle section as its smallest organized formation of combat infantry soldiers. The organization was substantially similar to that of the Australian Army [1] and the British Army [2] with three sections to the platoon and three platoons to the rifle company.