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occasional AA gun, limited production during World War II Vickers machine gun (various marks and models) 475: 2000.303 British (7.7×56mmR) 1912? 23 kg: Vickers Gas Operated was standard flexible MG on aircraft early in World War II. M2HB Browning machine gun: 550: 1800.50 BMG (12.7×99mm) 1921: 3000000: 23 kg: used until present (2014) M1919A4 ...
WWII United States: Ford F-8: 1/2 ton truck: WWII Canada: Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Canadian Military Pattern truck: Ford F-15: 3/4 ton truck: WWII Canada: Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Ford F-30: 1.5 ton truck: WWII Canada: Built by Ford Motor Company of Canada. Ford F-60S, F-60L, F-60H, F-60T: 3 ton truck: WWII Canada
World War II armoured fighting vehicles of Canada (17 P) Pages in category "World War II military equipment of Canada" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The Commonwealth use of the M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun (known as the .5 Browning in British and Commonwealth service) began in World War II, though from 1942 it was standard armament on US-built AFVs provided under lend-lease such as the M4 Sherman, M7 Priest, M8 Greyhound, or M10 tank destroyer variously used by British, Canadian ...
During the Second World War, the Canadian Army used the rifle 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 .
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.
A Kangaroo was a Canadian armoured personnel carrier (APC) during the Second World War which was created by converting a tank chassis. Kangaroos were created as an expedient measure "in the field" by the Canadian Army, and were so successful that they were used by other Commonwealth forces, including the British Army.
Canadian factories produced around 850,000 vehicles in World War II, including some 50,000 armoured vehicles, self-propelled guns, and tanks. [1] [2] But of greater significance was the much larger number – more than 800,000 units – of trucks and light wheeled vehicles, produced by Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler of Canada.