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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: Built by Ford Motor Company of ...
Canada purchased some in World War I and more in World War II. Smith & Wesson Triple Lock United States: 1917 Revolver.44 Special: 2nd Model; Low-cost version Browning Hi-Power Belgium: 1944 Semi-automatic: 9×19mm Parabellum: Pistol No.1 Mk.1; Pistol No.2 Mk.1; Produced under license in Canada by John Inglis & Company: Smith & Wesson Model 10 ...
Originally formed as the Canadian Cavalry Corps in 1910, [1] Canada's first tank units were not raised until late in 1918. Initially, these units were considered to be part of the Machine Gun Corps and the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion; 2nd Canadian Tank Battalion and the 3e Bataillon de chars d'assaut were all too late to join the fighting in the First World War.
The 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade, later known as 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, was an armoured brigade of the Canadian Army, raised during the Second World War. The brigade was composed of the 11th, 12th and 14th Canadian Armoured regiments and saw service in the Italian campaign and later in north-west Europe .
At the close of the war, the regiment had lost 108 officers and men killed, and 213 wounded. 105 Sherman tanks, 14 Stuart tanks, and one Crusader tank had been lost during the course of the war. These losses were the highest suffered by any regiment in the 4th or 5th Armoured Divisions. 14 new battle honours were added to the regiment's guidon ...
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.
Initially these units were considered to be part of the Machine Gun Corps and the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion, 2nd Canadian Tank Battalion and the 3 e Bataillon de chars d'assaut were all too late to join the fighting in the First World War. However, the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion was still training in Mark V tanks in the U.K. when the ...
The Grizzly I was a Canadian-built M4A1 Sherman tank with relatively minor modifications, primarily to stowage and pioneer tool location and adding accommodations for a Number 19 radio set. They used the same General Steel hull castings as late Pressed Steel -built M4A1(75)s, to include both the standard hull and the later ones with the armour ...