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Purchased as a "buy and try" (trial) platform to help determine requirements for the Tactical Mobility Platform (TMP) project which aims to procure between 300 and 330 ultra-light tactical mobility platforms, with 210 to 230 being tactical variants, and 90 to 100 being cargo variants.
In early 2014 the Conservative government under Stephen Harper prepared the sale of several hundred LAV 6 vehicles to Saudi Arabia for an estimated CAD $10 billion. This was one of the largest manufacturing export deals in modern Canadian history, though it was heavily criticized due to Saudi Arabia's record on human rights abuses and involving in the Yemeni Civil War. [21]
The new helicopter will provide reconnaissance, aerial escort, fire support, light combat airlift for Canadian Army and Canadian Special Operations Force Command. [64] On April 8, 2024 the Government of Canada announced that $18.4 billion would be spent over 20 years, to acquire new tactical helicopters. [65] Utility Transport Aircraft
During the 1980s, the U.S. Marine Corps began looking for a light armored vehicle to give their divisions greater mobility. They chose the Light Armored Vehicle design from General Motors Diesel. [15] The LAV-25 was based on the Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (LAV I) of the Canadian Army. It entered service with the Marines in 1983.
Originally 105 NZLAVs, including 95 Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV), 7 Light Obstacle Blade Vehicle (LOB) and 3 Recovery Vehicle (LAV-R). In 2003 the New Zealand armed forces purchased 105 LAV (Light Armored Vehicle) from Canada, of which 102 were standard vehicles (LOB is a standard NZLAV with a bulldozer blade attached) and 3 were redesigned ...
The Roshel Senator is a wheeled military armoured car produced by Roshel of Canada, based on a Ford F-550 chassis. [2] As an APC, it is designed to protect against small arms fire. [3]
The Navistar 7000 series has been fielded by the Canadian Forces for domestic operations. In 2005, the U.S. Army ordered 2,900 7000-MVs for the Afghan National Army and Iraqi Ministry of Defense and an additional order of 7,000 was added in 2008. Navistar Defense also has a small Canadian branch, named Navistar Defence Canada. [3]
A CH-146 of the Royal Canadian Air Force 424 Squadron conducts rescue swimmer hoist training in 2012. See Bell 412 military operators for other users, the CH-146 is the Canadian version of this aircraft. Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force [34] Tactical Helicopter role. 400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron [35] 403 Helicopter Operational Training ...