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1951-1976. 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.
Additional orders for the Mk. 5. These were updated to Mk.6 with the NATO standard 105 mm gun. The Mk. 6 and Mk. 11's, a further updated Mk. 6, were deployed as combat tanks, and the earlier Mk. 3 and Mk. 5s were retained as trainers. From 1969 to 1970 the Canadian Army lists 77 tanks in Germany (mostly Mk 5 and Mk 11's).
I* and Sten MK. V. M346. 90mm. Standard issue containing a 90mm sheeps foot blade, a 40mm stab/can opener blade, a 100mm fid/ marlin spike and a lanyard bale wire loop, based on the Case Model 6353/1905. Manufactured by Case in the USA for the Canadian Military until 1948 when production moved to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Tank, Cruiser, Ram was a cruiser tank designed and built by Canada in the Second World War, based on the U.S. M3 Medium tank chassis. Due to standardization on the American Sherman tank for frontline units, it was used exclusively for training purposes and was never used in combat as a gun tank. The chassis was used for several other combat ...
Over the years 1960–72, 343 Mk 5 tanks were gradually upgunned with 105 mm guns to Mk 5/2 standard, as were 19 Mk 7s (to Mk 7/2) in 1966–68. Between 1962 and 1965, 17 Mk 5 tanks were converted to bridge layers, using the same bridge and mechanism as the American M48 and M60 AVLBs ; at the same time, another 17 Mk 5s with 20-pounder guns ...
A Priest Kangaroo of 209th Self-Propelled Battery, Royal Artillery, transports infantry of 78th Division near Conselice, Italy, 13 April 1945. 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 ...
Insignia. Flag. The Canadian Army (French: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also responsible for the Army Reserve, the largest component of the Primary Reserve.
Mk.II: 1,600 yd (1,500 m) Mk.II LR: 2,800 yd (2,600 m) The Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar was the United Kingdom's standard mortar used by the British Army from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, superseding the Stokes mortar. Initially handicapped by its short range compared to similar Second World War mortars, improvements of the propellant ...