Recent content by lotech

There is two issues here, the Leopard 2 demands maintenance yes, but there is also a personal problem, not enough people to maintain , train and deploy every six months. Alberta is a hard province to keep military mechanics, even with the OEM shop, KNDS can’t compete with the wages some...

To my knowledge there is something in place for spare parts. Chassis parts aren’t really a problem, turret on the other hand is.

The A6M are going through an R&O and turret upgrade, the A4Ms are going through a R&O in Montreal, same with the A4s. There is OEM support in Montreal, also in Latvia. KMW is doing the A6MC2 upgrade in NB. KNDS with Rhienmettel is running the maintenance facility in Edmonton, to me that is OEM...

KNDS is having a hard time finding personal for the maintenance of our Leopards. The military doesn’t have enough personal to maintain them and deploy at the same time either a maintenance course is 12 weeks for 8 students. Not sure what the correct answer is but introducing a complete new...

And make the logistical nightmare even worse, how do you think maintaining a different platform is possible. So sending the A4s to Ukraine , then move 15 A6MC2 to Latvia, upgrade and R&O the 19 A4Ms. This would leave only 4 A6MC2 to train a Sqn of personal every 6 months.