Posted by "dave" <dave.newcombe@home.com> on Mon, 22 May 2000 09:38:50 -0700
A large portion is out for upgrading, and 2nd and 3rd line maintenance. So
we actually do keep extra, so out regt‘s always have thier full complement.
I‘m impressed our government bought enough to do this. Maybe there is some
hope.
Thanks gunner!
----- Original Message -----
From: Gunner
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Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: Armour questions
> The leopards servered mainly in Europe with 8th Canadian Hussars
> doctrinally it would be 78 Tanks, but, I‘m not sure if they had the
> full 4 squadrons 19 tks/sqn and 2 tanks for the CO and Adjt and a
> squadron in Gagetown at the Combat Training Centre for advanced
> training. The remaining tanks were at the EME schools, etc. Please
> note that the other Regular Force Armd Regts used Cougars basically a
> tank trainer that somehow wound up in Croatia, Bosnia, and Somalia.
>
> Currently, the remaining three armoured regts have i believe 15 tanks
> in their tank squadron. The reamining two squadrons in the Regiment
> not including the Coyote equipped Recce Sqn are/will be outfitted with
> Coyote or LAV III to train on. As of 1999, all cougars have been
> retired from service Reserves still use them.
>
> Now, you ask, if we have 114 tanks and our three Regiments have 15 each
> total 45...there are alot of tanks missing! Once again, I believe the
> squadron 8 CH in Gagetown is still owns a full 19 tanks...and there
> are several with the EME schools etc. A large component of the
> remainder are considered "war surplus" 20 are held in Wainwright.
> They are being used to send them to refit for the Leopard turrent
> upgrade program that will see all the leapard turrents upgraded with
> state of the art fire control systems and night vision capability.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> dave wrote:
> >
> > Our Amd. Regts have only 20 tanks each? I am confused by this, if we
have
> > the tanks, why not use them.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Geoff Tyrell
> > To:
> > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 7:22 PM
> > Subject: Armour questions
> >
> > > Just seeking info...
> > >
> > > On strength, the CF has 114 Leopard MBTs. Yet each of the three
armoured
> > > regt‘s has only one squadron of 20 vehicles. So where the **** are
the
> > > other fifty-four? Something doesn‘t add up.
> > >
> > > On the Armoured Combat Vehicle project replacing the Cougars and
maybe
> > the
> > > Leos in the future, does anyone know what the competion is and what
the
> > > most likely candidate looks to be? Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > Totis Viribus
> > >
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