Canada's tanks

[markppcli]

Some money to help keep some of the tanks running until 2035:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1834279924095746056

Note this is not stated to be upgrade or improvement funding.

That funding better mean they’re hiring 100 civilian maintainers

 

[PrairieFella]

Yes but they have a massive presence in armoured memery.

Exactly.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Who’s quitting reg f and sending a resume….

 

[FJAG]

Independent tank squadrons?

Not in the way that I'm thinking. They are a tank squadron or two permanently embedded in a combined arms battalion. In my world a 14 tank squadron. This is the setup of the three combined arms battalions in a US Armoured brigade (including the ARNG ones)

The 2A4s are essentially obsolete, hence the upgrades to 2A4M.

So are T72s but . . . It is what it is. We have what we have.

I'm pretty certain what we have left of the 2A4s are pretty well just trainers, turret operation is very different compared to the more modern marks.

I'm frankly not up on the interior systems with the A4M v the A4. I know the A4M has an armour package upgrade but the gun remains as the same L44 as the A4. I presume that the basic turret and automotive operation is fundamentally the same in the A4 as the A4M. Can anyone confirm?

At this point we should donate all our Leos and start fresh,

That's exactly the problem though if we've just entered a long-term maintenance contract, A4s aren't going away or will be replaced anytime soon.