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I am looking for some information on the old Leopard C1s.
Believe it or not there is actually a book in the works on the Canadian Leopard C1 in Germany for all you old Black Hatters to drool over and I am currently trying to gather some background technical information.
1. Did the Leopard C1 first enter service in Canada or in Germany? Did crews in Germany transition directly on to the C1 or was there lag time in between the rent-a-tank Leopard 1A2s leaving and the C1s arriving in Germany? There is an old DND article that indicates that the C1s arrived in Canada in August 1978 and then in Germany in November 1978. Other sources state the C1s arrived in Germany during the summer to fall of 1979. If this is accurate would the tanks in Canada have simply been at Borden, LETE, and Gagetown first for training and then the remainder deployed to Germany? If the dates aren't accurate when did the tanks arrive? During the initial arrival of the tanks in Germany where were the crews and techs trained? In Germany or Canada?
2. How many Leopard C1s did the RCD RHQ Troop have in Germany? Two?
3. How many Leopard C1s were there in Germany? RHQ Troop with 2 x C1s and then 3 x 19 C1 Squadrons? Was there another 19 or 21 x Leopard C1s in war storage in Germany?
4. Is it correct that two RCD 'C' Squadrons existed at the same time....with one in Germany and one in Gagetown? If this is correct was the 'C' Squadron in Germany designated as the "flyover" Squadron in time of crisis? Would 'C' Squadron in Gagetown have become 'D' Squadron or another designation if it deployed to Germany?
5. Finally...Canada purchased 114 x Leopard C1s....where were they all sent to originally? How many tanks were in Germany with the Regiment and with war storage. How many Leopard C1s were at the Armoured School and with which Squadrons?...Tactics, Gunnery, D&M, other? How many C1s went to Borden, LETE, or other locations? Essentially I am looking for the numbers to add up to 114.
Thanks very much in advance Fellas! Any information you can provide would be much appreciated.
Believe it or not there is actually a book in the works on the Canadian Leopard C1 in Germany for all you old Black Hatters to drool over and I am currently trying to gather some background technical information.
1. Did the Leopard C1 first enter service in Canada or in Germany? Did crews in Germany transition directly on to the C1 or was there lag time in between the rent-a-tank Leopard 1A2s leaving and the C1s arriving in Germany? There is an old DND article that indicates that the C1s arrived in Canada in August 1978 and then in Germany in November 1978. Other sources state the C1s arrived in Germany during the summer to fall of 1979. If this is accurate would the tanks in Canada have simply been at Borden, LETE, and Gagetown first for training and then the remainder deployed to Germany? If the dates aren't accurate when did the tanks arrive? During the initial arrival of the tanks in Germany where were the crews and techs trained? In Germany or Canada?
2. How many Leopard C1s did the RCD RHQ Troop have in Germany? Two?
3. How many Leopard C1s were there in Germany? RHQ Troop with 2 x C1s and then 3 x 19 C1 Squadrons? Was there another 19 or 21 x Leopard C1s in war storage in Germany?
4. Is it correct that two RCD 'C' Squadrons existed at the same time....with one in Germany and one in Gagetown? If this is correct was the 'C' Squadron in Germany designated as the "flyover" Squadron in time of crisis? Would 'C' Squadron in Gagetown have become 'D' Squadron or another designation if it deployed to Germany?
5. Finally...Canada purchased 114 x Leopard C1s....where were they all sent to originally? How many tanks were in Germany with the Regiment and with war storage. How many Leopard C1s were at the Armoured School and with which Squadrons?...Tactics, Gunnery, D&M, other? How many C1s went to Borden, LETE, or other locations? Essentially I am looking for the numbers to add up to 114.
Thanks very much in advance Fellas! Any information you can provide would be much appreciated.