Tanks of Canada
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The history and development of tanks in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps can be broken down into smaller categories: their origin during World War I; the interwar period; World War II; the Cold War;
Ram Mk.II – late production
Ram Mk.II (early production) tanks during the war
Ram Mk I
Ram Mk II – early production
Leopard 1
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The Kampfpanzer Leopard, subsequently Leopard 1 following the introduction of the successive Leopard 2, is a main battle tank designed by Porsche, and manufactured by Krauss-Maffei in West Germany, th
Tanks of Canada
…warfighting. However, by the mid-1990s elements of the Canadian army were envisioning the ACV replacing both the AVGP Cougar and Canada's obsolescent Leopard 1 MBTs as part of a move to a medium-weight wheeled army. In 2003, Canada announced that it would replace its Leopard 1s with lightweight M1128 mobile…
German Leopard 1A5 at the 2015 Military Day in Uffenheim
A Leopard 1 Prototype II
Several early Leopard tanks (0-series prototypes) preparing for parade duty, distinguished by the centrally-mounted IR/white searchlight and rectangular loader's hatch.
Bundeswehr Leopard 1 in 1967