Equipment

The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse, on behalf of the Honourable Minister Valcourt, Associate Minister of National Defence, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) (La Francophonie), today announced that the Government of Canada awarded a significant support contract  to Wajax Power Systems of Québec City, Quebec for the maintenance of the Canadian Army’s Leopard 2 family of vehicles. More…

Wainwright, Alberta - Canadian Forces soldiers from 5th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5CMBG) in light armoured vehicles (LAV III) and Leopard 2A6M tanks participate in an attack scenario during Exercise Maple Resolve on October 24, 2012 in Wainwright, Alberta.

More than 3000 Canadian Forces (CF) soldiers from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5 CMBG) are participating in EXERCISE MAPLE RESOLVE, a complex and high-level training at the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre from October 4 to November 11, 2012 in Wainwright, AB.

Photo: Corporal Tina Gillies, Canadian Forces Base Wainwright Imagery Section© 2012 DND-MDN Canada

Wainwright, Alberta - General Walter Natynczyk (retired), Chief of the Defence Staff climbs out of a Leopard 2A6M tank with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) during his visit to Exercise Maple Resolve in Wainwright, Alberta on October 19, 2012.

Some of the 3000 Canadian Forces (CF) members from the Army and Air Force along with United States soldiers will be deployed to Canadian Forces Base Wainwright to participate in Exercise Maple Resolve.

Exercise Maple Resolve is a month long exercise held in October by the 5th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5CMBG) from Valcartier, QC. The exercise will provide valuable training to CF members should any request for deployment arise in the coming year.

Photo: Corporal Tina Gillies, Canadian Forces Base Wainwright Imagery Section© 2012 DND-MDN Canada

A convoy composed mainly of Canadian Forces Leopard 2 tanks navigate through a field and towards Kandahar Airfield for the last time in June 2011.

A convoy composed mainly of Canadian Forces Leopard 2 tanks navigate through a field and towards Kandahar Airfield for the last time in June 2011. OP CARCAJOU SANGLIER marked the first wave of returning vehicles to Kandahar Airfield signifying the beginning of the closure of the Canadian mission in Southern Afghanistan. From here, the vehicles were packaged and prepared for their return to Canada.

A convoy composed mainly of Canadian Forces Leopard 2 tanks enter the gates of Kandahar Airfield for the last time in June 2011.

A convoy composed mainly of Canadian Forces Leopard 2 tanks enter the gates of Kandahar Airfield for the last time in June 2011. OP CARCAJOU SANGLIER marked the first wave of returning vehicles to Kandahar Airfield signifying the beginning of the closure of the Canadian mission in Southern Afghanistan. From here, the vehicles were packaged and prepared for their return to Canada.