Canadian forces personnel who worked with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan used a number of different vehicles to carry out their duties. Here's a look at some of ...

In October 2003 Lt.-Gen. Rick Hillier told journalists that Canada was taking its Leopard tanks out of service and instead was going to purchase the U.S. Stryker Mobile Gun System, a wheeled vehicle.

In 2003, Canada decided to decommission the Leopard 1s and shift away from using tanks more generally, but was prevented from doing so by the war in Afghanistan.

There has been lots of media coverage of the Leopard tanks in Afghanistan and the LAV-3s have become such a common site in videos and photographs from operations i… ...

Canada acquired more than 50 of the Leopard 1 tanks in the 1970s and operated them until 2017. The aging machines have since been replaced with Leopard 2 tanks.

One of the world’s leading battle tanks, the German-made Leopard 2 has sophisticated targeting capabilities, even in rough terrain. Skip to content Skip to site index Europe ...

Indeed, Ukraine's big guns on artillery and tanks consume thousands of rounds of ammunition each day in the gruelling war of attrition. Canada has sent more than 100,000 tank rounds for Ukrainian ...

From the German side, the Leopard 1 tanks would not come from the military but from German weapons manufacturers. On Tuesday, the chief executive of one such manufacturer, Rheinmetall, told a news ...

Afghanistan Taliban used military vehicles supplied to former Afghan security forces by US in recent Iran skirmish: report DOD spokesman said vehicles were from 'a small number' procured for ...

Germany began producing the successor to the Leopard 1 in 1978 and had produced over 3,500 as of January 2023. The Leopard 2 MBT is a highly sought-after weapon system operated by numerous ...