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Originally formed as the Canadian Cavalry Corps in 1910, [1] Canada's first tank units were not raised until late in 1918. Initially, these units were considered to be part of the Machine Gun Corps and the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion; 2nd Canadian Tank Battalion and the 3e Bataillon de chars d'assaut were all too late to join the fighting in the First World War.
Four additional 2A4 tanks were promised along with 1 ARV on February 24. [116] Spain promised to send at least 10 of its Leopard 2A4 tanks, with more possible pending repairs. [117] [118] Norway has promised to send 8 of its 36 operational Leopard 2A4s along with 4 ARV/AEV non-combat versions. [119] Portugal is sending 3 of its 37 Leopard 2A6s ...
Canadian designation Man-portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar. 200 MSTAR Version 3 systems originally purchased in 2004, with 100 to be upgraded to Version 4. [228] Version 3 currently deployed on the Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle. [227] Version 6 to be integrated on the LAV 6.0 under the LAV Reconnaissance Surveillance Systems ...
Vickers MBT Mark 1: 1964 1965 United Kingdom: 376 38 t 535 hp 480 km British private venture design for export. 1965 India: 2,200 39 t 535 hp 530 km Vijayanta was the Indian license-built version of British Vickers MBT Mark 1. 1970 Kuwait: 70 38 t 535 hp 480 km Al Jahra is the Kuwaiti designation for Vickers MBT Mark 1s modified for desert warfare
The 2009 World Quizzing Championships were held on June 6, 2009 at more than 45 locations, including 10 venues in the US, 9 in India and 4 in Russia. Kevin Ashman regained his title and became the first ever to win 4 World Quizzing Championships. Second again was Ronny Swiggers from Belgium. Third was last year's champion Mark Bytheway.
Canada's annual average temperature over land has risen by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F), with changes ranging from 1.1 to 2.3 °C (2.0 to 4.1 °F) in various regions, since 1948. [117] The rate of warming has been higher across the North and in the Prairies. [ 130 ]
JetPunk is an online trivia and quizzing website. The service offers a variety of quizzes in different topics, such as geography, history, science, literature, and music. [2] [3] The site offers quizzes in a variety of languages, including but not limited to: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, German, Finnish, Portuguese, and Polish. [4]
The industrial designator is WZ211-1. [5] Type 63-II - Type 63-I fitted with the infrared night vision equipment and Norinco external laser rangefinder which is the same laser rangefinder as the one fitted on Type 59-I main battle tank. This update was made in the 1970s. The industrial designator is WZ211-2. [3] [5]