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Canadian armoured regiments split their heritage between two primary sources. The first being the cavalry corps, from which many armoured regiments were created and in fact the first "armoured" regiments were titled "mechanized cavalry" regiments, and the second being the tank corps (which formerly belonged to first the infantry and then the machine gun corps).
14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment) 19th Alberta Dragoons; 20th Army Tank Regiment (16/22 Saskatchewan Horse) 21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards) 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards) 23rd Army Tank Battalion (The Halifax Rifles) 24th Army Tank Battalion (Les Voltigeurs de Québec)
Overall, the Canadian Centurion tanks served for 25 years, from January 1952 to January 1977 when they were replaced by Leopard 1. Ferret armoured car: The small and agile Ferret armoured car was operated by Canadian Armoured Recce units from 1954 to 1981. Canada ordered 124 Mk. 1's but some Mk. 2's were also acquired from BAOR stocks in Germany.
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment; No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station (Canada) 4 Field Ambulance (Canada) 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) 8th Canadian Infantry Division; 12 (Vancouver) Field Ambulance; 12e Régiment blindé du Canada; 18 Field Ambulance; 26th Army Tank Battalion (The Grey and Simcoe ...
The 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the Canadian Army that saw active service during World War II.The brigade was composed of the 6th, 10th and 27th Canadian Armoured regiments and saw service in northwest Europe, landing in Normandy on D-Day and remaining in combat up to Victory in Europe Day.
Infantry of the 53rd (Welsh) Division in a Ram Kangaroo on the outskirts of Ochtrup, Germany, 3 April 1945. The decision to convert redundant tanks into personnel carriers was inspired by Allied experiences during the D-Day landings, where British and Canadian forces experienced much lower casualty rates by leading attacks on German lines with armour than did the Americans, who led with an ...
The 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade, later known as 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, was an armoured brigade of the Canadian Army, raised during the Second World War. The brigade was composed of the 11th, 12th and 14th Canadian Armoured regiments and saw service in the Italian campaign and later in north-west Europe .
This is a list of Canadian divisions in World War II: 1st Canadian Infantry Division; 2nd Canadian Infantry Division; 3rd Canadian Infantry Division; 3rd Canadian Infantry Division (CAOF) 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division; 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division; 6th Canadian Infantry Division; 6th Canadian Infantry Division (CAPF) 7th Canadian ...