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Armour has received many awards over the years including the Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies Award in 2006 and receiving platinum status from "Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies" in 2011. Armour was also selected as one of ten companies to be showcased in "Building the Best: Lessons from Inside Canada's Best Managed Companies" book.
Manufactured by Case in the USA for the Canadian Military until 1948 when production moved to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. Markings include "Case XX Metal Stampings" on the base of the sheeps foot blade and a C with a broad arrow inside stamped on the scales (case) normally near the rivet holding the blades.
The Armoured Autocar was developed by Major Raymond Brutinel, who immigrated to Canada from France. Brutinel, a Captain in the French Army Reserve, became a self-made millionaire in Canada prior to the beginning of World War I. At the beginning of the war, he promoted an idea to combine machine guns and mechanical mobility.
In 1968, with the unification of the Canadian Army into the Canadian Armed Forces, the name of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps was changed to simply the Armour Branch. Despite the change however, the Corps continued to use its traditional title. In 2003, Canada planned to replace all its tanks with lightweight M1128 mobile gun systems. [5]
Canada: Body armour: 31,000 [13] Commercial name Model 4100. [14] Manufactured by Pacific Safety Systems. [15] Sniper Body Armour System Canada: Body armour: 319 Used exclusively by Canadian Forces snipers. Option for an additional 240 systems. [16] System consists of the SBAS External Carrier, SBAS Plate Carrier, and SBAS Ballistic Panel. [17 ...
The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School (French: École du Corps blindé royal canadien) is part of the Combat Training Centre at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick, and is responsible for the tactical and technical training for armoured non-commissioned members and officers, in addition to maintaining certain specialized qualifications on behalf of the Canadian Army.
When deployed overseas, the UAS will be capable of detecting, recognizing, identifying, and tracking targets of interest. It will have a precision strike capability. [41] On December 19, 2023, the Government of Canada announced that 11 MQ-9B would be acquired. [42] CC-330 Husky / Airbus A330 MRTT: Multi-role tanker transport: 9: 2018–2031
Coyotes from the 12 e Régiment blindé du Canada. The LAV II Bison and Coyote are armoured cars, or armoured personnel carriers built by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada for the Canadian Armed Forces. [1] [2] Bison vehicles have been used to a lesser extent by the Australian Army and the US National Guard. [3]