Leopard tanks for tender in Canada

[sapper740]

Originally posted by Darrell Zinck
Hi (Am I the Zip of which you speak?)

You are the Zip of which I speak. Got a question for you.....are we going to replace the Leopard with a new MBT or are MBT's going the way of the dinosaur? It seems every military, with the exception of maybe the Israelis are acquiring more and more fast, wheeled AFV's instead of main battle tanks. Another question, I know with Canada's small military budget that the services have to take turns having their outdated equipment replaced. The Air Force bought CF-118's in the '80s, then the Navy got their new C.P.F.'s and C.P.V.'s in the '90s and now the Air Force is entering into a contract for the new J.S.F. Did the Army miss out or were the wheeled AFV's the Army received in the mid '90S considered their upgrade? If so, I think the Army got shorted. One more question....could you explain to an armour-challenged Engineer the differences between Coyotes, Bisons, and all the other wheeled AFVs? Thanks1 Cheemo!