 stikpusher wrote: |
Townsy, those Leopards look German. Unless the Canadians train on tanks with German markings in Germany...![Dunce [D)]](/emoticons/icon_smile_dunce.gif) |
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Actually, the Canadians were indeed training on German tanks--they were basically taking them apart and putting them back together again, like one would do their rifle, so that they could repair and service them properly.
Some of the German guys were telling me that some of the hi-tech stuff would fool foreign crews; like, they'd not be able to get something working, and they'd start to tear apart something, when all they had to do was to hit a switch or a "reset" button. So the Canadians were there to learn all that stuff.
I think they also had some of the modifications to the tanks being performed there, and I believe that these tanks were going to be shipped to Afghanistan as well, because they had the additional add-on armor on the front lower hull on on the tanks in the shed--I'll be showing that in the next installment.
Bottom line though, most of these WERE German marked Leopards!
CaSSIus, your fellow countrymen were consumate hosts, great conversationalists, and man, could they drink! WOW! LOL!