Season 2 finale 1/72 Canadian Surface Assault Vehicles

Hey everyone,

As you may have figured out by this post, the problem in the previous one has finally been resolved by me reinstalling firefox. You may be rolling your eyes saying that I should use chrome or IE. First of all, Internet Explorer is the worst web browser out there, and I have tried using chrome but I can't get used to it no matter how long I try to keep with it.

Anyways, after a long period of not writting, here is the finale from season 2. Season 3 will start early to show how sorry I am :)

enjoy

1/72 surface assault vehicles of the Canadian Forces

I decided to do a post about some of Canada's ground assets. If you are anything like me, than you know that no military collection is really well rounded if only one aspect is created. I.E. air force only or navy only, etc. It would be like have a train set without any of that fabulous scenery. I tell you, sometimes I wish I was into trains but they don't really do it for me.

Anyways, here is a post about the Canadian vehicles I have built over the years including one that exists but not as Canadian military. Enjoy

1/72 Trumpeter LAV-25/Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle

First of is one of Canada's primary recon vehicles, the Coyote. As my heading suggests, it is based off the American Marine corps LAV-25, which is in turn based off of the Swiss MOWAG Piranha.

The main difference between the Coyote and the LAV-25 is that the rear compartment is taken up entirely of communication gear with room for one operator. The LAV-25 can carry force recon marines of the US Marine corps.

 This baby is armed with a single 25mm bushmaster canon that can really pack a punch, as well as several smoke grenade dispensers to help the vehicle get away from danger.

Specifications
Weight	14.4 t (15.9 short tons)
Length	6.39 m (21.0 ft)
Width	2.50 m (8.2 ft)
Height	2.69 m (8.8 ft)
Crew	4 (driver, commander, gunner, surveillance suite operator)
Main armament	1 × M242 25mm chain gun
Secondary armament	1 × C6 7.62mm machine gun (coaxial) 1 × C6 7.62mm machine gun (pintle) 8 × grenade launchers (2 × cluster of 4)
Engine	Detroit Diesel 6V53T 275hp
Suspension	8×8 wheeled, 4× drive
Operational range	660 km
Speed	120 km/h

 

1/72 Revell Leopard 2A5 main battle tank

This is Canada's main battle tank. Most people probably didn't know Canada had tanks, which is silly because every large country has tanks, it's just harder to see these ones than, say, an M1A1 Abrams.

Not to bag on the Abrams, which kicks ass on a lot of levels, but the Leopard 2A5 is considered the worlds best tank thanks to a combination of top notch weapon systems, suspension, engine and radio equipment. Canada acquired these in 2007 to replace the older model Leopard 2A4 version we have had for a long time.

If you ever get the chance to see a Leopard (or any tank for that matter) participate in a joint military demonstration, don't pass it up as it will blow your mind.

But the one thing we don't know about the tank is truly how effective it is against other tanks as Canada has only had them deployed in Afghanistan and the Taliban does not have armored assets. That is one thing that probably makes the Abrams better, the fact the Abrams has gone up against Soviet tanks in the form of Iraqi Armor.

Specifications
Weight	2A6: 62.3 tonnes (61.3 long tons; 68.7 short tons)
Length	2A6: 9.97 m (393 in) (gun forward)
Width	2A6: 3.75 m (148 in)
Height	2A6: 3.0 m (120 in)
Crew	4
Armour	2A6: 3rd generation composite; including high-hardness steel, tungsten and plastic filler with ceramic component.
Main armament	1× 120 mm Rheinmetall L55 smoothbore gun (42 rounds)
Secondary armament	2× 7.62 mm MG3A1 (4,750 rounds)
Engine	MTU MB 873 Ka-501 liquid-cooled V-12 Twin-turbo diesel engine 1,500 PS (1,479 hp, 1,103 kW) at 2,600 rpm
Power/weight	24.1 PS/t (17.7 kW/t)
Transmission	Renk HSWL 354
Suspension	Torsion bar suspension
Fuel capacity	1,200 litres (264 imperial gallons; 317 US gallons)
Operational range	550 km (340 mi) (internal fuel)
Speed	72 km/h (45 mph)

 1/72 Revell Warrior MCV

 Last is a vehicle Canada doesn't have but could possibly as it looks to replace its aging LAV-III's. The warrior is the UK's primary troop personnel carrier, similar in design to the American Bradley fighting vehicle.

I think it would be cool if Canada had something like this so it could do search and destroy missions with a higher accuracy of success and less personnel loss due to mines and the like.

Specifications
Weight	25.4 tonnes
Length	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Width	3.03 m (9 ft 11 in)
Height	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Crew	3 (commander, gunner, driver) + 7 troops
Armour	Aluminium & Appliqué
Main armament	30 mm L21A1 RARDEN cannon (current) 40 mm CTA International CT40 cannon (future upgrade)
Secondary armament	L94A1 coaxial 7.62 mm chain gun 7.62 mm machine gun
Engine	Perkins V-8 Condor Diesel 550 hp (410 kW)
Power/weight	23 hp/t
Suspension	torsion bar
Operational range	410 miles (660 km)
Speed	46 mph (75 km/h)

 So there you have it, the Season 2 finale. I know it wasn't anything like the season 1 ender with the long post about the C130, but do not worry. I promise Season three will be better, with more Canadian stuff, but a hell of a lot more stuff from the international community.



(Info from Wikipedia)