in CFB Edmonton Leopard 2 Tanks are being put into reserve storage lots after being replaced in Front line Service by the KF-51 Panther Tanks this year.
also in the Avro Factory in Toronto, the main design team has reworked the failed CF-21 AWAC variant into the EF-21 Thunder Hawk EW aircraft, tests of it be done next week.
And finally after a few days of Carrier trials the RCN has officially adopted the CF-21N as the navy's first operational 5th Generation fighter, having passed the test onboard HMCS Canada.
Outside of Prince George BC, KF-51 Panther Tanks of the Royal Canadian Dragoons under take a rough terrain driving course to test out the tanks handling in the province's wilderness.
Meanwhile in Alberta the NC infantry from the Princess Patrica's are still in their patrol base Training since September enduring Freezing Cold temperatures and Blizzard like conditions, their NCO pulled up in a MILCOTS Chevy Silverado with a movie projector to play the WW1 Canadian War Epic Passchendaele to inspire the men to continue the training will be over before Christmas.
Just in case NC plans to take advantage of the political turmoil in Karma right now and those Panthers head South along Hwy 97, the Northland Brigade is deploying in the Williams Lake area.
Also KDF units in the Red Deer (pronounced Dead Rear) area are on high alert.
Those newly developed, now deployed Panthers look good.
Now get then in terrain, tanks are safer in the storage area, but that isn’t what they were made for.
‘A battleship is safer in harbor, but that isn’t what it was made for.’
Based on how well the KF-21 Performed in our Rough Terrain and firing range courses. The NC army is developing a new Tank Warfare doctrine that exclusively reflects the capability and performance of the Panther Tank. Its currently being drafted at Army HQ in Ottawa and will be published in the new year.
In other tech news Textron NC has announced that effective immediately the TAPV will be withdrawn from NC army service due to a serious Engine Fire issue, the company CEO said that their design team is trying to solve the problem.
The TAPV is part of the Family of Land Combat vehicle projects announced in July 2009.
As a CAF member once said.
"Most will know this vehicle as being the vehicle that nobody wants, filling a role it wasn't designed for, while also being extremely dangerous to drive and prone to catching fire."
We hope that the imagi-nations have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. once the holiday season is over the RCAF pilots will return to flying in these newly refurbished North American Harvard Trainers to get some stick time in and to train new pilots in order to graduate them to the new CF-21 fighters.
The admiral of the RCNs Pacific fleet has arrived in CFB Kitamat from their Main base in CFB Prince Rupert to congratulate the Captain of the HMCS Canada for the successful carrier tests of the CF-21N fighter. his DHC-6 Twin Otter is just pulling up to the dock now.
The RCN is restarting its Pacific Patrol starting this weekend from their base in CFB Prince Rupert. The ships Selected to take part in the patrol are the Carrier HMCS Canada, the Halifax Frigates, Calgray, Ville De Quebec, Vancouver, the Oiler MV Asterix, and three Trafalgar Class Submarines Walleye, Halibut, and Northern Pike.
Heres a list of Port of Calls planned on the Pacific Patrol route.
RPNW
ROD
Outboard Islands
Peru
then we return back to Prince Rupert.
A Separate patrol for the Indian Ocean will be planned out at a different date.
