Canada is making some big moves when it comes to their ground forces.
They recently announced they’ll be speeding up buying 250 tracked armored fighting vehicles and that they’ll be looking for a replacement for all their Leopard 2 tanks.
This comes as the Arctic region becomes a global flashpoint of sorts, with Russia and China worrying the West amid retreating sea ice exposing more shipping routes and natural resources. But Canada has some challenges ahead of it to make their dreams or new armor a reality, we get into all that and more in this video.
00:00 – Intro
00:42 – The Arctic and Canada
05:19 – Canada’s armor plans
10:56 – Roadblocks to more armor
12:21 – What’s this mean?
14:40 – Channel updates
Greenland video: https://youtu.be/BzL3-tvyqqw
XM 30 video: https://youtu.be/qQ0VUsdYqv8
CV90 video: https://youtu.be/IQpT-H3kqEo
TWZ article: https://www.twz.com/land/canada-accelerates-armor-plans-to-contend-with-growing-threats
Written by: Kyle Gunn
Edited by: Savvy
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