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unusual facts about LAV III


LAV III

On October 21, 2011 the Canadian government announced a $1.1 billion contract to General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade 550 LAV III combat vehicles.


Canada–Netherlands relations

The Canadian Army have increased its presence with main battle tanks, some ten Leopard C2 and twenty Leopard 2A6M CAN, approximately one hundred LAV III armoured vehicles and currently use six 155 mm M777 howitzers in Afghanistan.

Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps

NZLAV - the NZLAV armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a variant of the General Dynamics LAV III.


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Canada in the Cold War

The Army began to acquire new equipment, such as the LAV-III, Bison APC and the Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle as it transitioned to fighting irregular warfare instead of the large tank battles once feared would rage across Western Europe.