There are reports thatthe Canadians are deploying 20 Leopard 1's to A'stan.

 

This is attracting a lot of interest in Canada, as there are rumours that the Stryker type armoured car that they were going to buy has been cancelled, and will be replaced by a new MBT. 

Canada's deploying some Leopard C2 tanks and the Netherlands just landed some 155mm SP Guns.

Yes on the Leo 1's.  However, these have had updated fire control and other systems put into them, so they are not the same weapons systems as originally purchased.  Anyway you cut it, their armour protection and firepower are heads and shoulders better than that on our LAVIII and appropriately so considering the different missions of these vehicles.

 

 

In fact our Leopards were upgraded in Y2000, Canada purchased 123 surplus Leopard 1A5 turrets from Germany, thereby creating a Leopard "C2". Additionally, approx. 6 of the units have the MEXAS armour suite, and these will most likely be deployed.

 

In all we're looking at about a dozen MBT's being moved in to Afghanistan.

Here is a URL with one of Canada's Leopard tanks on the move in Afghanistan.  It is fielded by members of the Lord Strathcona Horse (Royal Canadians).

 

 

 

 

 

kudos to the canadians for affording thier troops more protection and fire power. the GERMANS in the north are safe coz thats  northern alliance country.  in a new world, a new  law is needed  letting them conduct offensive ops. THIS IS A WAR OF IDEAOLIGIES, CULTURES, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL PROGRESS. the germans, keepers of the ROMAN FLAME.....let this oppurtunity slip by, thier country is full of  MOSLEMS!  FRANCE, SHUT UR BORDERS!!!!  the moslems will hols a majority  in France one day.  SPAIN, YOU BACKED DOWN,  AND THEY KNOW UR WEAK.  FINI.....  EUROPE,  TIGHTEN  UR BORDERS,  THEY WILL  WREAK HAVOC  SOON.  FROM INDONESIA,  TO  SPAIN,  A  CALIPHATE.  THIS IS THE STRUGGLE EQAUL TO  WW2.  I FOUGHT IN GULF WAR 1,  WE WERE A STONES THROW  AWAY FROM KARBALA. THE  ORDER  TO ATTACK NEVER CAME. MANY LIVES SNUFFED OUT  COZ BUSH SR. OBEYED THE UN. KOFI ANNAN IS A CRIMINAL, HE TAKES MONEY.  I WENT TO WORK FOR A PMC, 1 STOP, COZ I HAD BEEN THERE  WAS KURDISTAN.  GOOD FOR NOTHING  TURKEY IS SCARED OF THE KURDS.  IRAN IS TOO.  THEY WOULD SEND SMALL GROUPS  ACROSS THE  BORDER TO OBSERVE  AND KIDNAP KURDS,  INTERROGATING THEM COZ THEY WANTED THE LEADERS DEAD. WE  CAUGHT OVER A DOZEN 6 MAN  TEAMS,  BENT ON ASSASINATION  AND SABOTAGE.  ONLY  PARTS OF THEM MADE IT BACK TO  IRAN.  I RESPECT  THE PESHMERGA, AND THEY DESERVE  INDEPENDENT  KURDISTAN.  WE MUST PROTECT THEM, KEEP  U.S. ACR, SPEC. OPS,  AIR ASSAULT,  EVEN PARATROOPERS  THERE.  ALSO A ROBUST  AIR CONTINGENT,  F-16'S,  F-15'S,  A-10'S  ATTACK CHOPPERS, AND A MARINE REGIMENT OR 2.  TO COVER ALL OF KURDISTAN, WE NEED  MAYBE  60,000 AMERICAN TROOPS, ANOTHER 15,000 BRITS, AUSSIES, KIWIS....LETS NOT LET THEM TAKE KURDISTAN.  NO!!!!

I saw the Canadian Leos, along with some of their LAVs in Kandahar on a recent trip.  We were told by the Dutch that their PbH 2000s were here as well.  The Germans have large numbers of Fuchs 6-wheeled armored transporters, and even a few 8 wheeled Luchs.  The Italians and French have a variety of light, 4-6 wheeled armored cars.  There are also some M113s and YMS-765s.

 

The Afghan forces use BRDMs, BMPs, T-62s and M113s.  They only have one mech battalion and one tank battalion, plus some recon companies.