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Words of wisdom

1917

1. Team work, team training and team spirit that make a tank crew behave with a single mind. That's how the men of Canada's army at Camp Borden are ha(...)

1. Team work, team training and team spirit that make a tank crew behave with a single mind. That's how the men of Canada's army at Camp Borden are ha(...)

7/25/1942

Bullets of light, not lead, stream from the muzzle of this tank gun in battle practice at Camp Borden

Bullets of light, not lead, stream from the muzzle of this tank gun in battle practice at Camp Borden

4/25/1941

Ready . . aim . . fire. Soldiers at Camp Borden are being shot with light rays these days, A newly invented ray gun, with which Sgt. E. A. Williams he(...)

Ready . . aim . . fire. Soldiers at Camp Borden are being shot with light rays these days, A newly invented ray gun, with which Sgt. E. A. Williams he(...)

1/16/1941

D-Day veteran, this Canadian-built tank of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers was still in action at V-E-Day

D-Day veteran, this Canadian-built tank of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers was still in action at V-E-Day

6/22/1945

Private rand in Carden-Lloyd carrier

Private rand in Carden-Lloyd carrier

7/6/1940

A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations

A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations

8/27/1938

Before shipment to the battlefields of Russia and Africa a Valentine tank is put through its paces

Before shipment to the battlefields of Russia and Africa a Valentine tank is put through its paces

4/17/1943

Explaining away a tank crash. A 24,000-ton Sherman tank of World War II vintage that had been on display at CNE accidentally gunned down a mail truck (...)

Explaining away a tank crash. A 24,000-ton Sherman tank of World War II vintage that had been on display at CNE accidentally gunned down a mail truck (...)

9/4/1974

Among the small airms included in platoon weapons is the Boys' anti-tank rifle, shown above, somewhat reminiscent of the old elephant gun. It fires a (...)

Among the small airms included in platoon weapons is the Boys' anti-tank rifle, shown above, somewhat reminiscent of the old elephant gun. It fires a (...)

8/9/1941

Canadian coastal defence being rehabilitated at Halifax includes guns which can throw 380 - pound shells 15 miles, searchlight batteries, radar towers(...)

Canadian coastal defence being rehabilitated at Halifax includes guns which can throw 380 - pound shells 15 miles, searchlight batteries, radar towers(...)

12/6/1948

1934

Stirton, a Dunkirk survivor of the Royal Tank Corps, sits in the power-driven Canada's first army tank as it rolls from the assembly line of the C.P.R(...)

Stirton, a Dunkirk survivor of the Royal Tank Corps, sits in the power-driven Canada's first army tank as it rolls from the assembly line of the C.P.R(...)

5/31/1941

Above is a sample of what 1943 cargoes include

Above is a sample of what 1943 cargoes include

6/26/1943

Plowing through mud and water Valentines are given a final taste of the weather they may expect on the Russian fronts next winter. Capt. Sokolov's ver(...)

Plowing through mud and water Valentines are given a final taste of the weather they may expect on the Russian fronts next winter. Capt. Sokolov's ver(...)

4/14/1943

One of Canada's fighting tanks, six tons of concentrated destructive power, tops a rise at Camp Borden as recruits put it through actual war paces. Th(...)

One of Canada's fighting tanks, six tons of concentrated destructive power, tops a rise at Camp Borden as recruits put it through actual war paces. Th(...)

10/7/1939

A Valentine tank provided transportation for Col

A Valentine tank provided transportation for Col

10/6/1941

Bogged down - This huge modern tank is rendered temporarily helpless by a trap made by detonation of explosives buried inside a pipe underground. Trap(...)

Bogged down - This huge modern tank is rendered temporarily helpless by a trap made by detonation of explosives buried inside a pipe underground. Trap(...)

8/15/1941

Army - Canada - Artillery - Tanks - 1950 - 1979

Army - Canada - Artillery - Tanks - 1950 - 1979

7/1/1943