Military capability boost in Afghanistan

Mens vi hugger stridsvogner på harde livet, sender The Lord Strathcona's Horse unit LEO 1 eskadron til Afghanistan: Major boost in military capability in Afghanistan, Canada sending 15 tanks, 120 more troops

OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces' main tank unit is racing to prepare 120 troops and 15 Leopard tanks to send to Afghanistan as early as next week, in what would be a major boost in Canadian military capability there, according to a military expert who observed them. Les mer..

A battalion commander's anger

I have known Danny (a pseudonym) for many years but never have I seen him as angry as now. He is a commander of a reserve battalion in the armored corps and a moshav farmer in civilian life. Danny is angry at the last three chiefs of staff for having neglected the land forces in favor of the air force, for sacrificing ground mobility on the altar of high-tech wizardry, and for squandering tank specialists in the nooks and crannies
of the intifada....Les videre