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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
I think I read somewhere that it was a LAV-3, it was either that or it was an RG-31 Nyala. It wasn't that long ago that the Canadian Forces was in Afghanistan with G-Wagons, so the vehicle that we are currently using are significantly better than what they had used in years past. But to answer your question, the bombs that they are using are also bigger, they are more complex and they are for lack of a better word, better than the ones that they have built in previous years. At the end of the day no matter what vehicle they build there will always be terrorists who will build a bigger bomb and who will often just get lucky and unfortunately that means another one of our soldiers will come home in a coffin.
That being said, if we invested so much money into GM and other auto manufacturers, I would like to see them build the best armoured vehicle they can, at the best rate possible, get input from every branch of the CF as to what they need and allow the engineers and designers to build the best protection possible. Build it in a Canadian plant and have it a vehicle built by Canadians, for Canadians and our allies.
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I think the problem with many of these vehicles is that they weren't intended to be protected from underneath but are designed to be mobile with most of the armor on the sides. I think even the Leopard IIs were quite vulnerable to mines and IEDs until some upgrades but I may be wrong.
I recall a few years ago there were stories of US troops welding metal plates on their own vehicles because there was no funding to properly armor them.