Canadian Army Archives

A brigade and a brigade group are two distinct organizational structures within the Canadian Army. Whilst both refer to a

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Battle tank – (MBT, main battle tank) a self-propelled armoured fighting vehicle, capable of heavy firepower, primarily of a high

by John Boileau Recently a US Army corps released a new policy limiting who gets to stencil a name on

On 25 May 2022, Colonel (retired) John Boileau, spoke to RUSI(NS) and guests with a presentation titled “No. 2 Construction

by Murray Lee Introduction Fact: the Canadian Army does not have a capability to defend itself against air attack, either

On 2 June 2021, Brigadier-General J.J. Major, Chief of Staff Operations, Canadian Army Headquarters, briefed RUSI(NS) and guests with a

Dr Peter Kikkert, Irving Shipbuilding Chair in Arctic Policy, Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, St Francis Xavier University, spoke to

Brigadier-General Roch Pelletier, Commander 5th Canadian Division, was the RUSI(NS) Distinguished Speaker 24 June 2020, and spoke to members of

The term Domestic Response Company (DRC) has been mentioned in recent reporting of Canadian Armed Forces preparations to assist civil

Note: This paper is based on a presentation made by Colonel LaFortune, Commander Canadian Combat Support Brigade, to RUSI(NS), 5

Imagine yourself as a soldier in combat. You started your patrol with forty people. Then you came under attack. Five