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  1. rick7475

    WW1 Uniform question, 50 Battalion Calgary

    Hello, I have some photos of my wife's grandfather who fought through WW1 and at Vimy Ridge wounded twice and lived until 89. There are 2 photos taken of him and some other fellows, but they are not wearing cap badges or shoulder insignia. He joined in 1914 in Calgary as a private, and these...
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    Help identify Notman photo - military uniform, circa 1880's Montreal?

    Hello there. When my grandmother passed away 10 years ago we found this photo in a box of family photos. Her mother lived in Montreal and was well to do. Her mother had several photos of herself done by Notman (as well as other family members that we have identified) circa Montreal in the...
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    Question on the history of "Brucie", RMC Cadet statuettes

    If this is the wrong forum, then I appologize. I was wondering what the history was behind the bronze statuettes from RMC called "Brucie". My grandfather had one in his possession and I now have it. I searched google and the RMC sites, including the alumni sites but couldn't find out anything...
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    Return of the Leopard

    http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=95b4c9e5-de13-4425-bc87-218c1031583c&k=94676&p=1 Saturday's Ottawa Citizen had some good articles about the current status of the Leopard tanks (how many were sold, used for target practice, and are still in service) as well as the recent...
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    Popular war movies depicting Canadian soldiers ...

    I appologize in advance if this topic has been done before or if this is the wrong place. I was wondering if anyone could add a relatively popular, hopefully somewhat historically sound, war movie that they have seen that depicts Canadian soldiers or at least a main character who is Canadian to...
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    Battle casualties or accident casualties?

    I am not trying to offend here, but the Ottawa Citizen ran a front page article over the list of Canadians who have died. They listed 11 (not including the Canadian from Gatineau Quebec who died in a helicopter crash with the US Army). Of these 11, 4 were friendly fire, 2 were from the LAV 3...
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    G-Wagon turret

    Just curious if anyone has any stories or more pics of the new G-Wagon turret. What weapons can it support (C-6 only?). Article and pic can be found here: http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/6_1_1.asp?FlashEnabled=1&id=669 I would be interested if it has been successful, if there are...
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