Posted on 12/09/06
New vehicles heading for Afghan mission
OTTAWA -- New shipments of light-armoured vehicles are headed to Afghanistan to bolster the arsenal of Canadian troops and replace those damaged in the conflict with the Taliban.Twenty more LAV-IIIs -- nimble armed carriers capable of carrying six to 10 troops -- will be sent overseas in the near future.
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