Every Canadian-Made Armoured Vehicle Used In WW2

Canada had no tank manufacturing facilities in 1939. By the end of 1945, the total number of armored fighting vehicles produced by the Canadian industry was more than the total number produced by Italy and Japan. Automobile factories and locomotive units nationwide became massive factories of tanks, self-propelled cannons, armored reconnaissance cars and troop carriers for the Allied armies around the world. This video provides an overview of the entire range of Canadian designed and manufactured WWII armoured fighting vehicles: Canadian engineering was fast to respond to the realities of the battlefield—and from the Montreal-built Ram tank to the Grizzly cruiser, to the deadly 25 pounder Sexton self-propelled gun, it did so with impressive speed. The Ram gun tank was rendered redundant by changes in doctrine and was converted into Ram Kangaroos, the world's first operational heavy tracked armored personnel carriers, radically altering the tactics of mechanized infantry under Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds in Operation Totalize. We also discuss variants of the workhorse Universal Carrier, the fearsome Wasp and Badger flamethrowers, the 4-gun Skink anti-aircraft vehicle, the agile Fox, Otter and Lynx reconnaissance vehicles, and the 800,000 Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) vehicles that moved Allied armies. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - The WWII Armored Vehicle Revolution in Canada 00:34 - The Ram Tank: Montreal Locomotive Works 01:05 - The Grizzly: Canadas Modified Sherman 01:30 - The Ram Kangaroo: Inventing the Heavy APC 02:18 - The Sexton: Self-Propelled 25 Pounder Artillery. 03:00 - Armoured Reconnaissance: Fox, Otter and Lynx 03:40 - Universal Carriers, Wasps, and Flame Tanks 04:20 - The Skink AA Tank and CMP Logistics This is the result of the Canadian wartime industry.This is the legacy of Canadian wartime industry. For further reading and historical sources, consult the articles in the right-hand column. 1. C.P. Stacey (1970): Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939-1945. The Department of National Defence / Directorate of History and Heritage. 2. The Armed Forces of Canada, 1867-1967: A Century of Achievement by Donald J. Goodspeed (1967). The Directorate of History and Heritage. The Great Tank Scandal: British Armour in the Second World War, by David Fletcher (1989). HMSO. 4. Canadian War Museum (CWM) - Wartime Production and Armored Vehicles in the Second World War: https://www.warmuseum.ca/learn/canadian-military-history-timeline/second-world-war/ 5. Project 44 - Historical Canadian Armour & Vehicle Databases: https://www.project44.ca/ ABOUT CANADIANS AT WAR Canadians at War aims to record and preserve the history of Canadian war-time sacrifice, war-time innovations in tactics and war-time innovations in military engineering. Please help with the documentation of Canadian military history - subscribe! Join the discussion: Which Canadian vehicle conversion do you think had the greatest tactical impact on the battlefield—the Ram Kangaroo APC or the Sexton SPG? Post your comments below. #CanadianMilitary #WWII #Tanks #MilitaryHistory #RamTank #Sexton #CanadianArmy #HistoryDocumentary #ArmouredVehicles