Ottawa poised to make decision on aging army tanks

[CBC News]

The government will soon decide the fate of the army's fleet of aging tanks, some of which are being used by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.

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[El Barto]

Funny a couple of months ago Germany was selling updated tanks for 600k a piece.
No reference of that here. Hoping we'll forget and they'll buy it for 5 million a piece.

 

[snfu73]

When you are shooting at people from a tank, the last think you want to do is sweat, or be uncomfortable in any way. You want to be able to kill in comfort! I say put dvd players in there, a little wet bar, some bikini girls, remote controls for everything, a lazy boy...what the heck! Can't have soldiers not having the comforts of home while in the desert killing people.

 

[CDNBear]

Funny a couple of months ago Germany was selling updated tanks for 600k a piece.
No reference of that here. Hoping we'll forget and they'll buy it for 5 million a piece.

Last i heard, it was as good as a done deal and they will be least.

Good idea if you ask me.

 

[El Barto]

I have no problem replacing our out dated tanks , better if it is at a very good rebate. Better than buying out dated submarines, cancelling a helicopter order and paying again to replace those helicopters later. to me this is the better deal. Liberals suck at that. not that I'm conservative , I'm against waisted money.