In September 2005, a LAV-III rollover killed another soldier during military exercises at Wainwright. In that incident, the earth near a river gave way and the armoured vehicle tumbled into the water.

A LAV III, or light armoured vehicle, was dedicated near the town's original Monument of Honour in Remembrance Square. The monument is one of 33 across the country, and the lone dedication in the ...

He said his unit is currently using hundreds of them. In 2014, Lt.-Col. Dan Bobbitt died when his LAV III rolled during training at CFB Wainwright. Four other soldiers were injured.

The LAV III, he said, is superior to all allied vehicles in the southeast Afghanistan theatre. The only eight-wheeled vehicles that compare with it are obsolete Soviet-based designs, such as the ...

Five soldiers were travelling at night in a LAV-III, when it rolled over at 6 p.m. local time on a highway that connects Kabul with Kandahar, near the village of Laghman.

A LAV III military vehicle in service. - Submitted Photo Grey Highlands council is interested in bringing a retired military LAV III vehicle to the community to become a permanent monument. Branch 333 ...

Pitching a memorial project, which entails hundreds of LAV III replicas, after a renewed focus on the National War Memorial, and on the heels of Canada’s dropping of 500 pound laser-guided bombs by ...

London-made LAV III gets monument in city, to all who served By Norman De Bono Published Nov 09, 2018 Last updated Nov 12, 2018 ...

The main armament of the LAV III is a 25-mm M242 Bushmaster automatic cannon mounted in a two-man turret, as well as a twin 7.62-mm machine gun and an additional machine gun on the roof.

Cheques, made out to 1st Hussars Cavalry Fund, LAV II Sarnia, can be sent to the First Hussar’s Association, Box 246, Sarnia, Ont., N7T 7H9. Tax receipts are being supplied. [email protected] ...

The Airdrie Legion is spearheading the move by raising more than $40,000 to refurbish and transport the LAV III–hopefully by Remembrance Day 2016. Airdrie is located about 45 kilometres north of ...

General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada of London, Ont. was awarded a $404 million order to work on 141 LAV Operational Requirement Integration Task (LORIT) vehicles… ...