Shannon Wilmot

Canadian Forces 101

Canadian Forces 101

I'm dirty, wet and trapped inside 42 tons of armour

I’m dirty, wet and trapped inside 42 tons of armour. A 105-millimetre gun leads the way. Leaning forward, with my camouflage helmet bumping against the gunner’s sight, I watch the horizon rock up and down as my Leopard tank rumbles down a central Alberta dirt road. Canadian Leopards rolled into Afghanistan recently, the first time […]