4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in action, from FallEx 1985 to FallEx 1987

4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in action, from FallEx 1985 to FallEx 1987

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976261)

Fallex 85, Leopards tanks in the Hohenfels training area, Germany, Ex Rebel Saddle, 28 Aug 1985.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976254)

4 CMBG Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), in the process of picking up a fascine, a bundle of tubes, lashed or secured together, from a ravine, Hohenfels, Germany, 28 August 1985. Fascines were designed to be tossed into an Anti-tank ditch to allow the crossing of obstacles by friendly troops. Cpl Rocky Gauthier operating the 4 Service Battalion ARV, with MCpl Dale Smith in the crew suit and beret looking on in the Hohenfels Mud fields.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976279)

Fallex 85. M113 APC passing through Schmidgaden, near Hohenfels, Germany during exercise Solo Sabre, 18 September 1985.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976269)

Fallex 85. Hohenfels West Germany. Leopard Tank passing through Schmidgaden during exercise Solo Sabre.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976267)

Fallex 85. Hohenfels West Germany. Leopard Tank passing through Schmidgaden during exercise Solo Sabre, 18 Sep 1985.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976264)

Fallex 86, M113 APC armed with TOW AT system, with 2 PPCLI Guard platoon soldiers Pte Kurt Sherbeth left and John Ewasick cover their rear defensive position, Hohenfels, Germany, 1985.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976253)

Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), retracting its bridge, Fallex 85, Hohenfels, Germany, 28 Aug 1985.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976259)

Fallex 85, Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), being assisted by an M113 APC dozer, which is filling up an obstacle after the Bridge Layer became unserviceable due to a broken hydraulic line, Hohenfels, Germany, 28 Aug 1985.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976261)

Fallex 85. Hohenfels, Germany. Two Leopard Tanks in field during exercise Rebel Saddle, 25 Aug 1985.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849069).

Reforger 86, Leopard tanks, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Jan 1986.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4940584).

Fallex 86, 4 CMBG Leopard tanks crossing a pontoon bridge, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Jan 1986.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4221654)

Pte Mark Lamontagne and Pte. Scott of the 2 PPCLI enter a building occupied by enemy forces during the Urban Combat Training held in Hammelburg, a deserted German village, ca 1986-87.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849070)

Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), Ex Reforger 86, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1986.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849079)

Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), Ex Reforger 86, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1986.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730776)

Fallex 87, 155-mm M109 SP Howitzer, Germany, Oct 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730786)

Fallex 87. 1 R22er Battalion commander gets orders during an infantry advance as part of exercise Royal Sword, October 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730769)

Fallex 87, 4 CMBG Leopard C-1 tanks cross the Main river on a French amphibian bridge during exercise Royal Sword, October 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730781)

Fallex 87, 4 CMBG Leopard C-1 tanks on the outskirts of a German during exercise Royal Sword, October 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730785)

Fallex 87. Maj Pierre Trudelle. B Coy 1st Bn R22eR ( on the extreme right), with FOO officer (Center) and a Signaler (left), conferring during an infantry advance on Exercise Royal Sword, October 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728086)

Fallex 77, 4 CMBG Leopard tank, Sep 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184036)

Fallex 77, Belgian jeep, 4 CMBG M113 APC and a farmer in a small German town, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184003)

Fallex 77, Capt. Gendron, 2 R22eR, and Major Bursall, NDHQ, umpires for Ex. Carbon Edge, watch a 1 R22eR M113 armoured personnel carrier pass through a village in Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730782)

Fallex 87, 2 PPCLI, A Coy, 1 platoon, 2 section, in an M113 APC column on Ex Royal Sword, Germany, October 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184037)

Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), in a small German town, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730764)

Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), and M113 C & R Lynx, Langenhard training area, Lahr, Germany, Sep 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730766)

Leopard with mine rollers, Langenhard training area, Germany, (possibly 32B, cc’d by Sgt Eugene Stairs), Oct 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730765)

A Leopard tank with the mine rollers on exercise in the Langenhard training area, above Lahr, Germany, September 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN 4730790)

Fallex 87, M113 Manoeuvre damage, Germany, Oct 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730780)

Fallex 87, M113 C & R Lynx, Ex Royal Sword, Köslau, Königsberg, District of Haßberge, Lower Franconia, Germany, Oct 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730772)

A 4 Svc Bn MAN 10-ton truck crosses the Main river on a German amphibian bridge during exercise Royal Sword, October 1987.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4730775)

Fallex 87, 4 CMBG Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), crossing the Main River, Germany, Ex Royal Sword, October 1987.

C Sqn 8CH combat team with a company from 2 PPCLI, FOO/MFC parties, 2 Tow Dets, one Fd Engr Sect, one Armd Engr Sect and a few other atts crossed this river in FALLEX 1987. The French Army provided the Corps level bridging necessary. (Paul Crober)