4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in action, from FallEx 1977 to FallEx 1979

4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in action, from FallEx 1977 to FallEx 1979

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822875)

1 R22eR Cpl Lemoine driving an M113 APC looks at the road ahead while the crew commander studies his map, on Ex Certain Wacht, North East Germany, 20 Jan 1977.

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(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822880)

M113 C & R Lynx, 1 R22eR, Ex Certain Wacht, North East Germany, 20 Jan 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822870)

M113s, 1 R22eR, Ex Certain Wacht, North East Germany, 20 Jan 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184001)

Fallex 77, 4 CMBG M113 APC armed with a TOW anti-tank missile launcher, on the edge of a forest during Ex Carbon Edge, Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184001)

Fallex 77, 4 CMBG M113 APC on the move during Ex Carbon Edge as German civilians look on in a German town, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184001)

Fallex 77, 4 CMBG M113 C & R Lynx on the move during Ex Carbon Edge as German civilians look on in a German town, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728082)  

Fallex 77, Two 4 CMBG Leopard tanks hiding beside a German farm during Ex Carbon Edge , September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184001)

Fallex 77, 4 CMBG RCD Leopard tank on the move during Ex Carbon Edge as German civilians look on in a German town, September 1977. This is one of the early Leopards rented from the German government until the Canadian models were produced.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728084)

Fallex 77, 4 CMBG RCD Leopard tank on the move during Ex Carbon Edge, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184006)

Fallex 77, Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), 4 CMBG, moving through town of Ersdorf, Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184006b)

Fallex 77, Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), 4 CMBG, moving through town of Ersdorf, Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4846496)

Fallex 77. Cpl. Desmarais sorting mail in back of 2-1/2 ton van during Fall training at Hohenfels, Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4814266)

3 RCR soldiers in an M-151 Truck, Utility, 1.25-ton, 4 X 4 Jeep (G838), driving through a small German town during Fallex, September  1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4846494)

Fallex 77. M113 APC’s moving through the town of Nabburg, Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4846493)

Fall Ex 77. Pte. Kelly and Pte. Myra patrol city of Nabburg, Bavaria, Germany, during Fall training, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4814269)

Fallex 77, camouflaged M113 APC with a tube-launched, wire-guided, ant-tank missile (TOW) mounted, on an exercise in Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4846504)

Fallex 77, camouflaged M113 APC on an exercise in Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728085)

Fallex 77, Leopard tanks in a potato field on an exercise in Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728083)

Fall Ex 77, Two Leopard tanks on the crest of a hill in Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184034)

Fallex 77, M548 passing and an M113 APC passing through a German town, Sep 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184023)

Fallex 77, 155-mm M109 SP Howitzer of 1 RCHA rumbles through the city of Leutbirch in a planned pull-back at the start of Ex Carbon Edge German town, Sep 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4846503)

Fall Ex 77.  Camouflaged Leopard tank in Germany.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184022)

Fallex 77. A hill provided the cameraman with the opportunity of getting a picture from a unusual angle. The tank is a Leopard loaned to the Canadians by the German Government until the up dated version comes off the production line, 27 September 1977.  This is a Leopard A2, produced by Krauss-Maffei in Munich-Allach, April 1972 to May 1973. (Wolfgang Hesse)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184033)

Fallex 77, 4 CMBG Leopard tanks moving down a country lane in Germany, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822878)

M113s,1 R22eR, Ex Certain Wacht, North East Germany, 20 Jan 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822881)

M113 C & R Lynx behind an American M163 Vulcan AntiAircraft Self-Propelled Gun (AASPG) 20-mm six-barrel gun mounted on a modified M113A1 APC, EX Certain Wacht, Germany, 20 Jan 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822883)

4 MP Pl Cpl Tex Long directing traffic in a small town in NE Germany during Ex Certain Wacht, 20 Jan 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4814264)

M113 C & R Lynx, Nabburg, Germany, Ex Nab Jubilee, Sep 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184035)

4 CMBG 5-ton fuel bowser, with a herd of cows, Ex Nab Jubilee, Germany, Sep 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728075)

Bell CH-136 Kiowa helicopter, 444 Sqn, 4 CMBG, Germany, Sep 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4814259)

4 CMBG, MP MCpl Jim McNamee, children, Leutkirch, Germany, Sep 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184026)

Fallex 77. German woman cycling past German 1A4 Leopard tanks as they roll past during Ex Carbon Edge. 27 September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4814261)

Fallex 77, Germany. MCpl Jim McNamee gives directions to an American officer during Exercise Carbon Edge, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184021)

Fallex 77, M113 APC being used as a stand to look out over a German cornfield, September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822884)

M548 Cargo and an M113 APC, 4 CMBG, crossing a river on Ex Certain Wacht, Germany,19-20 Jan 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184004)

Fallex 77. Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), moving through a small German town, Sep 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5184027)

Fallex 77. US M551 Sheridan airborne tank crossing a bridge guarded by Cpl. Lalonde and Cpl. Smith of 3 RCR, during Exercise Carbon Edge, 27 September 1977.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822894)

Fallex 78, 3 RCR M113 APC crossing a pontoon bridge, watched by German soldiers, Germany, Sep 1978.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822885)

Fallex 78, RCD trooper Bellerose waits for the order to move his 46-ton Leopard main battle tank during Ex Blaue Donau being held north of Danauworth, Germany, September 1978.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822901)

Fallex 78, 4 CMBG soldier on exercise, closely observed by a German citizen, September 1978.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822902)

Fallex 78, R22eR Major Reno and a German police officer at traffic control point during a road move of vehicles in Germany, September 1978.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822899)

Fallex 78, 4 MP Pl Cpl Gariepy watches an attack of the 1 R22er during Ex Blaue Donau held north of Donauworth, Germany, Sep 1978.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822898)

4 CMBG MP Platoon, Cpl Lefebvre, Flotzheim, Germany, Ex Blue Donau, Sep 1978.

(DND Photo)

HRH Anne, Princess Royal and Colonel-in-Chief of the Communications and Electronics Branch, inspecting the troops during her visit to Lahr, 20 October 1978.  Accompanying HRH is the Commanding Officer Major P.A. Tappin.

(DND Photo)

HRH Anne, Princess Royal and Colonel-in-Chief of the Communications and Electronics Branch, inspecting the troops during her visit to Lahr, 20 October 1978.  Accompanying HRH is the Commanding Officer Major P.A. Tappin.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822895)

Blowpipe Very Short Range Air Defence Missile System, Cpl Jerry Dunphy, and Hadley Randell, 4 CMBG, Sep 1978.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822900)

Fallex 78, Gunner Randell explains the battery check procedures of the Blowpipe Very Short Range Air Defence Missile System, to German children during Ex Blaue Donau held north of Donauworth, Germany. Randell was a member of the air defence troop of 1 RCHA based at Lahr.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822891)

Fallex 78, Southern West Germany. Cpl. Fairweather fits an antenna on a Leopard main battle tank during Ex Blaue Donau, September 1978.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849051)

M113, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Main-Donau Canal S of Bamberg, US Army Engineer floating bridge, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886172)

RCD Leopard tanks, Ex Certain Sentinel, Frankendorf, near the Main-Donau Canal S of Bamberg, Feb 1979. The RCD were exercising with the new tank for the first time in a major NATO exercise.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886173)

RCD Leopard tank, Ex Certain Sentinel, near the Main-Donau Canal S of Bamberg, Feb 1979. The RCD were exercising with the new tank for the first time in a major NATO exercise.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886178)

M548 Cargo, 4 CMBG, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849068)

Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), 4 CMBG, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849071)

Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), 4 CMBG, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886180)

, Fallex 79Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), 4 CMBG, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886181)

Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), 4 CMBG, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849066)

M113, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849077)

155-mm M109 SP Howitzer, 4 CMBG, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849078)

Winter exercise, 4 CMBG 155-mm M109 SP Howitzer, Ex Certain Sentinel, children visiting, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728091)

4 CMBG RCD Leopard C-1, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849056)

4 CMBG RCD Leopard C-1, Ex Certain Sentinel, Western Bavaria, Germany Feb 1979. The church in the background is Tiefenhöchstadt.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849060)

Leopard, 4 CMBG, Ex Certain Sentinel, Tiefenhöchstadt, Bavaria, Germany, 28 Jan 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728092)

4 CMBG Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), Ex Certain Sentinel, Western Bavaria, Germany Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728097)

4 CMBG Leopard tanks, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849063)

Leopard, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, 28 Jan 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849064)

Leopard, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, 28 Jan 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886176)

Leopard, 13A, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, 28 Jan 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849061)

Leopard line-up, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 488174)

Leopard, 4 CMBG, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849072)

Leopard, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849073)

Winter exercise, 4 CMBG Leopard tank and M113 APC, Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728143)

Leopard engine pack on a trailer in Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4619749) Note: all three photos have the same MIKAN Number)

Fallex 79, Germany, Forward Repair Group replacing and engine, Sep 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4728094)

Leopard C-1, RCD, Northern Bavaria, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849075)

Winter exercise, 4 CMBG Leopard tank, Ex Certain Sentinel, Bavaria, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849076)

Leopard, 4 CMBG, Ex Certain Sentinel, Bavaria, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4849067)

Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

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

Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886179)

Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), Ex Certain Sentinel, Germany, Feb 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886184)

M113 C & R Lynx & M113s, Ex Snakebite, Germany, 5 June 1979.

(RCA Museum Photo)

General Inspection, 1 RCHA, Germany, 1979.

( (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886183)

Fallex 79, Bell CH-136 Kiowa, 444 Sqn, over 4 CMBG Leopard, Ex Reforger 79, Germany, 5 June 1979.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886182)

Fallex 79, US Army Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter over a 4 CMBG Leopard tank during Exercise Snakebite, Bavaria, Germany, 5 June 1979.