4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in action, from FallEx 1980 to FallEx 1984

4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in action, from FallEx 1980 to FallEx 1984

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886171)

2-1/2-ton trucks, 4 CMBG, convoy, near Heilbronn, Germany, Ex Reforger I, winter exercise, Feb 1979. Rob Love noted that there appears to be a 1976 5/4 ton in the foreground, and there also appears to be a 1976 M800 series 5 ton in the background judging by the air filter on it’s fender.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4922171)

Fallex 80, 4 CMBG, RCD Leopard tanks and 3rd Bn RCR M113 APCs and jeep, Germany, Sep 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5056489)

Fallex 80, 4 CMBG loading fresh potatoes for the exercise in Germany, September 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822605)

Fallex 80, two 4 CMBG Leopard tanks deployed in the field on Exercise Certain Rampart, Germany, September 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4922167)

Fallex 80, 4 CMBG Leopard tank deployed in the field on Exercise Certain Rampart, Germany, September 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822596)

Fallex 80, 4 CMBG RCHA artillery deployed in the field on Exercise Certain Rampart, Germany, September 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822595)

Fallex 80, 444 Squadron Bell CH-136 Kiowa helicopters deployed in the field on Exercise Certain Rampart, Germany, September 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No.4822598)

Fallex 80, 4 CMBG Leopard tank deployed in the field on Exercise Certain Rampart, Germany, September 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No.4822599)

Fallex 80, 4 CMBG Leopard tank deployed in the field on Exercise Certain Rampart, Germany, September 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822606)

M113 APCs, Exercise Certain Rampart 80, Germany, September 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822604)

Leopard tank crew, Ex Certain Rampart, Sep 1980, Germany.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822597)

Ex Certain Rampart 80, Germany, Sep 1980. Wolfgang Hesse noted this is a German Bundeswehr M48 A2GA2 tank with the 105-mm-Kanone/cannon L7 of the Leopard 1. The Iron Cross at this tank is covered with the Red X for the aggressor unit of Ex Certain Rampart 80. All other unit identification-emblems & the turret numbers are covered.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4922172)

Leopards, Fallex 80, Germany, Sep 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4922173)

Leopards, Fallex 80, Germany, Sep 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822603)

German Marder AFVs, American A-10 Thunderbolt overhead, Ex Certain Rampart 80, Germany, Sep 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822602)

Fallex 80, M113s, O Coy 3 RCR, Ex Certain Rampart, Sep 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4922163)

4 CMBG, Fallex 80, R22eR, Germany, Sep 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 482260)

Leopard, 4 CMBG, finding the ground a bit soggy and soft in places, Ex Certain Rampart 80, Germany, Sep 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4822601)

Leopard, 4 CMBG, finding the ground a bit soggy and soft in places, Ex Certain Rampart 80, Germany, Bechthal, Raitenbuch (Middle Franconia), Bavaria, Sep 1980.

(Derzno Photo)

Bechthal, Raitenbuch (Middle Franconia), Bavaria, Germany.

(Earnest Pothier Photo)

Leopard, 22C, slightly stuck, Fallex 80, Hohenfels, Germany, Sep 1980.

(Earnest Pothier Photo)

Leopard, 22C, slightly stuck, Fallex 80, Hohenfels, Germany, Sep 1980.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920720)

Leopard, RCD, Grafenwohr, Germany, Canadian Army Trophy shoot, 15 June 1981.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920719)

RCD tank crews cheer a 4 CMBG Leopard crew on their return from The Canadian Army Trophy shoot firing competition, at Grafenwehr, Germany, 15 June 1981.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876351)

Leopard, RCD, Geroldshofen, Germany, Fallex 82, 21 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876337)

Fallex 82, Schweinfurt W. Germany. R22er parking an APC outside of a German bakery, while German lady looks on from her front steps. R22er’s had just liberated the small German village during the NATO maneuvers in W. Germany.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876336)

Fallex 82, Schweinfurt W. Germany. R22er parking an APC outside of a German bakery, while two German ladies chat about the visitors. R22er’s had just liberated the small German village during the NATO maneuvers in W. Germany.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876326)

Fallex 82, RCD Leopard 23A, Hohenfels, Germany, 30 Aug 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876325)

Fallex 82, M113 APC armed with a TOW anti-tank missile launcher, moving down a rainy road during the last day of the NATO maneuvers held in Bavaria, Germany, 21 September 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4940591)

Fallex 82, 4 CER engineers in an M113 with dozer blade, passing through a small Bavarian village in Germany, 20 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876335)

Fallex 82. R22eR soldiers driving their M113 APC through a wooded area, during the NATO maneuvers held in Schweinfurt, Germany, 8 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876844)

Fallex 82, RCD Leopard crossing a field near Geroldshofen, Germany, 7 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876352)

Leopard dozer, RCD, Fallex 82, Germany, 21 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876329)

Leopard, RCD, Fallex 82, Ex Valiant Shield, 7 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876333)

Fallex 82, RCD Leopard tank in a small German village, Ex Valiant Shield, Germany, Oct 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876331)

Fallex 82, RCD Leopard tank in a small German village, Ex Valiant Shield, Germany, Oct 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876332)

Leopard, RCD, Schweinfurt, Germany, 7 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876349)

M113, Germany, Reforger 82, Sep 1982. Ebrach, District of Bamberg, Upper Franconia, about 15 km from Gerolzhofen.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876348)

M113s, Reforger 82, Germany 14 Sep 1982. Ebrach, District of Bamberg, Upper Franconia, about 15 km from Gerolzhofen.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876339)

Fallex 82, 3 RCR load up their M113 APCs in small village of Geroldshofen, during the NATO maneuvers held in Germany, Fallex, 14 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876348)

Fallex 82, two M113 APCs driving through an archway in the small German village of Geroldshofen, during the NATO maneuvers, 21 September 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876348)

Fallex 82, two M113 APCs driving through an archway in the small German village of Geroldshofen, during the NATO maneuvers, 21 September 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876338)

Fallex 82, 1 RCHA, 155-mm M109 SP Howitzer camouflaged in a small German village, during the NATO maneuvers, 14 September 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876353)

Fallex 82, Geroldshofen, Germany. B Bty, 1 RCHA, 155-mm M109 SP Howitzer being driven into a small German village, during the NATO maneuvers, 21 September 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876340)

Fallex 82, 1 RCHA, 155-mm M109 SP Howitzer being driven into a small village, during the NATO maneuvers, Schweinfurt, Germany, 14 September 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876341)

Fallex 82, 4 CMBG M548, Scheinfurt, Germany, 14 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876347)

Fallex 82, M577, Ebrach, District of Bamberg, Upper Franconia, about 15 km from Gerolzhofen, Germany, 14 Sep 1982.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4876327)

155-mm M109 SP Howitzer cam, RCHA, Fallex 1982, Germany.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920754)

Fallex 84, M113 APCs on the move heading to Camp Aldershot in the Hohenfels training area, Germany, 27 Aug 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920757)

Fallex 84, Jonas Jonsson and Jim Muise, RCD Leopard tank, driving through mud during assault training exercises held in Hohenfels as part of the annual NATO fall manoeuvres, 26 August 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920750)

M113 MRT, 2 Tp, 4 CER, Hohenfels area, Germany, 30 May 1984. KallmÃÂ¼nz, District of Regensburg, Upper Palatinate.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868481)

Fallex 84, C Sqn RCD Leopard tanks on exercise in Germany, 4 Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868474)

Fallex 84, 4 Sep 1984, Leopard tank. Hohenfels West Germany. The Leopard is equipped with the Hoffman device, a pyrotechnic firing device that is fixed on the gun of the tank and simulates the firing of its main gun.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920776)

Fallex 84, 4 CMBG Leopard tank on exercise, with children visiting, Bavaria, Germany, Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5056488)

Fallex ca 1984-85, 1 RCHA gunners in the field, armed with FNC1 rifles, possibly near GrafenwÃÂ¶hr.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868476)

Fallex 84. A sure sign of Fallex, as children from local German villages, gather around a Canadian leopard tank, as it stops during the training exercises held in Bavaria, Germany, 4 Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920775)

Fallex 84, RCD C Squadron Leopard tank on exercise in a village in Germany, Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868495)

Fallex 84, RCD Leopard, passing through Naabeck, District of Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, from the east side of the Naab-Bridge, Bavaria, Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920777)

Beaver AVLB and Leopard, Fallex 84, Germany, Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920753)

Fallex 84. 4 CMBG soldiers refuel their APC’s after completing an exercise in the Hohenfels training area, Germany, 26 Aug 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868478)

Fallex 84, children gathering around a Canadian Leopard tank, Germany, 4 Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920757)

Leopard, RCD, Hohenfels, Germany, 26 Aug 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868484)

Fallex 84, 4 CER M113 Dozer, 4 CER, combat engineers returning to Hohenfels after raining exercises in the Bavarian countryside, as part of the NATO fall maneuvres in Germany, 4 Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920767)

Fallex 84, M577 Command Post and M113 APC in a small Bavarian village in Germany, Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920752)

M113 MRT floatation check, Hohenfels trg area, Germany, 30 May 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868489)

M113 ambulance 89C, river crossing, Bavaria, Germany, 8 Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868492)

Fallex 84, M113 APCs conducting a river crossing as part of the training exercises held in the Bavarian countryside, Germany, 8 September 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920780)

Fallex 84, 4 CER with an M113 Dozer, on exercise in Bavaria, Germany, Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920758)

Fallex 84, M113 APC, Hohenfels, Germany, 26 Aug 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868488)

4 CMBG, PPCLI, FNC1, M113, 4 Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920778)

Fallex 87. A 4 CMBG Leopard tank and an M113 APC, followed by a German Gepard SP AA Gun, on the main street of Meckenhausen, Hilpoltstein, District of Roth; Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Sep 1984.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4920769)

M113, 4 CMBG, accompanied by a German Gepard SP AA Gun, Fallex 84, Sep 1984. Main street of Meckenhausen, Hilpoltstein, District of Roth; Middle Franconia, Bavaria.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4868472)

Fallex 84.Bavaria West Germany. APC loaded with infantry drive down German road during training exercises held in the Bavarian countryside, as part of the annual fall NATO manoeuvres, 4 September 1984.