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These holsters were also utilized by Canadian and other Commonwealth troops. They were not popular, being excessively stiff, and too tight - such that it was difficult to insert and remove the …

However, the Korean War, to which Canada committed an entire brigade of soldiers in 1951, led to a hasty issue of a considerable proportion of the country's remaining mobilization stores and …

The Canadian Army has always been a complex organization, with hierarchies existing within hierarchies. Generally speaking, there are two main categories of organization; organization of …

The inadequacies of Canadian uniforms, equipment and weapons made themselves felt not long after arrival in England in late 1914. Everything from wagons to rifles to boots to entrenching …

While British units did have distinguishing cap badges, shoulder titles, and other "quiffs", Canadian soldiers presented a more homogenous appearance, with common CANADA …

Many foreign patterns of BD were worn by Canadian soldiers serving in Italy, as Canadian shipping to and from that theatre was limited and resupply tended to be from British sources.

Volunteers for the Canadian Army Pacific Force were allowed to distinguish themselves by wearing the CAPF hexagon (incorporating the colours red, blue, french-grey, green, maroon …

The Canadian Army's Regular Force has grouped infantry, artillery, cavalry and engineer soldiers, among others, into numerous distinctive Regiments since the end of the First World War.

The number of variants for the standard rifles alone are staggering; what is presented here are some representative samples of bayonets for the most widely used rifles in Canadian service.