Kip Powick Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 A Canadian soldier died Sunday morning in southern Afghanistan when the vehicle he was riding in hit an improvised explosive device. The dead soldier has been identified as Gunner Jonathan Dion of the 5th Regiment d'Artillerie legere du Canada, which is based in Valcartier, Que. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 2 Canadian soldiers die in vehicle rollover Last Updated: Sunday, January 6, 2008 | 11:59 PM ET CBC News Two Canadian soldiers died Sunday when their light armoured vehicle rolled over in the Zhari district of Kandahar province. The incident happened at about 6:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, about 40 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The soldiers were moving across "rough and difficult terrain" when the incident occurred, the military said. Military spokesmen said the incident was unrelated to enemy fire. Cpl. Eric Labbe, who was with the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment from CFB Valcartier near Quebec City, died instantly. He was born in Rimouski, Que. The name of the second soldier is being withheld at the family's request. Both soldiers were in the turret of the LAV III when they died. Two other soldiers who were inside the vehicle, which was travelling to a location to set up camp for the night, were unhurt. The two dead soldiers were part of operation Teng Azem, or Steadfast Decision, an operation to flush insurgents out of an area around the Nalgham community in Zhari district, the military said. The latest deaths bring the number killed to 76 soldiers and one diplomat since the mission began in Afghanistan in 2002. Continue Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebean Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 If we are going to put these kids in harms way, the very least we can do is give the best GD equipment on the planet so they can do their jobs as safely as possible. Grr......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 If the machinery wasn't up to the task, ... ... I second that Grr and add an rrrrr! bolded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Actually the LAV is a very safe vehicle, it has one drawback...with the turret and canon on the topside it tends to be top-heavy. The troops love it for all the safety features but one has to be careful about highspeed on very rough terrain. A truly unfortunate accident. Even the most trustworth tank can kill. The Americans had two of their troops killed when two crew decided to sleep under the tank...for the protectionthe vehicle afforded . During the night the tank "settled" and snuffed out two crew members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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