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And with that speculative trashing of the entire Armour Corps' tank efforts less his own troop, this one is locked until someone actually has some facts to contribute.
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11 soldiers injured as tank cannon fires on N.B. base
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Tank-gun firing under investigation
Military police are investigating what caused the gun of a tank to unexpectedly fire a blank round at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick, injuring 11 people.
The incident happened on May 26 at about 4 p.m. when a Leopard C2 tank was inside a maintenance shelter for repairs, base spokeswoman Stephanie Duchesne said yesterday.
"While the tank was inside this shelter, the main gun discharged unexpectedly," she said, noting it was "a negligent discharge" of a blank round. That means it occurred accidentally, or due to human or mechanical error.
A blank round "really simulates the real round. It has the flash and the noise. The only thing you don't have is the projectile that come out of the gun," she explained.
Ten Canadian Forces members and one civilian employee were inside the shelter when the tank discharged. They were treated in a nearby hospital and released the same day. "They were suffering minor injury to the eardrums," she said.
The soldiers and civilian were all members of 12 RBC Valcartier in Quebec, who were taking part in an Afghan pre-deployment exercise.
Duchesne said members of the Military Police and CFB Gagetown's range control are investigating.
If the incident is determined to be an accidental discharge, members involved could be face a court martial under the National Defence Act. There was no word on how long the investigation will take.
Last month, Canada's former top soldier in Afghanistan Brig.-Gen. Daniel Menard was charged with negligently discharging his rifle. That incident, which took place in March, involved Menard inadvertently firing his rifle as he was about to board a U.S. army helicopter in Kandahar with Canada's top soldier, Gen. Walt Natynczyk. Menard was fined $3,500
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Tank+firing+under+investigation/3125215/story.html#ixzz0qmzVCJtR
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Tank-gun firing under investigation
Military police are investigating what caused the gun of a tank to unexpectedly fire a blank round at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick, injuring 11 people.
The incident happened on May 26 at about 4 p.m. when a Leopard C2 tank was inside a maintenance shelter for repairs, base spokeswoman Stephanie Duchesne said yesterday.
"While the tank was inside this shelter, the main gun discharged unexpectedly," she said, noting it was "a negligent discharge" of a blank round. That means it occurred accidentally, or due to human or mechanical error.
A blank round "really simulates the real round. It has the flash and the noise. The only thing you don't have is the projectile that come out of the gun," she explained.
Ten Canadian Forces members and one civilian employee were inside the shelter when the tank discharged. They were treated in a nearby hospital and released the same day. "They were suffering minor injury to the eardrums," she said.
The soldiers and civilian were all members of 12 RBC Valcartier in Quebec, who were taking part in an Afghan pre-deployment exercise.
Duchesne said members of the Military Police and CFB Gagetown's range control are investigating.
If the incident is determined to be an accidental discharge, members involved could be face a court martial under the National Defence Act. There was no word on how long the investigation will take.
Last month, Canada's former top soldier in Afghanistan Brig.-Gen. Daniel Menard was charged with negligently discharging his rifle. That incident, which took place in March, involved Menard inadvertently firing his rifle as he was about to board a U.S. army helicopter in Kandahar with Canada's top soldier, Gen. Walt Natynczyk. Menard was fined $3,500
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Tank+firing+under+investigation/3125215/story.html#ixzz0qmzVCJtR
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