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Why? Can you explain for the ignorant?
IMHO, we should be sending them the LAVs that were built for the Saudis. We should not be sending weapons systems to despotic regimes who condone murdering journalists in their embassies. >

I agree with the sentiment but they need heavy armor, the LAV's are not going to cut it for the armor and caliber they use. They are aiming for a massive push >

The LAVs Canada is building for the Saudis are not just the IFV variant but also include the tank destroyer variant that have the 105mm cannon which can also fire missiles that should easily penetrate Russian armour from 5km away. >

wonder if they are any good. we are giving them strykers that have the 105 on it, i guess the army didn't like them very much. >

The Strykers are just essentially LAV 6s, even built in Canada. And yea, the USA bought a bunch, Canada almost followed through on a similar purchase, but the USA ended up hating them because the tank destroyers couldn't carry any infantry and were unbalanced and cramped. 
However, I don't think the Ukrainians will complain be given something that has the potential to knock out a Russian MBT.  Especially given that the newer ceramic armour on the LAV 6 is resistant to 30mm AP rounds that the Russian BTRs or BMPs could potentially use. >

TIL we have Leopard tanks. >

Of course. The mistake is thinking they are fully operational. >

From what I’ve heard from friends in the army only around 7 work >

As I Canadian I 100% support giving our tanks to Ukraine in their time of need. The quicker they get the the quick the war ends.
Canada, which has 82 Leopard-2s that it purchased from Germany in 2007, will be asked to do the same.
Mr. Podolyak said that if Ukraine receives the heavy armour it is seeking “the war will be faster, because there will be a hard and concentrated push on the temporarily occupied territory and Russia won’t be able to manoeuvre elsewhere. … It can shorten the war.” >


As I Canadian I 100% support giving our tanks to Ukraine in their time of need. The quicker they get the the quick the war ends.

I think we should cut a deal with the US to either exchange them for some of those mothballed American Abrams tanks or at least buy some of them at a discount. Just do a complete switch over to the tanks our biggest ally uses and has too many of. Any war we are in will involve the US anyway, our logistics tails might as well match up. Also once Ukraine has 82 of them it becomes so much easier for other nations to pile on, 20 here, 30 there and so on. >


I think we should cut a deal with the US to either exchange them for some of those mothballed American Abrams tanks

Canadian tanker here.
No thank you.