List of tanks used by Canada History of the Canadian Army

mk v tank – used training in england in 1918. shortly after war ended, tanks returned british.
carden loyd tankette – 12 used canadian armoured fighting vehicle school in training role 1931.
vickers vib light tank – 12 used canadian armoured fighting vehicle school in training role 1938,
m1917 – 236–250 american built copies of french renault ft distributed between camp borden, fort garry horse , other units in 1940 training use.
renault ft – may have been used 1940 training, possible identity confusion m1917
m3 lee – unspecified number used training in canada. important role in canada in serving basis ram.
ram cruiser – first indigenous tank design; based on lee. began replacing other tanks in canada , used canadian armoured units in uk training. in 1943, british , commonwealth decided use single cruiser tank – sherman. ram provided excellent training, never used in combat.
valentine infantry tank – british design built under licence. small number of mark vis, viis, , xis retained in canada training 1941–43, bulk of canadian production being supplied soviet union.
churchill – 60 mark equipped calgary regiment , used during dieppe raid in august 1942.
grizzly – 188 of canadian-built version of sherman cruiser tank supplied in 1943–1944. these used in training roles. production ceased in favour of american production allow montreal locomotive focus on other military vehicles such sexton self-propelled gun.
sherman – primary tank of army in second world war. entered service in 1944 , in several variants , served through korean war , in militia until 1970s. variants included mark i, dd, , firefly mk. vc
centurion – british design replaced sherman canada s main battle tank , served through cold war in mk.5 , mk.11 variants.
leopard 1 – 127 copies of canadianized leopard c1 variant of leopard 1a3 replaced centurion in 1978, 114 later upgraded leopard c2 standard in 2000.
leopard 2a6m can – latest canadian tank in current use.