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Canadian armored personnel carriers LAV II CSV Super Bison, promised to Kiev in the summer, finally reached Ukraine and entered service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian press, pictures of the first armored vehicles in the area of the contact line appeared on Internet resources.
Canada has supplied Ukraine with an unnamed number of LAV II CSV Super Bison armored personnel carriers. The delivery is expected, the transfer of armored vehicles was announced in the summer of 2022 by Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand when visiting the company General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, which is the manufacturer of this armored personnel carrier. In total, it was planned to transfer 39 armored personnel carriers, how many arrived in Ukraine is unknown.
According to Ukrainian resources, the first cars began arriving in Ukraine at the end of October, but it all took place in secrecy, deliveries were not advertised. The equipment was immediately sent to the training grounds where the Ukrainian military was trained. And now Canadian armored personnel carriers have appeared at the forefront.
The LAV II ACSV (Armored Combat Support Vehicle) is a new armored infantry support vehicle, production of which began in 2020. In total, the Canadian Army has ordered 360 units of the LAV II ACSV, production is still underway. The vehicle has mine protection and is armed with a 25 mm automatic cannon. It is available in variants of a command vehicle, a vehicle for transporting infantry and cargo, and a field ambulance. ACSV replaced the current fleet of tracked M113 light armored vehicles and LAV II Bison 8x8 armored personnel carriers, which are currently in service with the Canadian Army.
The armored personnel carriers planned for delivery to Ukraine were originally intended for the Canadian army, but the Canadian Ministry of Defense decided to transfer them to Ukrainians, as they "need them more."
