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Des soldats du régiment de reconnaissance blindée British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) entretiennent leur char Ram II – Angleterre – 15 juillet 1943

“Operating an electric Donkey Engine in Canada's Ram tank factory, this girl is doing a man-sized job of hauling heavy equipment. She steers her way down the long production line of the second largest tank arsenal in the world while men install the mechanical equipment. Nearly 20 feet in length, the Ram weighs as much as a railroad freight car. It can proceed over any terrain from a swamp to a desert; and is heavily armed with machine-guns as well as powerful cannon.”

- from the Toronto Star. August 1, 1942. Toronto Public Library, Toronto Star Photograph Archive, TSPA_0019302F.

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"Canadians Must Match Fighting Of The Russians, Ralston Says," Toronto Star. October 9, 1943. Page 3. --- COL. RALSTON and Staff Sergt. George Reid atop the ram tank from which Col. Ralston fired ten shots, scoring three hits on both moving and still targets. Col. Ralston took part in tank demonstrations after officially opening the new Canadian army tank course in St. Vincent Township near Meaford. He said Canadians must watch the fighting of the Russians.

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“Huge Ram Trucks Rumble Over Windsor Streets,” Windsor Star. October 22, 1942. Page 18. --- BULKING huge on their special trucks, big Ram tanks rumbled along Ouellette avenue, lending a realistic touch to the Third Victory Loan drive now in progress. The great fighting giants were handled smoothly by their drivers, personnel of the active army in training at Camp Borden. The visits to various parts of the province are excellent training for the men and the vehicles as they are all timed and planned on a cross-country, military schedule on which all meeting places of the various units must be on the dot or explain why. Officers direct the trips with clockwork precision and stop watches. The big tank in the picture casts $90,000. That's where a large share of the Victory Bonds go but they are necessary to meet and destroy the enemy.

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“Convinced 'Ram' Tank Will Prove Effective,” Ottawa Journal. March 19, 1942. Page 21. ---- The new Canadian-built "ram" tanks, named after Canada's "Ram" armored unit now over seas, win prove plenty tough and live up to the hardy reputation of the outfit that gave them their name, said Major General F. F. Worthington, who arrived in Ottawa Wednesday from a trip to Washington, Toronto and Montreal. During the trip. General Worthington did more than merely give, the new tanks a "once-over". He climbed into one and drove it. It was much to his liking and he felt it would prove a valuable weapon. Its design included many new ideas, Incorporating some of his own, as well as those of other designers and the men who fight with tanks.

"It has a good skin", the General said. The General will remain in Ottawa only a day of two before going to Camp Borden, where details of training of men for mechanized fighting are being worked out.