Australia & Canada: Military Equipment & Modernization Programs [MILITARY COMPARISON 2021]

An infographic presenting a military comparison between Australia and Canada. The video is covering the curent military equipment and the modernization programs of this two great countries. Visit defencedb.com/ for more information. You can read military news, and also compare armed forces and military equipment side-by-side!
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[@wildfox5184]

Group of 5 USA - UK - AU - CA and NZ its one in all in

[@DefenceDatabase]

True

[@davemingle6743]

Difference is UK AU NZ and CAD honestly care about and respects eachother USA only cares what they can get out of the deal! I hope CANZUK TRADE UNION becomes a reality it can be only good if the original Commonwealth comes back together to help the USA police the world and also serve as an offset to the USA holding the monopoly on world power. Give the buggers a run for their money and safe guard our interests in the world .... GO CANZUK!

[@bignewlife630]

@@davemingle6743 US is the only one that makes a difference on the world. That's it for the free world. The rest of us are helpers.

[@davidplater5673]

The video was realy well set out so I could easily see the difference between the two nations

[@DefenceDatabase]

Thank you!

[@catherinearmenti7213]

But the stats aren't accurate

[@blank.9301]

You forgot the 1,010 Bushmasters. And I'm guessing the 1,100 Thales haukei is included in the land phase 400. 👍

[@DefenceDatabase]

Yes, it seems that I forgot about these vehicles, I will include them in future videos about Australia.

[@blank.9301]

@@DefenceDatabase awesome, can't wait, 👍🇦🇺🐨. Keep it up.

[@kcharles8857]

Canada relies on the US. New Zealand relies on Australia. However you look at it, 2 countries are not carrying their weight. Having said that, the military potential of Canada is enormous, you only only have to look at their naval expansion in WW2.

[@DefenceDatabase]

That's true, Canada has the potential to built an impressive military industry, but unfortunately, it seems that there is no will. It would have been great to complete the CF-105 Arrow project and continue on this path instead of throwing away all the work done. Maybe today it would have had its own modern fighter aircraft design instead of buying from the US. Don't get me wrong, US fighter jets are awesome, but Canada also could have been a major combat aircraft manufacturer.

[@kcharles8857]

@Nick Fehring Absolutely. At least 1 UK carrier with F35Bs and 1 Juan Carlos LHD.

[@vothbetilia4862]

@@DefenceDatabase This requires alot of money, Canada can also make their own stuff, but we buy from others because it's cheaper, since we have liberals Trudeau is just flat out stupid.

[@awtismo]

You forgot about magpies mate

[@DefenceDatabase]

:)) i searched for magpies in google to see what they are

[@mankhorrend6976]

@@DefenceDatabase magpies are birds right?

[@DefenceDatabase]

@@mankhorrend6976 ​Yes, the magpies would represent a terrible weapon. Imagine swarms of magpies attacking. With their superior intelligence, they will cut down the electricity, stole the money, hack the computers, even take pictures under women's skirts.

[@mankhorrend6976]

@@DefenceDatabase omg I’m terrified of magpies now

[@DefenceDatabase]

@@mankhorrend6976 We should all be

[@wattlebough]

Re: towed howitzers in the Australian Army- don’t forget the 36 155mm M198s and 112 105mm L119 Hamel Guns that are in reserve. The RAN Seahawks are MH60Rs. HMAS Choules is also a significant RAN amphibious assault asset along side the Canberra Class LHDs.

[@DefenceDatabase]

Thanks for your comment! In all my videos so far I only included the equipment in active service, but in the future videos I think I will include also the ones in reserve. I forgot about the HMAS Choules LSD, i will update the info in future videos about Australia.

[@masterofpuppets7295]

Defence database it was a good vid but you also left out the Armidale class patrol boats which in a few years will be replaced by the arafura class OPVs and also replenishment ships

[@dantemadden1533]

Defence Database we have a ton of shit in reserve if we need it, we have a bunch of leopard tanks, and other things here in Australia

[@wildfox5184]

We have also purchase the K9 self-propelled howitzers an k10 support vehicles from.SKorea to be made in Victoria

[@wattlebough]

HowDareYou Don’t know mate, I assumed they’d be stored properly but wouldn’t want to hazard a guess about any maintenance.

[@HyperzonMusicalies]

good video!♡

[@DefenceDatabase]

Thank you!

[@davemingle6743]

Never happen we would all have a drinking contest instead 😜

[@DefenceDatabase]

Of course, Australia and Canada are like sibling/cousin countries, their are so different geographically but they have so much in common. It is just a comparison between their military equipments since both countries are in the same league economically speaking, among the most developed countries in the world.

[@blank.9301]

According to global fire power we 🇦🇺 have 66 tanks and 3,050 amfv.

[@buda3d2007]

our border protection ships are very impressive, I know that this list in not about that , but they are also quite a huge force in themselves for obvious reasons.

[@Cryshalo]

The big issue I see with Canada here (at least in compared to Australia) is that they are missing whole categories of equipment for creating a kill chain in modern environments and for running a wide variety of offensive ops by land or sea.

[@DefenceDatabase]

That's true, Canadian Armed Forces lack attack helicopters and proper air defence systems. Canada feels safe due to its geographical position, but I think they really need a decent number of modern attack submarines to replace the old Victoria-class subs. That is a must for the nation with the longest coastline in the world.

[@warrior-ob4oy]

Yes but the new increase in the military budget is plan to at 32 billions dollars almost double the current one and hopefully with this Canada will be abble acquire more modern ship and land vehicle also modernise his air force

[@Killian749]

another disadvantage canada has over the Australians is the 2 Camberra Class Amphibious Assault Ships. they arent on the American level of aircraft carriers but they are still mobile fortresses away from home.

[@tripsadelica]

@@Killian749 The two Canberra class attack ships (built on a Spanish design but heavily modified for local construction) can be quickly converted into aircraft carriers...notice the upturned prow of the two completed ships. Space has been left for an electro-magnetic catapult so that F35s could be launched from the ships. The only reason the ADF has not paraded this information is that, for the moment, they don't want to rile up the Chinese. IMHO, Canada and Australia are very similar demographically and in terms of government systems. If we teamed up with the Indians. the British. of course, the USA and France then China would get a very bloody nose and Xi Jinping knows that...hence he has not invaded Taiwan...yet.

[@Killian749]

@@tripsadelica that additional information about the catapult modification is new to me. Thanks for that

[@mikeokeefe2014]

That's great big brother watches over Canada, so no need to upgrade our troops, as they suffer in outdated equipment and gear our Prime Minister is our embarrassment.

[@DefenceDatabase]

It's a pity because Canada has the potential to build an impressive domestic military industry. It's also sad that it cancelled the CF-105 Arrow project, that interceptor was ahead of its time, and if it continued to that path, today Canada could have been a major combat aircraft producer like France. But still has the potential though to start again from scratch if there is will.

[@jordach545]

I'd agree if you were talking about Harper. Trudeau didn't cut veterans affairs funding. Trudeau doesn't have an illegal mass arrest of 1000 Canadians under his belt either. Also, Canada isn't sitting directly under a ton of hostile foreign powers. Not sure why they'd need to drop more money into the military.

[@kingnathiii1927]

aat least we saw a significant(70%) increase in budget since this prime minister took office, I don't agree with him on everything, but its a step in the right direction

[@davemingle6743]

@@jordach545 we need a military now for the same reason as always defence of freedom weather it's home or for other countries and hey even if it was just to restore Canadian pride it be worth it alone! Right now it's a waste of talent!

[@davemingle6743]

@@DefenceDatabase the mock ups of the super arrow by beaver works are amazing you can order models of it too check it out Google it ... Tho it might be on KZbin too not sure

[@kcharles8857]

Canada has enormous military potential (eg: WW2 And the rapid increase in their naval power, plus the RCAF in 1944 produced the 4th largest Air Force in the world until overtaken by the RAAF in 1945) Both countries are more than capable of dramatic military growth should the need require. Let's be thankful they are both 5 eyes.

[@kelvin869]

The biggest problem with Canada is, it's become the breeding ground of bleeding heart progressive leftards. Where gender politics is flavour of the day. Canadians are all cotton candy and rainbow people. Australia has it's fair share of those issues too, but our wildlife will soon toughen them up.

[@catherinearmenti7213]

@@kelvin869 wtf are you talking about I'm Canadian

[@kingnathiii1927]

@@kelvin869 where the fk have you been living ? these libtard progressive ideas have made Canada the number 1 country in terms of quality of life and the most educated country in the world. Don't get me wrong, I profoundly dislike far left woke people, but thats is far far from the majority.

[@cmac9029]

That’s a lot more similar than I though....

[@camr2683]

Great video, glad you included future equipment.

[@DefenceDatabase]

Thank you!

[@SamO-ik2cm]

Great video

[@DefenceDatabase]

Thank you!

[@paulmccormick3745]

What a lot of people in the comments are forgetting is that both countries need the queen's permission to go to war and she is hardly going to let our 2 commonwealth brothers fight .

[@jaysonkmendoza]

What I take from this is the the two nation are fairly comparable. Their militaries are going to be different significantly because of their geopolitical situation and interests. Austrailia has to be more independent and lives far away from their significant allies. Their population sits very vulnerable to any invasion since most of it lies on the coast. Canada feels no threat and their military reflects a power that is keeping their minimal capeabilities, and the ability to assist in expeditions of their allies. They live in the heartland of the largest defence umbrealla in history next to it's most powerful member. Canada has a lot more potential to rapidly increase their military due to their constant partinerships with defence contracts, and the general wealth of the country. As the threat environment changes I would expect to see Austrailia allocate more resources to defence and grow faster, with Canada developing at a similar pace though with less intensity. If wartime was imminient and both felt threat, I think you would see Canada's capacity increase dramaticly as they have more resources (economic, and material) to do this, with safer supply lines (that would have a dramatic impact). They are both long time friends and basically siblings. I think people underestimate the impact those two nations would have on a large conflict if they got serious. They may not be a China, India, or Russia in power. However they are far more powerful than they have ever been in WWII.

[@DefenceDatabase]

Yes, exactly, very well pointed! I was currently writing a large article related to this video for posting on the website, and the main points are just the one you said it :) But I work on many other projects in parallel, so it might take a while till I will update my military website with a bunch of new articles.

[@bizzex5685]

Amen. Yeah just cause you have a small force doensnt mean you have a trash military. Canada is one the best professional trained and assembled force on the planet. If we had the budget and equipment that larger countries have there would be a big difference. Plus we stubborn as fuck we don't quit. Ask Nazi / Koreans / Taliban / isis if you need some reference

[@DefenceDatabase]

@@bizzex5685 Well, Canada has huge military potential, after all, it's one of the biggest economies in the world. But it followed the same path as the West European powers after the Cold War, and underfunded it's military for years.

[@bizzex5685]

@@DefenceDatabase oh trust me I know. I'm canadian and cf is one of the most under funded militaries in the world. The canadian gov lame ass excuse is ," why do we need a large capable force ?we have america next door let them defend us and protect us " what happens when you have unpredictable guy in power in America who only cares about himself and america and sees Canada as a target for annexation due to a large volume of natural resources? I'd like to give canada fighting chance.

[@kelvin869]

Australia is way ahead. It also out spends Canada by a big margin on Defense.

[@greyfortitude18]

Its a little bit of a toss up. I guess its the warfare location and strategies that will be crucial.

[@DefenceDatabase]

Yes, it's a matter of geography, Canada borders USA, is a member of NATO, and it will take part in the race for the North Pole resources, while Australia is located in "the other part of the world" (but not alone) in an area where China tries to expand its influence.

[@victorfernandez7624]

Canada is also planning to purchase rocket artillery the (HIMARS)

[@kingnathiii1927]

where did you see that information ? trying to read a bit about it and I wasn't aware of this

[@masterofpuppets7295]

So is Australia, and 30 to 60 self propelled artillery and tomahawk cruise missiles and also 90 ish m1a2 sep 4 tanks. Looks like we're preparing for a possible war with china

[@bace9381]

We need to double this

[@johnkrivokapic3035]

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[@jeremyandmichelledevereux2756]

Makes sense. Canada has the forces it needs, but doesn not need the power projection capability that Austalia does as it has no real fear of attack from anyone as the USA will not allow Canada to fall under control of a hostile country they would then share a long border with. Australia does not have that luxury though, it is the power of its region and despite the ANZUS treaty there is always a doubt that the USA would come to its aid if it were attacked. The UK would certainly come, but Australia would have to hold out until the UK sails it's fleet across the globe so the Aussies need a stronger navy and power projection to keep an attacking force busy in the ocean as long as possible.

[@aussiemozzie107]

I’m Australian

[@DefenceDatabase]

You lucky bastards :))

[@aussiemozzie107]

Oof

[@jonmce1]

Pretty out of date. Replacements are allready planned for 6 the tankers based on the A330 in Canada, along with planning for 88 F35s while Austrailia is reducing its planned purchase. Canada is also planning purcahse of new naval surveilence aircraft, Australia has ditched the 12 conventional subs for fewer nuclear ones while Canada is in the pprocess of negotiating for as many as 12 KSS 3 conventional subs, plus two additional provision ships. Should note too that Canada having a fairly large Coast Guard that Australia tends to cover with naval vessels or local support. Included in Canadian purcases are 2 25k ton ice breakers plus a number of smaller ones. I am sure someone from Australia could add more. There is also the development of continental defence radar modernization in Canada going on. The countries live in very different environments, Australian patrol vessels can be a small as 300 tons while a Canadian equivalent will be over 1100 tons like the Kingston class or the arctic ones of 6500 tons . Australia lives in a much busier and closer world while Canada's potential enemies are an ocean away and in one case an ocean of ice. It is tied into the largest military alliance in the world while Australia is much more isolated geographically . Similarly they differ in policies and deployments. I don't know about Australia but Canada has deployments across Europe including what is to be a brigade command in Latvia, trainers in Poland for the Ukrainians trainers in Jordan plus a deployment in Iraq and many others.

[@karmites]

Canada doesn't have any L2A defense systems? That actually surprises the hell out of me.

[@DefenceDatabase]

It surprised me as well. I coudn't find any information about air defence systems in Canadian service. Not even MANPADS, but I could be wrong here. They had some ADATS short range SAMs but it seems that they retire them. Anyway this is a topic of further investigation to me and if I was wrong in this video I will correct that in future ones. Canada is part of NORAD and I think they rely to much on US. Royal Canadian Armed Forces also lacks attack helicopters and reactive artillery. Australia doesn't have any reactive artillery too.

[@OutlawCaliber13]

@@DefenceDatabase I remember someone in Canada being asked why such a small military, and the answer was that they didn't need it. Their big buddy ally directly to the south, Canada is a national security landmark for the US. If someone were to ever attack them, invade, etc the US would come down like hellfire on them, because Canada offers three points of entry to invading the US.

[@DefenceDatabase]

@@OutlawCaliber13 Totally agree. Canada is fortunate (if I can say so) to have USA as its southern and North-Western (Alaska) neighbor. For sure this is an important reason why Canadian government neglected in recent years the Armed Forces modernization programs, because there is no real threat for Canada, and if someone would threaten Canada is it like it was threatened the United States. But in the future Canada should expand its armed forces to its real potential, Australia as well, these are world economic powers. And Canada if I'm not wrong has the longest coastline in the world. It has a vast land and exclusive economic zone to guard. If I were to rank on different levels the most important allies from US perspective that would be: 1. Level I - Anglophone World: UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand 2. Level II - Rest of NATO (Europe), Israel, Japan, South Korea, etc.

[@meh2825]

that's cause we have NORD ITS GETTING UPGRADED NORAD is a partner ship with Canada USA to protect the 2 country's land and air space not just owned and run by the USA nope but both country's .people don't get it twisted ok and it not just one missile launcher that has range of few miles... don't get it wrong we have so called big brother to north but look are are history for war don't wake the beast to much Chinese influence is making u believe the B.S.... I don't hate Australia hate people who don't know what's up in Canada and comment on something they have little understanding of educate your self

[@jaysonkmendoza]

Canada retired their last ones at the end of the cold war and did not consider it a news to replace with no threat. That ended recently since we are currently in the procurement process for a new system.

[@BradFalck-mn3pc]

Canadian population 40 million, Australia 26,500,000

[@declanlane1253]

Australia has Armadale class patrol boats

[@DefenceDatabase]

Thanks for the comment! I knew that, but when it come to the naval forces I choose to include only the larger surface combatants without the patrol boats or minehunters/minesweepers, in order to make the video shorter. But in a future video about the Australian Defence Force only, I will include all the equipment.

[@MrCalman65]

We had to upgrade with our friendly/not so friendly neighbor Indonesia to our north, who's PM has vowed to outgun us.

[@DefenceDatabase]

Now you made me curious to inform myself about the relations between Australia and Indonesia. Does their PM have anything against Australia? Or it is just a childish thing to see who has bigger muscles? But I don't think Indonesia has any chance in the future to be superior to Australia regarding the armed forces. Australian Navy is and will be far superior, as well as the Air Force, even though Indonesia will probably have in the future 50 KAI KF-X as they plan. I think it will be a high-performance aircraft but inferior to the F-35. But Europeans offered to the Koreans the MBDA Meteor to equip the KAI KF-X. This is a state of the art long-range air-to-air missile. Remains to be seen if this missile will also be adopted by Indonesia along with the KF-X. Anyway, in case Australia will ever had serious problems with anyone, it has one huge ultimate weapon in its sleeve: USA.

[@MrCalman65]

@@DefenceDatabase 2,500 US Marines are rotated every six months thru Robertson barracks in Darwin as well. Yes its a childish thing. Down here we call it a pissing comp. They've had a bug up there ass ever since we bought the pave tack equipped F111's back in the 70's. There defence minister informed the PM of the day that Australia had an aircraft that could put a bomb thru a window.

[@will-ki4el]

@@DefenceDatabase i have done a lot of research on this topic and it seems that they believe that they would win because they have a lot more ground force, but they are quite outdated in terms of technology, still they do have some good jets like the su 27 but that still doesn't compare to our 35s

[@mantlekaput1068]

Australia once Siad they would grow to be the biggest air force

[@DefenceDatabase]

Well that's practically impossible, since no country would manage to overcome the combined air power of the United States, but Australia for sure will have one of the best air forces in the world especially with the F-35, Super Hornet + Growler and the Boeing Loyal Wingman.

[@masterofpuppets7295]

@@DefenceDatabase there was a very short amount of time after ww2 that Australia did have the worlds largest airforce

[@BradFalck-mn3pc]

The data on this page is highly inaccurate therefore it must be old

[@kelly916]

This is very old also

[@Killian749]

see here's the thing. in an all out war, both would be able to defend themselves really well but most likely fail on the attack. they'd both loose to each others climates :P

[@jadutch7361]

Canada is in very poor condition 😢😢😢😢militarily

[@itssdmichael8275]

Get your numbers correct

[@DefenceDatabase]

Can you be more specific? I think there are some mistakes or omissions, but keep in mind that this video was posted almost two years ago, so some things have changed since then.

[@itssdmichael8275]

@@DefenceDatabase Sorry but even back then the armed cars on the ground australia had 1000 of them if im correct the

[@catherinearmenti7213]

Type 26 frigates are actually called Ottawa class 😒

[@DefenceDatabase]

Note that this video was published more than a year ago, if the Canadians decided to name their future Type 26 frigates as Ottawa-class, I am sure that this decision came after I made the video because I couldn't find such information back then. I can't find this info now either.

[@kingnathiii1927]

where did you see that. Can't find anything about the name. They still havent finalised the designs

[@norsemen8878]

That’s not true ..

[@MrJonbelt]

What a load of crap. Where’s australia’s Super Hornets & Growlers??!

[@DefenceDatabase]

2:17 -> 24 x F-/A18F (F means Super Hornet) I didn't have the space to write Super Hornet, and from what I saw Australia ordered only the F/A-18F twin-seat versions and no F/A-18E single-seat ones. 3:15 -> Electronic Warfare Aircrafts category: 11 x EA-18G Growler for Australia

[@MrJonbelt]

@@DefenceDatabase Also the Canberra Class LHDs are not here. You see, the quality of Aus weapons are top-notch whereas Canada goes for 2nd-rated cheaper versions.

[@DefenceDatabase]

@@MrJonbelt Canberra-class is at minute 5:37 Keep in mind that I posted this video more than a year ago. A lot have changed since then. I cannot modify this, but in the near future I will post a new video about the Australian Armed Forces. Australia invests more than Canada in its military even though their economies are similar in size. Canada relies to much on US and NATO membership and seems to neglect is military potential. Australia on the other hand is doing the right thing.

[@OutlawCaliber13]

What I take from this is Canada is to Australia what the US is to Canada. lol

[@difficultinterest1582]

Canada are pussies, they're literally buying Australia's old F/A-18s

[@RandomAussieEmu]

Yeah Canadas equipments more out dated then ours and we actually have air superiority over them as well as better equipped soldiers that are more thoroughly trained and he didn't include alot of the armourer vehicles we have.

[@RandomAussieEmu]

Not to mention naval suppirioety if it comes to attacks

[@camr2683]

Totally inaccurate. CAN Army > AUS but... AUS Airforce and Navy > CAN. Plus future investment is massive from Aus. Watch this space.

[@RandomAussieEmu]

@@camr2683 agree. What future investments.