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Exercise WORTHINGTON CHALLENGE, an armoured fighting vehicle and tank direct-fire training exercise hosted by the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School (RCACS) at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown is now underway.

Exercise WORTHINGTON CHALLENGE provides Canadian armoured fighting vehicle and tank crews from Canada and the United States an opportunity to test their direct-fire gunnery, tactical driving and teamwork skills in a dynamic and challenging venue, according to a news release from the Canadian military.

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It runs Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 but today is the beginning of the real kinetic action, public affairs officer Capt. Ian D.J. McIntyre tells Defence Watch.

The mission of the RCACS is to support the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), the Canadian Army (CA) and the Armoured Corps readiness and modernization through the conduct of individual training, the preservation of individual training standards, and the maintenance of assigned Centre of Excellence responsibilities.