Other memorial parks across Canada include examples of the weaponry of war. They’re pieces of equipment too many young men took into battle to protect the freedoms we enjoy – and sometimes take for granted today. In some memorials, there are tanks, airplanes, jets, howitzers and other tools of destruction.
An armoured vehicle called a Ferret Scout used by the Canadian military, is seen at the Sackville Memorial Park in Sackville, New Brunswick. The Ferret armoured car, also commonly called the Ferret scout car, is a British armoured fighting vehicle designed and built for reconnaissance purposes. The Ferret was produced between 1952 and 1971 by the UK company Daimler. The Ferret shared similar design features with the former Dingo/Ford Lynx, but was basically a scaled-up version, explained by a relocated driver to the center, allowing to fit a quite roomier fighting compartment, hexagonally shaped. The driver had an excellent peripherical vision thanks to a three-faceted sloped cabin, protected by hinged hatches fitted all three with vision blocks and a periscope. The hull was an all welded monocoque configuration which gave additional strength, however, the running gears were also included in it, uncompartmented, making the ride quite noisy. The suspensions were of the classic 4x4 independent coil springs type, and the tyres were of the "Run flat" type, making it possible for the crew to get back to base safely when hit.
The compartment was partly open-top, with an orientable searchlight and a ring-mounted Bren MG, 0.30 cal. Browning M1919 or a more modern 7.62 OTAN GPMG machine-gun, only for the early versions. A turret was added to most Marks, starting with the Mark 1/2. This four-faceted turret had a side mounted orientable mounting, generally for a Browning cal.303 machine gun. This turret, fully traversable had a hinged roof door for observation, used by the tank commander. In this configuration and those with later version with heavier armament, the crew was reduced to two. The engine was a sturdy Rolls-Royce gasoline B60 Inlet over Exhaust I6 petrol which gave enough torque to propel this vehicle up to nearly 100 kph on highway. Most were equipped with two banks of two smoke projectors at the front, to allow safe evading maneuvers. Additional equipment was fitted on the sides and mudguads. Starting with the Mark 1/1, all received a completely sealed hull, and some were equipped with a flotation screen for additional buoyancy.
Developed in 1910 as a Town park, with the addition of the cenotaph in 1922 it was designated as Memorial Park. The park features a six metre cenotaph with plaques memorializing local soldiers who died in previous wars, a propeller and an anchor.
