This armoured vehicle is used on the front lines in Ukraine

We're looking at a Roshel Senator MRAP, so Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Smart Armored Vehicle. This is actually the most recent vehicle acquisition for the Canadian War Museum's National Collection. It's a contemporary vehicle currently being used in Ukraine in quite significant numbers, and it represents a new way of collecting for us where we're actually bringing in a vehicle that's still in use in the field today. So this vehicle would be used to mostly transport personnel to the front lines and evacuate the wounded or civilians to the rear. Right now, there's up to 2,700 Roshel Senators in Ukraine in active service. It's not a tank. It's not going to withstand a major blast like a main battle tank could, but they are They are meant to have their crew survive a mine blast or armor-piercing rounds or Artillery shells, things like that. So the vehicle might not be operational afterwards, although I have seen footage of them driving on three wheels. But the two crew up front, the gunner, and the eight guys in the back usually make it out. I think for us, having a contemporary vehicle, it speaks to Canada's current involvement in international relations, like with the war in Ukraine. It speaks to an evolving defense industry in Canada, the way that these vehicles are being built in Brampton, Ontario, sent by the Canadian government as part of aid packages to Ukraine, but also it allows us to connect with people who might come to the museum, especially like a Ukrainian newcomer or refugee of the war who may have even seen these in the field and is now experiencing them in the museum setting.