History: "Best brigade . . . in the world"

Austin Bay has some kind words about the Canadian army of yesteryear:

The Canadians launched a sneaky infantry attack — on foot — that preceded our armor attack. The ground attack cracked the Blue Force, sent them reeling, and blew open a hole for Canadian and US tanks.

The judges had to stop the exercise. Take a mulligan, Blue Force.

In my opinion, the Canadian brigade was the best brigade in NATO, which probably meant it was the best brigade man for man in the world.

Unfortunately, he's talking about 1976. Not 2006.

We may still have some of the best individual soldiers wearing the Canadian uniform, but we no longer have the capabilities that our NATO troops had . . .