definitly looks like a sabot [though i could be wrong, stranger things have happened] i didn't realise tali-wagons had that much armour? must give toyota a bell, see what the plot is... nice pics nasty.

probably table qualifications, what better range to practice on then the middle of the desert.you dont have to worry about anybody being down range.

For those wondering why the Cdn. have tanks, take a look at what happened during Operation Medusa when our troops ran into entrenched Taliban fighters hiding behind walls often more than a foot thick. 

 

In Op Medusa our LAVIII's main gun ran into problems in cracking the hardened walls that were often several feet thick.  We eventually brought in our 155mm howitzers and air to bare on the enemy.  The same obstable would not pose a problem for a Leo; especially the newer ones with the 120mm gun.