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Lav iv
Just got back home from dropping my wife off at work.
At 08:00, on the trip back home, I was passed by a low bed rig hauling a LAV IV. It was travelling on the south end of Waverley Street, here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, headed towards the South Perimeter Highway. The LAV looked brand new. All over green with absolutely no military markings on it. The front lamps and all other exposed glasswork and openings seemed to be covered by a lime green light weight plastic, and written on the upper right rear flank of the body in white chalk was the following: LAV IV August Sale Anybody got any ideas as to where it might have come from and where it might be headed? David |
It's most likely a refurbished LAV III headed for Shilo or Edmonton.
Most of the LAV's that returned from TFA have been going through a mid life/post combat upgrade. |
That is the nice thing about the trans-canada highway thru MB....there is no other way through. I see LAVs all the time, and just last weekend saw 2 Leopards heading West. All are in perfect paint jobs, which I also took as being re-furbed Kandahar returns.
I have a short contract right now at the base, where I am also seeing a few familiar CFR numbers on some of the LiftKing RTFLs that I used to look after in Kandahar, including the dreaded 017. Small army! |
I saw one too, maybe the same one last friday heading south on the 400 hwy south of hwy 9 in ontario. It did have something written on rear left side stating august sale?
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Not being all that up on current armour, I did a quick check on LAV's on the web and based on what I found, my ID of the vehicle in transit should probably be corrected to LAV III. What I assumed to be a roman numeral 'IV' must have simply been sloppy writing on the part of whoever chalked the LAV. Still wonder what the 'August Sale' was all about. Maybe whoever is doing the refit had a deal on for the Canadian military last month.
David |
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Hi Andrew.
Yes, same green wrap etc as the one I saw. The transporter I saw here had a higher deck with the rear wheels under it. Your spotting has a lot more chalking on it and a lot neater than the one here. Must be some sort of code. David |
It is possible this is a vehicle that is sold by general dynamics to a country that uses the LAV III based vehicles. As it says on the side of the vehicle it is a "LAV UP" which is the newest model, bigger heavier and more technology
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http://www.gdlscanada.com/index.php/...les-lav/lav-up
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Rob
Would the upgrades arriving at Shilo all be from Edmonton, or are both plants involved collectively across the country. Just curious because I would not expect to see a LAV for Shilo coming through Winnipeg and then backtracking. But then again, it was a government awarded contract.
David |
Can't comment, not because of security, but because I have no information on the subject.
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Well maybe..
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I was driving along hwy 11/17 heading west on sunday close to Ignace in northern ontario, I saw two freshly painted Lav's heading east on floats. It seems they are everywhere except in my back yard. Ha ha. Eric
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