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Old 26-03-11, 05:47
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Terry Warner
 
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Originally Posted by Robin Craig View Post
Jim,

somewhere, I have prints of that Sherman in a wonderful yellow all over scheme minus turret with a powerpack hung off the rear and some kind of de mining kit out front. I undrstand it was used to clear up some lands being handed back to an aboriginal group.

When I saw it at LETE I was visiting to research another vehicle and it used to sit in a lone building off to the right of the main building at the back of the car park.

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That was the old Calgary training area where DND had to guarantee no ordnance or leftovers down to some specified depth. The EOD company was a private business. They may have leased a military owned vehicle, but that is purely speculation from me.
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