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Originally posted by FV623
Greetings Venerable Dame,
But that one has no swim-board so we can assume it's perhaps a non-swimmer, quite common as the mil officially took a load of stuff out to negate the capability; as only 117 FV623s were made full swimming ones are not common, but mine does 
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Well...Alvis and Haaglunds are an item, are they not?
The Bv 206 was always a favourite of mine. We had a few near here, at Canadian Forces Base Meaford, about 15 years ago, during a particularly horrible winter exercise.
They performed admirably, in all roles.
Our Defense Department made a White Paper commitement to purchase 800+ of the Bv 206, somewhat in part to exercise sovereignity in the Far North of Canada.
Our politicians binned that thought with a new government being elected.
Only in Canada you say,...pity!
The Bv 206 is most suitable to Canadian domestic operations. Over bog, marsh, snow, ice...its tracks leave a pressure imprint less than a human footprint.
Even now, one can buy a near-zero mileage unit from Withams Specialist Vehicles in Lincolnshire for a price ranging from 12,500 to 30,000 pounds.
A bit off topic, but topical anyway.