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That's all I can spot.....some militiaman was very enthusiastic with his stencil and spray bomb.

The rear tow shackles appear to be installed in the wrong locations (I think they were supposed to be inside the bumperettes) and the camouflage paint is a locally applied pattern.

The Jeeps shown appear to be from the final purchase in 1985. They have the high back seats and will have a better transmission that the earlier 82 and 83 purchases. The early purchases were for the armoured recce, while the later purchase was to supplement the service battalions. Why they bought CJ7s when they were already producing the Iltis is beyond me. Once the Iltis were issued to the reserves a year or two later, the CJ7s were technically beyond the scales of issue. They were retained as extra, with the provision that they had a one time repair expenditure limit of $500. Some went to log-stock at places like Wainwright, where they would be issued to units (including regular force, who normally would not have the CJ7) as run-around vehicles.

The small tires actually gave the Jeeps a lot of power. They had manual steering as well, so the tiny 6 cylinder 259 engine was ample for these trucks.