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Originally Posted by Robin Craig
Rob,
I had thought that all of the Canadian vehicles had lost their swim gear.
If you follow this link there is a better side view that leads me to think it is a Mowag and not ex Canadian vehicle, what say you?
http://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2011/...-plant-bauchi/
R |
Not all vehicles had been through refurb I suspect. With defense dollars always tight on projects like refurb of older equipment, it may have been that the project only refurbed what was needed. I have seen the odd AVGP floating around that had nothing improved on them.
The one I showed does not have the trim vane cylinder anymore, and the photo is too blurry to see if the vane is there or not. It also have different mirrors and headlamps, but this may happen when some of these countries decide to modify and use a more local source of parts rather than ordering expensive OEM components.
I note it has the first style of tire. Ours went through a series of upgrades over the years. I was talking to some of my guys after I got out, and they mentioned they had a fleet of them for about a month, just got them into useable shape, when the word came out that they were leaving as foreign aid. I also note it has the studs for the North American sized license plate on the front. Not sure if these were standard on European production hulls.
The photo you link to in post #3 Robin shows that they modified the headlights over to the M-series headlamp pots like on a M35 deuce and a half. As well, they have added the standard M-series blackout markers on top of the headlamps. These assemblies would be a lot cheaper to install and maintain over the Hella lamps that came stock on them. At the same time, they are by no means pretty, and actually looks a little hillbilly-ish.