Hey Sean
It is quite obvious that the soldier of WW2 was quite a bit smaller than us lads of today... I think that I read somewhere that the average Canadian soldier was about 5'6 and 135lbs. Remember that Canadians had just come through the Great Depression so there weren't too many portly gentlemen around at the time. This is quite apparent if you have ever had the privilege of shoe horning yourself into a universal carrier or 12 cab CMP... 
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3RD Echelon Wksp
1968 M274A5 Mule Baifield USMC
1966 M274A2 Mule BMY USMC
1966 M274A2 Mule BMY USMC
1958 M274 Mule Willys US Army
1970 M38A1 CDN3 70-08715 1 CSR
1943 Converto Airborne Trailer
1983 M1009 CUCV
1957 Triumph TRW 500cc
RT-524, PRC-77s,
and trucks and stuff and more stuff and and.......
OMVA, MVPA, G503, Steel Soldiers
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