I know of at least 4 uncut ex-cdn mutts here on the prairies. A few went out the side door in trades with collectors.
My information on the Iltis being relegated to sub-standard service came from a German who was posted here to Shilo for the last years that GATES operated. Of course, he was somewhat biased against the Iltis, being a member of the Munga club. When I say "phased out", I should have said from front line service. Here in Canada, very few SMP vehicles have been replaced that quickly. We like to get 20-30 years out of a vehicle fleet here.
There are still about 40 Iltis vehicles in the various compounds here in SHilo. They have been using them for "advanced driver training", which means they can bend the fenders up real good, and not get too worried about accident reports.
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