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I was looking at the photo of a APC re-captured by government troops in Konduga. It sure looks like one of our old Grizzlys, or is it merely a Mowag from another source?
Here is a link to the story: http://www.osundefender.org/?p=187125 |
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I found a similar article but with what appears to be a Husky towing a artillery piece. http://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2014/...le-at-konduga/
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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 |
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This one looks distinctly ex Canadian.
There is an amazing number of different vehicle types in use by Nigeria. I have seen Ex Russian vehicles (cant name many of them) and Otokar and Panhard and Saxon and on it goes. Maybe an expedition in 5 years and we can recover some tasty kit R |
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One does have to be very careful on what you find on the Internet as there are a lot of mistakes.
This image was allegedly and Alvis Spartan but it isnt. It is actually a Samson. R |
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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. Last edited by rob love; 18-09-14 at 15:26. |
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Whatever happened to the 100 or so Grizzly AVGPs that were loaned (given?) to...where...Namibia?
Perhaps the Canadian government doesn't want them back due to the possibility of residual ebola contamination.
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From Wikopedia comes this history of the "loaned" vehicles. Apparently part of the reason for the term "loan" was to get around the US ITAR restrictions.
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