M151a2

[Ed Storey]

Can a Canadian CFR number be determined from the vehicle serial number on the data plate? In this case a Canadian M151A2 has a serial number of 43719.

Thank you.

[servicepub (RIP)]

Ed, I have a CD with over 400 pages of CFRs and the relevant vehicle's VIN. See the M38A1 posts for a sample page. When I am back on leave, in September, I will answer this for you - unless another forum member responds first.
Clive

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by edstorey

Can a Canadian CFR number be determined from the vehicle serial number on the data plate? In this case a Canadian M151A2 has a serial number of 43719.

Thank you.

Not only does the CFR completely differ from the Serial Number, to add to the complexity of finding the CFR for an M151A2, they were not procured in numerical order. So finding the CFR will require literally bracketing it in the list. In my case, it took about 300 CFR entries in the system to find my Serial Number.

I'll start hunting in the morning and see what I can find.

Any pictures of the said M151A2?? I'm always curious.

Scotty B

[Ed Storey]

Thank you, I will get a photo to post.

[Scott Bentley]

43719 = 74-09204

I'm still hunting for info, but it was disposed at CFB Calgary.

More to follow....

Scotty

[Scott Bentley]

Ed,

Unfortunately, your CFR no longer exists in the "good" EDR Viewer database that shows Unit/VMO History and Repairs/Mods completed.

Hopefully you can post up a picture, as i'm curious to it. The Body I used for my project was a 1 SVC BN mule, so I suspect yours was a cousin to mine being from Calgary.

Scotty

[Ed Storey]

Scotty:

Thank you for fishing out the 'needle in the haystack', the vehicle in question 74-09204 is a M151A2 with TOW and is in the CWM collection in Ottawa. It has recently been restored and is now on display in the Lebreton gallery. Here is an image of it in the 'shop' before going out on the floor.



I actually have a photoraph of 74-09207 that I took outside of the CANEX in CFB Wainwright during RV85.