M151a2

[rob love]

There is no greater pleasure to a platoon of mechanics than to be going over a cloverleaf on a main highway while watching the maint-O heading away into the horizon from the underpass away from the convoy. I swear they used to do these things just to raise our morale.

Sorry if I caused offense Clive, but as Scotty has pointed out, the deterioration is already occurring.

BTW Scotty, have you started shopping around for a sword yet? You can always go classy and get a 130 year old example from John Denner or the like.

[Craig S.]

Hi Ed -

Found the attached info on your CFR. Cheers,

Craig

[Scott Bentley]

Really quite strange....

It shows as a "Normal" M151A2 that belonged to 1 CMBG HQ and Sigs.

Makes me wonder if the Serial Number Plate got mixed up somewhere along the way.

When I initially looked up the Serial Number in the other EDR MSE Database, it came back with the "Normal" ECC, yet its clearly a TOW MUTT.

Hmm....

[rob love]

Perhaps the kit was added to the basic vehicle post-service. I recall a story in one of the EME journals about one of the base workshops rebuilding a MUTT for the CWM. It may have been Kingston or Trenton if IRCC. Maybe someone made a decision to dress it up a bit, as opposed to having just a basic MUTT. The same thing happened here. A couple MPs restored a basic M38A1CDN3 for the Shilo Museum, and turned it into a MP Jeep while they were at it.

[Ed Storey]

Thank you for the information, this is great. When I read what Craig had posted I began to wonder how an M151A2 listed by DND with 1HQandSigs could become a TOW vehicle. If there is an article about DND 'fixing up' a M151A2 for the CWM I would like to see it as I think it would clinch the mystery of this vehicle.

If it was 'made up' by DND, just goes to show how a goodwill jesture can really foul up a historical record.

[rob love]

I only have the odd copies of the digest around, but not this one. It would have been from the 2000 to 2003 time period. I remember it mentioning they had difficulty finding engine parts like gaskets, and had to go to US dealers to find them.

[Scott Bentley]

Nevertheless, its an interesting conclusion.

The fact that it was the subject of an EME Journal article makes it nostalgic, original TOW or not.

I'm still curious about that damn grill. Especially now that we know it was not an original CF TOW MUTT. I wonder if there are more like it out there.

I'm curious to know how many "as served" Cdn TOW M151A2s are left intact. I know of Steve H's, and another in Oshawa that was for sale which appeared to be a former TOW. Any others out there?