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Old 15-03-10, 21:35
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Only one problem I see with your display - wrong cap badge! It should be an RCR star not PPCLI. (Yeah, 3rd Bn of each regiment is Light Infantry and each one has a jump company, but don't confuse the two units.) Other than that, you've nailed it. As Dan told me, their Materials Techs made the mounts for them locally. As the photo evidence shows, the mounts could look like almost anything. And as the tour close-out pictures show, those vehicles were left behind for the Afghans.
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Old 16-03-10, 20:12
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Only one problem I see with your display - wrong cap badge! It should be an RCR star not PPCLI. (Yeah, 3rd Bn of each regiment is Light Infantry and each one has a jump company, but don't confuse the two units.) Other than that, you've nailed it. As Dan told me, their Materials Techs made the mounts for them locally. As the photo evidence shows, the mounts could look like almost anything. And as the tour close-out pictures show, those vehicles were left behind for the Afghans.
Terry,
That gig as C 3PPCLI was because they were attached to the 187th Brigade Combat Team (101st AB Div) in 2002. That was my tie-in, for a non-US vehicle at the band gig.
Udderwise, I like the 3RCR because The Skunque came out of Petawawa. I had some original, worn in-theatre ISAF patches and IR Cdn Flags, etc coming to me, but they disappeared in the mail. Box arrived totally empty. What a freakin' let down. There are fake ISAF patches on eBay, these were actually worn over there and were being donated to my little "rolling museum"

I have yet to post over on the RCR Forum or the Army.ca forum.. so far all I've got are positive remarks. They may be a bit more critical over there.
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Old 29-03-10, 02:03
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The mount for the TOW Iltis came from the Lav-25 Coyotes that were there as part of the Op Apollo mission. The order came down to strip them off and send them to the Iltis crews.I was a Coyote crew commander during that tour back in 2002.

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Old 29-03-10, 21:33
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Thanks for the information, Anthony. I just received this mount from a scrounger:


Has a detachable brass catcher:


The ammo can holder is too small to fit a US .30 cal can. Are the Canadian 7.62 NATO Cans smaller than ours? We continued to use the same can from the 1950's for the M1919A4 but holds two 100rd bandoleers for the M60 or M240B.

Anyhooo, I will probably be mounting this one up on the roll bar maybe with a verticle support between the front seats.

If I can get the gigs worked off, I may take my Skunque out to the big .50 cal and MG shoot they hold here in Colorado every May. Might be a chance to live-fire off of my rig.
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