Looking for FV432

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by vettes

What about bringing a m113 or m114 into canada from the US? It must be more simple than all this no?

M113's are still in service with a number of armies. As American technology, it falls under any number of restrictive regulations and end-use licenses. There are several hundred Canadian M113s listed for sale by Crown Assets*, but only to properly approved buyers. An individual is not going to have the same credability or legitimacy as a sovereign government.

But an M114 is an obsolete Vietnam-era vehicle that has been out of the US inventory for 3 dozen years. So if you can afford one, get it!

https://www.gcsurplus.ca//mn-eng.cfm....cfm#topOfCADC

[rob love]

Prefair surplus had some M113 powerpacks a while back I recall. They need to be modded a bit to work in a 548 but it's doable.

Quite frankly, I always found the 548s unreliable. A lot of the blame could go to the operators, and some of it to the design. As a one owner vehicle they might be alright.

[RichardT10829]

gents... a truck load of 432's on milweb at present.... one is in France not much better than the UK but hey its somewhere different.

[Robin Craig]

Sadly the 432 with the Peak Engineering turret at Connaught Ranges is a bit of a sore point with me.

It is owned by the Canadian War Museum.

The range doesnt want it as a monument. It WAS a runner having been made a tidy vehicle before being handed over to CWM a number of years ago. I saw it at that time.

It is missing scopes etc as of last year when I went to view it it was on the downhill slope quite significantly. It was at the end of the yard and had become part of the snow bank the previous winter when I was there.

It potentially could be a runner again but only if CWM will do a trade for it. CWM was offered a Canadian Ferret fully done up as a monument as a straight swap but said no.

Yet again, an unloved vehicle being slowly absorbed back by nature.

Robin

[Robin Craig]

And there are two more not far from Connaught, that are outside as well with some tarping over them, which is questionable as far as its effectiveness.

The picture is poor as I had to use a phone camera as my digital had an issue that night.

R

[Robin Craig]

So,

to clarify Markus, any "armoured vehicle" coming into Canada has to be part of the controlled goods program does it?

Robin

[Robin Craig]

would the originator of this thread please contact me, or anyone who knows him nudge him to do so.

Thanks

Robin