Iltis Forum

[Robert Bergeron]

Hi all that will read this late post ,

Given , the Iltis is not such a great vehicle.

It is definetly underpowered and hard to get in and out of for a 6' 1' guy like me...

BUT, it is a representative artifact of the SERVICE of many, many of our fellow servicemen and women in often difficult and FORGOTTEN theatres of WAR...

Many lost their lives or health and are still losing their lives by suicide in those theatres of other people's wars .REMEMBER Yougoslavia, Croatia, Bosnia , Cyprus, Golan and Lebanon. REMEMBER the direct artillery hit on a UN Observation post in No Man's LAND BETWEEN Israel and Lebanon WHERE ONE OF OUR FINEST , a canadian major whose call-sign was '' Wolf '' got blown to pièces from a well placed artillery 155mm shell . His day to day driver during his carear was an Iltis ...

I bought an Iltis in REMEMBRANCE of guys like Wolf .

That is also why i am going to drive it to the local Cenotaph on Nov 11 and cry with the forgotten survivors of forgetten places and forgotten wars. Did i mention Rwanda, Haiti and Afhganistan ? Anyway, many are continuing to suffer from what they have seen from the point of view offered from the Iltis. Great visibility from that truck, indeed.....

We shall remember them.

Bob