CFB Borden Iltis

[rob love]

Isn't it just a standard German Army Iltis purchased for the trialling and development of a Cdn model? I suspect it is just one of thousands produced in Germany. Seems to me the other 4 or 5 were used as drop trainers for the air force.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by rob love

Isn't it just a standard German Army Iltis purchased for the trialling and development of a Cdn model? I suspect it is just one of thousands produced in Germany. Seems to me the other 4 or 5 were used as drop trainers for the air force.

It is a true Volkswagen and not a "native" Bombardier.....

[Frank v R]

by all means please speak with the museum about letting rare vehicles rust outside , GOOD LUCK!

[chris vickery]

Hmm, sounds similar to items like the Panther, Whirblewind and others from the past... to name a few

[David Dunlop]

What did Germany do with their Iltis fleet? Intergovernmental sales, scrapped or sold to civilian market?

David

[Ed Storey]

I have no idea how the Bundeswehr disposed of their Iltis vehicles, but the German Panzer Museum in Munster has at least one Basic Iltis on display. The Panzer Museum has an exceptional collection of vehicles all nicely signposted and arranged in tank sheds. Only half-a-dozen vehicles sit outside with the massive collection housed in a series of themed hangers. This Iltis was photographed during my April 2014 visit.



How refreshing to walk into a museum where the vehicles are fully restored, cared for and don't look like they have been recovered from a scrap-heap and painted by kindergarten children. As well, the vehicles have not been stripped of parts by disrespectful rubes nor used as interactive amusement-land playthings. Former Bundeswehr personnel were on hand in the last gallery to explain the different vehicles and escort very small (two or three) groups of people into selected vehicles for more detailed exploration.

All of this in a museum that has only been open to the public since the mid-1980s.

[Ed Storey]

According to my research there were 13 German manufactured Iltis employed by the CF. The initial four Basic Iltis were brought to Canada in 1982 and were subsequently disposed of in 1987-88. Four German Light Field Ambulances was used in Canada from 1982 until disposal in 86-88 and another that was acquired in 1985 and again used in Canada and perhaps ending up in Lahr until disposal in 1987. There were a final four German Iltis used from 1984 and disposed from 1998-2005. The Borden Iltis appears to be one of these four (CFR 87850) that was disposed of by the CF in 2003.

Here is a photograph of VW manufactured Basic Iltis 46411 that I took at CFB Rockcliffe in 1985.