Rifle Stowage Brackets on M151A2

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Originally Posted by Sean McKee

Can anyone shed some light on whether the in-service M151A2s used the US M-16 type rifle stowage bracket mounted to the dashboard on the passenger side? Seems likely to me that these would have been replaced with the rubberized clip for the C1.

If there is a rifle rack in a Canadian 1974 Pattern, it would not be for the C7. Canada didn't issue them until starting in 1982. The Iltis was in service starting in 1984. If there ever was a rifle rack, it would be a rubber boot on the floor and a diamond spring clip on the extreme right of the passenger's dash. The roll cage frame fills exactly that same real estate, so unless your M151A2 is decked out for the short remainder of 1974, all of 1975, and a short part of 1976, you don't need to worry.