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centurion
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posted 24 May 2021 14:48
Smells like a gov't bailout! After announcing the millions of dollars the Liberal king and court are sending down to Windsor, Ontario for a Daimler-Chrysler development centre, they want to protect their investment and milk it for votes. We guess after years of seeing this you just automatically look at the seething underbelly of things first. Let's just hope they do right by the soldier for a change, instead of thinking of themselves. We'll wait on an official announcement before getting the liquor in.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. --George Orwell--
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centurion
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posted 24 May 2021 16:12
Not a lot when you consider "la petite gars" gave his son in law at Bombardier about the same for the iltis. Difference being at least this time the bid was public as opposed to him just giving it to a cronie during a round of golf.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. --George Orwell--
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bossi
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posted 27 May 2021 11:44
Thanks for posting the article - I was out of town all week, and would have missed it otherwise.I'm ambivalent - it sounds like a reasonably good "jeep", and apparently other armies agree. So what if it's made in Canada? Hopefully Canadian workers will be mindful of the fact they're building them for their own army, instead of being made by foreigners who wouldn't care as much. And, if there are economic benefits for Canada - is that a bad thing? For example, if we could sell them under license to somebody else in North/Central/South America, it would keep the production line open longer (and thus, if we decided to buy some more of this same vehicle, it would be much more feasible ... as opposed to re-opening a closed production line). If some smart marketing executives got on board, they could also produce a civvie version of this vehicle - there are always eccentrics who'd like to buy a vehicle used by the military (e.g. the civvie version of the Hummer) - more proof can be seen in the popularity of the Jeep itself! Anyway - as long as I can get in and out of this thing more easily than the teensy-weensy Iltis, I'm going to be happy. Then, we'll only have to replace the LSVW with something sensible - Unimog, anyone? (hmmm ... wouldn't it be interesting if this pork barrel contract for Windsor was a consolation prize for Herb Gray, instead of the helicopter contract?) [ 27 May 2001: Message edited by: bossi ]
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Doug
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posted 30 May 2021 16:55
I had a ride in a Dutch Army one a couple of weeks ago (the same one pictured above) and I was impressed. The seats were more comfortable and it had a great deal more power then the iltis. Much more sound insulation and the entire inside had a balistic kevlar blanket which could be eaisly removed. The back had two drop down seats on the sidewalls and plenty of room for kit, well a lot more than the Iltis anyway. It was a three door with the back one being a one hinge on the left hand side jobby. Overall I think that it's heads and shoulders over the Iltis and I'm sure that there will be an ECC for everything! If not, then we'll just modify like always, flexibility is the key!Airborne!
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