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Originally Posted by armybuck041
The CAST Brigade:
Many vehicles were prepositioned in Norway for the CAST Brigade. In an act to save face/money, most of the equipment was turned over to Norway when the commitment was terminated. This included the lionshare of Canadas deployed MOSV BV-202 and 206 Fleet. I find it rather odd that we gave away some of the most useful vehicles for our climate, which we never did replenish.
Scotty
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Scotty;
Canadian vehicles were prepositioned in Norway actually before the CAST Brigade. As early as 1982, while a component battalion of the AMF(L) Brigade, 1 RCR BG left vehicles behind in Norway upon redeployment back to Canada.
Cheers