Good point Rob,
so do I conclude that Canadas military brass had an overly high opinion of their capability following the success of Canadian industrial production in WW2?
No one could argue with the success of the M113..but the implication of all this is that the Canadian taxpayer got royally screwed by poor decision making in the 1950s.
Second, was there a realistic hope for Canadian designed vehicles on a world market if they had been more readily produced and marketed ( esp types like the Mudcat & Beaver rather than more obscure design such as Bobcat APCs) ?
The M series trucks we built in the 1950s were all of US design, anyone know if other Canadian options were considered?
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