Other than our armour purchases of the 50s (ferret and centurian) and turret components of our AVGP family, Canada had stuck with the US pattern stuff. That is, until recently, where we now seem to be operating an array of European vehicles (VW, Steyr, Mercedes, Iveco)
Hopefully I don't cause offense, but what minor experiance I have had with British vehicles have given me the impression of them being somewhat over engineered. An example would be the hi-lo beam dimmer switch on an FV432. Both serialised and including a modification plate, it seems like something that would be more likely found in a bomber aircraft; why not a disposable switch like the US pattern vehicles? Surely the cost of tagging, shipping, rebuilding, keeping stock of the various sub components, must have outweighed the recycling advantages of making such an accountable item?
On the FV432 I owned, I removed both generators, and replaced them with one of the US M-series generators as well. The need was partly my fault I suppose; it seemed I could never get both generators to work at the same time, and was constantly rotating components back and forth. In the end, it actually saved me a lot of room in the drivers area as I got to remove both the regulators as well.
Apparently, we trialled the FV430 family, and as well the Scorpions, but in the case of the 432s, the M113 won out, and the need for the scorpions were negated.
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