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Originally Posted by T. Alcorn
Scotty,
Now I know where Platemeister got the image, right from that site you posted.
The Maple Leaves on the top, are they embossed onto the plate or printed? Platemeister was going to print two maple leaves onto 3M reflective media, but, I think that would cause camouflage problems in the field. You guys deployed with these plates on the vehicles.
If he can print the maple leaves that should be good enough. I wouldn't expect them to make the embossing die unless there is sufficient demand for replica plates. Most of the vehicles were surplussed with the plates still on, right?
Should I start a separate post in the Restoration section about DND plates? Same plate design would be used for domestic M38s, M151s, Iltis, etc.
Canadian Forces in Europe have a different plate.
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The pic you posted above is the correct plate for a CF Vehicle, regardless of wether it is Tactical or Commercial, deployed or domestic. The others with the Red Lettering would have been on private vehicles of those who were posted to Germany/Europe.
As for the CFR Plate, the white background is reflective, CANADA and the green trim line around the plate are embossed but not reflective. The actual Digits and the Maple Leaves are just stickers and are also non-reflective. We usually either remove or just cover the plates with a sandbag during actual operations, so the reflective properties of the plate aren't of a huge concern.
I've seen CFR plates left on surplused vehicles, but that would be an exception and not the rule. Usually lately, with MLVWs anyway, the CFR is just written on the bumper with a lumber crayon or something similar.
Scotty