There's no doubt there's alot of good kit the American's have that's battle proven, cheap(er) and certainly more abundant than some of the other options out there.
The popular rumour-mill explanation throughout the CF is that although they have offered us the goods ie. hummers, blackhawks, etc. for a really good price, they demand exclusive rights to the spare parts market.
I suppose this could create logistical problems up the road. But, we in the CF are all too well accustomed to scavaging and cannibalizing for parts to keep other vehicles operational.
For the price of one G-Wagon we could have had 3 hummers- and the gross ammount of coin they spent on the LSVW and the revamping program of the ageing Iltis fleet could have been put to far better use.
I for one am glad the gov't has finally come to it's senses and is now looking at WHAT we're buying for our troops, and not concerning themselves on WHERE it's made.
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