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Old 25-10-08, 19:56
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The number will bethe DA or MIU from the unit which held the Iltis. If you know anyone in a supply role, they will be able to tell you who held the vehicle by that account number.

The figure is not an accepted nor authorised military marking, but may have some significance at the unit level.
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Old 25-10-08, 20:11
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...The figure is not an accepted nor authorised military marking, but may have some significance at the unit level.
In the '80s, "acceptance" and "authorization" never stopped units from putting their own markings on vehicles - such as the horse mounted scout silouette on 12RBC recce vehicles, and the fleur de lis on X Battery M109s.

The "flag man" is a new one on me tho'...
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Old 26-10-08, 16:57
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Both the MLVW M35Cdn and the Iltis had their CFRs incorporated into the vehicles VIN number. The exceptions are that if a license plate was lost or stolen, then a new CFR was supposed to be assigned to the vehicle (although this did not always happen and was a PIA to the mechanics when it did.)

The QL4 stencil indicaes that it would have been for the vehicle techs trade qualification level 4 which was unit on job training. It would seem that this particular base maintenance had an Iltis kept on their MIU for that purpose.
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