Iltis Recce version

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks for all the nice pictures guys.

It is a reminder of younger days for me .

I did some Recce work in Gagetown for the Militia in the 80's on Milcon and we did'nt have any MG mounts if i recall.

We just dropped the windshield, installed the wire cutter/ catcher and off we went.

Same thing for the LDSH in Suffield in 91 , no MG mounts. They were using the Cougars for armored Recce so the Iltis were used for liaison .

Good thread.

Thanks.

Bob

[strat1]

Most of the Mg mounted photos are not Canadian Iltis , but nice to see.

We still had Lynx's back in 91, we lost them in 93/94.

In regards to the TOW Iltis, back in 2002 there were only a few taken over, the RECCE guys were issued armoured Hummers, and the Iltis were used as runners. All the Tow carriers were fitted with the extra front seat as a temporary modification for the operation grey husky. The regular Iltis that were taken over had an extra jerry can rack that could fit three jerry cans on the rear end.

Anthony