Yes, there IS a Flying Iltis ...

[Wayne McGee]

If the Iltis had have been left alone to perform the tasks that it was designed for, then it, or some form of it would still be in service as a light C&C feild car.
As it was, before the origonal batches paint was dry, the Airborne was dumping them out of the back of Herky Birds and bolting on TOW launchers, Infantry Units were stripping off the canvas and superstucture and with the aid of bailing wire and duct tape were straping on GPMG's and cam nets to make recce cars.
It was foolish to beleive that that the Iltis had any prospect of being a weapons carrier, a patrol vehicle or perform any sort of forward combat function.
It's unfortunate that the Iltis is going to be remembered as a dissmal failure when it is our own fault that it ends up as a "only-used-once-mine-detector"

Cheers