M151a2

Scott Bentley · #1 26-08-09, 02:35

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Originally Posted by edstorey

Can a Canadian CFR number be determined from the vehicle serial number on the data plate? In this case a Canadian M151A2 has a serial number of 43719.

Thank you.

Not only does the CFR completely differ from the Serial Number, to add to the complexity of finding the CFR for an M151A2, they were not procured in numerical order. So finding the CFR will require literally bracketing it in the list. In my case, it took about 300 CFR entries in the system to find my Serial Number.

I'll start hunting in the morning and see what I can find.

Any pictures of the said M151A2?? I'm always curious.

Scotty B

Ed Storey · #2 27-08-09, 20:47

Thank you, I will get a photo to post.

Scott Bentley · #3 11-09-09, 15:26

43719 = 74-09204

I'm still hunting for info, but it was disposed at CFB Calgary.

More to follow....

Scotty

Scott Bentley · #4 11-09-09, 19:53

Ed,

Unfortunately, your CFR no longer exists in the "good" EDR Viewer database that shows Unit/VMO History and Repairs/Mods completed.

Hopefully you can post up a picture, as i'm curious to it. The Body I used for my project was a 1 SVC BN mule, so I suspect yours was a cousin to mine being from Calgary.

Scotty

Ed Storey · #5 12-09-09, 02:42

Scotty:

Thank you for fishing out the 'needle in the haystack', the vehicle in question 74-09204 is a M151A2 with TOW and is in the CWM collection in Ottawa. It has recently been restored and is now on display in the Lebreton gallery. Here is an image of it in the 'shop' before going out on the floor.

I actually have a photoraph of 74-09207 that I took outside of the CANEX in CFB Wainwright during RV85.

Ed Storey · #6 13-09-09, 15:34

I guess the big question is, "How many M151A2s with TOW did the CF use?"

Scott Bentley · #7 13-09-09, 23:09

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Originally Posted by edstorey

I guess the big question is, "How many M151A2s with TOW did the CF use?"

That explains why I couldn't find any detailed info on it. Its a TOW MUTT. I'll go back and check the other M151A2 ECC's to see what I can find. Whats interesting is that in the EDR Viewer, that CFR was listed as a "Normal" M151A2 ECC. Makes me wonder if these were converted from normal 151s in Canada, or purchased from the US with the TOW system already mounted.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say there were not too many. Couple of dozen at most. I can check the Database for the number of Iltis that had the TOW. My gut instinct is that the Iltis TOW probably replaced the M151A2 TOW one for one. In all my time during the Iltis days, I rarely saw the TOW versions.

What I find interesting is that including the picture of that one from the museum, that is a total of 3 x TOW M151A2 that I have seen that are un-cut.

Steve H (a TOW version owner) and I were tossing around the idea that it seems a higher percentage of TOW versions survived un-cut, from what we suspect was due to them being around later than "normal" versions. Just a thought.

Scotty

Jason Ginn · #8 03-02-10, 05:45

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Originally Posted by edstorey

Scotty:

Thank you for fishing out the 'needle in the haystack', the vehicle in question 74-09204 is a M151A2 with TOW and is in the CWM collection in Ottawa. It has recently been restored and is now on display in the Lebreton gallery. Here is an image of it in the 'shop' before going out on the floor.

I actually have a photoraph of 74-09207 that I took outside of the CANEX in CFB Wainwright during RV85.

I have confirmed the serial number on this vehicle and it is in fact 43710 CFR 74-09207.

The same truck Ed took an image of in 1985! How cool is that!

Ed and Clive Thank you so much for this! Your efforts documenting Canadian military vehicles over the years are very much appreciated and this would not have been possible without your forethought and efforts.

Ed, I don't know if you ever figured that one day you would run into that truck again but imagine that you're now quite glad that you thought to snap a pic of it!