M151a2

[Scott Bentley]

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