Canadain Airborne Regiment Iltis, need opinions and help

Dan Sicotte · #1 02-04-10, 18:48

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I was with service comando Airborne regiment in Somalia, and we had no iltis on that deployment. Only Diesel vehicles were sent.
Dan Sicotte

Matthew Reid · #2 02-04-10, 21:57

Terry I'm in Edmonton. I hve no shortage of acsses to NOS parts here in Edmonton.
Thanks for the Info on the Tac sign.

Thanks for the info Dan you did not burst my bubble at all. I just want to be able to pin down the where this unit would/could have possibly been deployed to requireing the white UN paint.
Since you did serve with the Airborne. Where in the life span of this Iltis could it have been deployed with Airborne requiring White paint.

The CIN for the all the early work orders indicate the 3rd RCR, Is there any possibilty it was sent to Cyprus? Or was it possibly prepped for the cancelled UN mission MINURSO in the Western Sahara.

Matthew

I sanded paint down again to expose the white. There is only one coat and it appears to have been laid over the factory delivered paint so it was early in it's life it was painted UN white. There was a 2 colour camo painted on top of the UN white. As where the Fuel filler neck has been banged the paint has been knocked off and the white is clearly under a layer a black.

The layer of whit

Dan Sicotte · #3 03-04-10, 02:19

There are limitless possibilities as to where that vehicle went. There is a long standing tradition of borrowing vehicles for overseas missions. It could have been in Bosnia, Cyprus, Golan, Rwanda, etc. It may have been issued to a mission, and sent back to the Airborne without a jumper ever stepping foot in it.

Good luck with the hunt.
Dan

maple_leaf_eh · #4 03-04-10, 04:36

In 1991 we had Itlises from SSF HQ&Sigs with us in Kuwait City in CANFORME EOD Tp. They were white on green on white on green. Three years earlier, those same vehicles had been used by a composite Signals Regiment that deployed between Saddam's army and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in 1988. Funny to think that for a short while, it was possible for a UN military force to operate freely and unencumbered in both countries. When the units were returned to Canada, a sausage machine reverted white kit to green. In fall 1990 the One Canadian Field Hospital was stood up, and enough of the other essential fighting and support parts build around them.

T. Alcorn · #5 04-04-10, 23:42

Let me know if you get tired of her. That's a piece of history I'd love to own.

Jon Skagfeld · #6 05-04-10, 00:15

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Originally Posted by matthewq4b

Terry I'm in Edmonton. I hve no shortage of acsses to NOS parts here in Edmonton.
Thanks for the Info on the Tac sign.

Thanks for the info Dan you did not burst my bubble at all. I just want to be able to pin down the where this unit would/could have possibly been deployed to requireing the white UN paint.
Since you did serve with the Airborne. Where in the life span of this Iltis could it have been deployed with Airborne requiring White paint.

The CIN for the all the early work orders indicate the 3rd RCR, Is there any possibilty it was sent to Cyprus? Or was it possibly prepped for the cancelled UN mission MINURSO in the Western Sahara.

Matthew

I sanded paint down again to expose the white. There is only one coat and it appears to have been laid over the factory delivered paint so it was early in it's life it was painted UN white. There was a 2 colour camo painted on top of the UN white. As where the Fuel filler neck has been banged the paint has been knocked off and the white is clearly under a layer a black.

The layer of whit

Hmmm...painted white for intended deployment to Chad, perhaps?

Rpoolie · #7 07-04-10, 14:50

Check kijiji.ca, Ottawa region, Search Iltis
There is someone selling an iltis painted up in UN white and there are pics to view.
Hope this helps.

Young_Law · #8 17-05-10, 23:08

In the spirit of Airborne Iltis', while working at the Para Centre I took some pictures of the Aerial Delivery Iltis' which are still used as training aids. If my dad ever emails me the pictures I'll upload them here.

rob love · #9 18-05-10, 00:25

We painted the odd Iltis white with the UN markings for use in city parades. If the color does not coincide with the recorded use of the vehicle it is possible you may have had one of these. Typically, this was done before or after a unit's deployment to Cypress or wherever.

There were also some units which would apply white for winter cam. It was suppose to be the removeable paint (yeah right) but I had seen some units use regular paint and then repaint again in the spring. Not common mind you.

Matthew Reid · #10 18-05-10, 10:35

Thanks Young I would appreciate that.
This Unit was air dropped I do not doubt that It had the Air drop skid plate attached at one time and the body structure is fractured in several places around and near the body mount locations and some of the main body structure cross members are fractured as well leading me to believe it was put under pretty severe stresses at one time. But the body is not buckled by the front windshield so I doubt it was from being jumped. The Body structure damage is consistent with a hard landing from an air drop.

This Unit was given a very thorough White paint job even the floors (seats must have been removed) and roll bar were done in white the only part of the interior that was not painted white is the dash and the hand brake.
The White Paint was done very early on in it's life. It was applied directly on top of the factory paint and the factory paint was not scuffed up at all in preparation for the white paint. The paint now is coming off in fair big sheets in several places down to the white and the original factory paint, the original factory paint is as good as the day it left the factory. Having the interior painted white makes me think me it might have been a winter camo paint job.

Any one have any more input on why the interior would have been painted white?

Matthew