Canadian Bombardier Iltis "96A"

[Steve Harris]

Originally Posted by Stuart Fedak

When blowing out the rocker panels last fall, a brass casing fell out of the Canadian Bombardier Iltis 96A. I really know zero about such things, so excuse my ignorance in the correct terminology. It appears to be a 9 mm para brass case that was used as a blank. It has the folded upper section as used in blank ammunition. The head stamp is "IVI" which I think is Industries Valcartier.... has the NATO stamp and the numbers 83.

I used my metal shop measuring kit to measure the casing, and it meets the 9 mm specifications that I found.

So what 9 mm handgun would have been in use, and carried in the Bombardier Iltis. Remember this was an MP Iltis.....

Your thoughts?

Stuart

Browning Hi-power, used since ww2. Or Sterling sub-machine gun.