Goofy German Death Jeep

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The Canadian Forces replaced their "Jeeps" (the actual Jeep, a-la 1960's
and '70's vintage) with a vehicle called the Iltis. It's a German
developed light truck/jeep thing with a VW motor.

They tip over easily, they are a unibody design so when they suffer structural
damage of any kind they're almost impossible to repair (certainly so in the
field), they were supposed to be amphibious, but we didn't buy that option,
they offer minimal protection to the crew from
either roll over or incoming fire/arty fragments/etc., their tires are
tall but thin, so they sink into soft terrain, they don't work all that well,
I think there were problems with the electrical system, and they are just
overall pretty feeble. The Germans don't like theirs, and we don't like ours.
One of my friends tipped his over twice, doing combat driving
training, and that was quite common on his course - for an "armoured"
recce regiment...

Sounds horrible. Was this a competitive procurement? If so, how could it have
possibly beat out anything else with a motor and 4 wheels?

Perry

In a message dated 99-07-20 01:42:11 EDT, you write:

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 The Canadian Forces replaced their "Jeeps" (the actual Jeep, a-la
1960's and '70's vintage) with a vehicle called the Iltis. It's a German
 developed light truck/jeep thing with a VW motor.

They tip over easily, they are a unibody design so when they suffer structural
damage of any kind they're almost impossible to repair (certainly so in the
field), they were supposed to be amphibious, but we didn't buy that option,
they offer minimal protection to the crew from
 either roll over or incoming fire/arty fragments/etc., their tires are
tall but thin, so they sink into soft terrain, they don't work all that well,
I think there were problems with the electrical system, and they are just
overall pretty feeble. The Germans don't like theirs, and we don't like ours.
One of my friends tipped his over twice, doing combat driving
 training, and that was quite common on his course - for an "armoured"
recce regiment...

 Adrian