"The Canadian Armoured Vehicle General Purpose Family" Topic
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Tango01 | 10 Jul 2020 3:06 p.m. PST |
"In 1974 the Canadian Armed Forces issued a requirement for an Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (AVGP) to equip both Regular and Reserve units. Three prototypes made it to the final evaluation from a field of fourteen. The Brazilian URUTU and the U.S. Commando fell by the wayside and the Swiss MOWAG Piranha 6 X 6 won the evaluation. The 6×6 Mowag Piranha was chosen as the basis for a new family of CF wheeled armoured vehicles in 1976. A licensed production contract was undertaken by GM Canada's Diesel Division of London, Ontario in August 1976, for the production of the AVGP family for the Canadian Forces with the first vehicles handed over in February 1978. Production was completed in 1982 by which time 491 had been built in three versions. Each of the variants is pictured below. There were three different configurations that were built: the Grizzly ISC infantry section carrier or armoured personal carrier ( APC) mounting 2 machine guns in a small turret with 269 being built, the Cougar with a 76mm main gun with 195 being built, and Husky repair/recovery vehicles with 27 being built…"
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Legion 4 | 10 Jul 2020 3:44 p.m. PST |
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Oberlindes Sol LIC | 10 Jul 2020 4:07 p.m. PST |
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KevinV | 11 Jul 2020 7:15 a.m. PST |
Nice article. I always liked the look of these. Building the AVGP's seems like a labour of love. I wonder if the Grizzly and Cougars in 5e Brigade would have gone to Norway or Europe with them in the 80"s? |
Tango01 | 11 Jul 2020 12:26 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friends! (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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