abn deuce Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 wow so few choices! I hope it may help someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afvnut75 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 hi Could anyone tell me whats the better of the two as far as iltis,s are concerned volkswagen or bombardier And are they amphibious or are they just capable of shallow water fording .? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Could anyone tell me whats the better of the two as far as iltis,s are concerned volkswagen or bombardier And are they amphibious or are they just capable of shallow water fording .? hmm . . . you better do some reading up first: http://web.archive.org/web/20091026170312/www.geocities.com/spoelstra.geo/vw183/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 As far as my dim brain can recall the Canadian ones were built under licence by Bombardier, who also went on to make some for the Belgians. They are popular here and were the last (until someone proves me wrong) petrol powered manual transmission vehicle bought for the Canadian Forces (CF). On the CF ones there is a small valance at the base of the seat box for the rear passengers that doubles as a snow gurad over the front of the rad in winter. There were CF ones with and without a tailgate and the spare tyre location changed with that. There was also a line layer version with a cable reel mechanism and racks for ladders, few of those have survived in civvy street. As a two person light liason vehicle it was excellent. As with any military vehicle it was overloaded and people tried o make it do things and go places it shouldnt. Its end was signalled when a number of CF members lost their lives in the "un armoured jeep" as the papers reported during the Balkans episode. Since then it has been replaced by the G Wagen. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Also look at www.militarytrucks.ca for a comparison between Bombardier and VW Ilitis R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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