The MLVW or Medium Logistics Vehicle Wheeled was in service with Canadian armed forces. It was based on the obsolete US M35 cargo truck design, dating back to the 1950s. However, the Canadian version includes many modifications. The MLVW entered service in 1982. Over 2,700 of these trucks had been license-produced by Bombardier. This general utility truck …
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Vehicles, Military
The M35 2½-ton cargo truck is a long-lived 2½-ton, 6×6, cargo truck initially used by the United States Army and subsequently utilized by many nations around the world. Over time it evolved into a family of specialized vehicles. It inherited the nickname “Deuce and a Half” from an older 2½-ton truck, the Second World War GMC CCKW. The M35 started as …
Vehicles, Canadian Military Pattern (CMP)
During the Second World War, Ford Motor Company of Canada produced some 335,000 vehicles for defence of nearly 817,000 vehicles manufactured by Canada. Ford, 1500-weight truck military pattern. Shown is a Ford F15 (4×2). Urgent vehicle manufacturing was needed and North American automakers stepped up to help. Ford Canada had a particular advantage, as it had …
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Truck, M62 Wrecker/Crane, 5-ton, 6×6
The M62 wreckers were used to recover disabled or stuck trucks and to lift large components. A rotating, telescoping, and elevating hydraulic boom could lift a maximum of 20,000 lb. (9,100 kg). The M62 had an Austin Western boom. Its replacement, the M543, had one built by Garwood. Although the truck was not meant to carry a load, the boom …
Vehicle, Heavy Logistics Wheeled
The Heavy Logistics Vehicle Wheeled (HLVW) and its variants are in service with the Canadian Armed Forces. It was produced by Canadian Urban Transportation Development Corporation company as the UTDC 24M32. It is a license-produced Austrian Steyr 1491 Percheron; however, it has a number of Canadian modifications. The HLVW entered service in 1990 after a …
Vehicles, Canadian Military Pattern, 1500-weight
Early in 1937, the Ford Motor Company of Canada and General Motors of Canada were both invited by the Canadian Department of National Defence to provide a prototype of 15-hundredweight (cwt) ¾-ton U.S. payload rating light infantry truck. This was a first step, destined to provide the small Canadian army with a suitable vehicle, in …
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Carrier, Armoured Personnel, (APC), M113
The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation. A huge number of M113 Armored Personnel Carrier variants have been created, ranging from infantry carriers to nuclear missile carriers. The M113 armored personnel carrier became one of the most prolific armored vehicles of the second half of the 20th century, and …
Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee Enfield, .303 inch, Mk 3*
The Lee–Enfield rifle was introduced in November 1895 as the .303 calibre, Rifle, Magazine, Lee–Enfield, or more commonly Magazine Lee–Enfield, or MLE. (Mk 3*, * is part of the modification number). The Lee–Enfield or Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the British Army’s standard rifle from its …
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Rifle, P14 MK 3
The rifle, .303 Pattern 1914 (or P14) was a British service rifle of the First World War period. A bolt action weapon with an integral 5-round magazine, it was principally contract manufactured by companies in the United States. It served as a sniper rifle and second line and reserve issue until declared obsolete in 1947. Production history: The primary contractor (Vickers) …
Rifle, Lee-Enfield, Modified
Shown below is a Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) No. 1 MK III* Rifle. The Lee-Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine fed, repeating rifle that served as the main firearm used by the British Empire and Commonwealth military forces during the first half of the 20th century. The best-known Lee–Enfield rifle, the SMLE Mk III, was introduced on …