To my fellow Listers,
The response that I sent at 09.47 hrs. this morning has not
yet appeared on the list. I am now re-sending the letter to the list via the
skylee.com address. I would like to now say " Sorry " for any multiple postings
that may now appear.
Jim Wiehe , VA3JHW
mail to : j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Wiehe" <j.wiehe@sympatico.ca>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Raimondo L. Torelli"
<thealamo@iigbna.iigb.na.cnr.it>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 09:47
Subject: Re: [MV] Italian truck/A Word to the Wise
> The Italian truck that you are interested in is a Canadian made ( Western Star in B.C.)
> Iveco Fiat 40-10WM . My friends in the forces tell me that they are not very well liked
> and have had numerous problems with them. Even to the point of being restricted to
> " On road use only " not off road. Metallic brake pads that scream and can be heard
> for miles etc. They are called , in Canada, LSVW --- Light Support Vehicle Wheeled.
> The " German " truck is actually an Austrian Steyr 1491.6x6 kg. truck built in Canada under
> license by UTDC in Kingston Ontario. This is called HLVW-- Heavy Load Vehicle Wheeled.
>
> Jim Wiehe , VA3JHW
> mail to : j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raimondo L. Torelli" <thealamo@iigbna.iigb.na.cnr.it>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 04:04
> Subject: [MV] Italian truck/A Word to the Wise
>
>
> >
> > Dec 7 2000
> >
> > Colin
> > Do you have some more info on the "Italian truck"? Are there Italian
> > trucks in the Canadian Army? We have Land Rovers in our Army. FIAT is no
> > longer manufacturing the Nuova Campagnola 4-wheel drive.
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Raimondo - MVPA 15878 & IMPS 2320
> > At 19.42 06/12/00 -0800, COLIN wrote:
> >
> > >A little while ago, US Customs in Washington State intercepted two Canadian
> > >Army trucks (still on active service) full of duffel bags of BC grown
> > marijuana.
> > >One truck was German design, the other was Italian design.
>
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