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Originally Posted by cal_guy
The two incidents involving the Iltis involved a land mine and a suicide bomber certainly not a thing that could have been prevented had they been in a G-Wagen.
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Maybe, maybe not, but the Iltis jeep had little to no bottom armour, and was using a canvas top so there was no chance of survival. The G wagon has bottom and side armor so the troops would have been better protected.
When you say that not a thing could have been done, I disagree.
The G wagon would have given them a better probability of survival.
There was absolutely nothing left of the Iltis jeep that hit the mine.
The other problem with the Iltis was the whole Bombardier thing, where we could have bought them significantly cheaper from the German's, but because one of Chretien's inlaws was a executive at Bombardier they got the contract at a significant premium per jeep to build here.
They were a terrible, underpowered really crappy vehicle.