News Categories

Armor: March 28, 2001

Archives

As the result of a recent accident at the General Motors Defence plant in London, Ontario, it was discovered that the new brake system in the LAV-III is subject to letting in moisture that could freeze, blocking the hydraulic lines and leaving the vehicle on icy roads with no brakes. The Canadian military is retrofitting its LAV-IIIs to fix this problem, and US Army LAV-IIIs (to be bought in the future for the Medium Brigades) will have the new freeze-proof design. The Canadian military said that the problem had not affected the LAV-IIIs deployed to the UN peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea as it rarely freezes there.--Stephen V Cole

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contributions. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close