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Originally Posted by cavtroop
I was just going to type this. They're EVERYWHERE (except the US since I think 2006), so part wouldn't be a problem, and they damn near indestructible, ask Top Gear  |
CT,
I think the Hilux is the brand name for what would be considered a 4Runner in North America. They are not exactly the same but similar enough for pretty much all purposes. If so, they are ubiquitous here, too.
Like the Land Rover replacements, in Canada and the USA similar civilian vehicles are also used for light military transport. I'm not sure what the American 3/4 ton truck equivalent is called, but in the last decade the CF has been buying the 2003 Chevy Silverado MILCOTS (Military Civilian Off the Shelf), aka "Milverado".
The Milverado supplements and replaces the Bombardier-built Iltis jeeps. Although buys only occurred in our timeline once additional wartime funding was allocated to the CF in 2003, there's no reason this process would not have taken place in the 90's in the leadup to or after war is declared.
Tony