Lynx reconnaissance vehicle

Netherlands The Royal Netherlands Army accepted 266 vehicles, beginning in 1966 and designated them the M113 C&V (Commando & Verkenningen). The Dutch version of the M113 C&R has the driver seated to the front-left of the hull, the radio operator armed with a pintle mounted FN MAG machine gun seated to the front-right of the hull, and a vehicle commander armed with a cupola mounted M2HB .50-calibre machine gun in the centre of the hull. Canada The Canadian Forces accepted 174 vehicles from 1968 and designated them the Lynx Reconnaissance Vehicle. Lynx's were issued to the reconnaissance squadron of an armoured regiment (D Sqn), as well as to squadrons of the armoured regiment assigned to the reconnaissance role, with one squadron retaining the Ferret scout car. The squadron consisted of three troops, each equipped with five Lynxes, two two-vehicle patrols plus the troop leader's vehicle, four troops per squadron for the reconnaissance regiment. The Militia [reserves] armoured reconnaissance units trained for the role with the M38A1, M151A2 or Iltis 4×4 light utility vehicles. In addition, nine Lynxes equipped the reconnaissance platoon of an infantry battalion's combat support company, as well as the reconnaissance sections of combat engineer field troops. ==Operators==

, installed in front of the Côte-des-Neiges Armoury, Montreal • (M113 C&V): 35 Vehicles - Status Unknown, formerly Dutch vehicles • (Lynx): 174 Vehicles - Retired in 1993 • (M113 C&V): 8 Vehicles - Retired, formerly Dutch vehicles • (Lynx): 84 Vehicles - Active, formerly Canadian vehicles • (M113 C&V): 266 Vehicles - Retired, phased out in the early 1990s • (M113½ C&R): Tested Only • (M113½ C&R and M113 C&V): Tested only ==Survivors==

Surviving vehicles include several monuments and museum pieces, and a few running vehicles. This list only includes the M113½ C&R prototypes and Canadian Lynx. It does not include surviving Dutch M113 C&Vs. British Columbia • J.R. Vicars Armoury, Kamloops, British Columbia • British Columbia Dragoons Regimental Headquarters, (B Squadron) Kelowna, British Columbia • Vernon Military Camp, Vernon, British Columbia (2 at this location, one in UN Colours) Alberta • CFB Edmonton, 1 Lynx on display at the Steele Barracks entrance 1 Lynx on display in 7 Canadian Forces Supply Depot memorial park. • The Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta • Royal Canadian Legion, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta • Evansburg Cenotaph, Evansburg, Alberta* Saskatchewan • LCol D.V. Currie VC Armoury, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan Dragoons), has two Lynxes, in camouflage and UN peacekeeping colours Manitoba • McGregor Armoury, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Fort Garry Horse) • CFB Shilo, One monument at main gate, second Lynx awaiting restoration to operable condition in RCA Museum. Ontario • Canadian Army 4th Division Training Center/Land Forces Central Area Training Center (LFCA TC) MEAFORD, Meaford, Ontario (Located at the main gate historic tank park) • Cornwall Armoury, Cornwall, Ontario • 31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins), St. Thomas Armoury, St. Thomas, Ontario • CFB Petawawa, Worthington Barracks, Petawawa, Ontario • Base Borden Military Museum, Borden, Ontario • Canadian Forces College, Toronto, Ontario • Wolseley Barracks, London, Ontario • Denison Armoury, Toronto, Ontario. (in storage in training area next to DRDC) Quebec • CFB Valcartier, Valcartier, Quebec, in UN peacekeeping colours. • Salaberry Armoury, Gatineau, Quebec (Régiment de Hull) • Côte-des-Neiges Armoury, Montreal, Quebec (Royal Canadian Hussars) • Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec • Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent, Rivière du loup, Québec New Brunswick • CFB Gagetown Military Museum, Oromocto, New Brunswick *8th Hussars Military Museum, Sussex, New Brunswick Nova Scotia • Fort Petrie Military Museum, New Victoria, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island • The Prince Edward Island Regiment has two on display in Summerside and Charlottetown Newfoundland • Gallipoli Armory, Corner Brook, Newfoundland & Labrador • Royal Canadian Legion, Pasadena, Newfoundland Europe • Overloon War Museum, Overloon, the Netherlands [https://www.flickr.com/photos/stewie1980/3712348143/ • Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France Running Lynxes • * CFB Borden Museum, Borden, Ontario maintains 1 operating Lynx that is used in Military funerals etc., it is on display in the museum) • The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), Vancouver, BC, has one operational Lynx. • Ontario Regiment museum in Oshawa, Ontario, maintains four fully operational Lynxes in its collection. Two are painted CF o/d green, one UN white, the other in CF winter camouflage. • Lincoln & Welland Regimental Museum, St Catharines, Ontario, has one operational Lynx. • Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, England, has shown an operating Lynx. • Lord Strathcona's Horse, Edmonton, Alberta, has a running Lynx in their Historical Vehicle Troop. • The Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, has a running Lynx. • FAMAE, Fuerte baquedano, Chile, has a running Lynx • Private Collector, Northeast USA; a running Lynx that has been shown at various shows across the US • Private collector in the Calgary Alberta region M113½ C&R Prototypes • Panzerfabrik, Colorado, USA; an unrestored but running M113½ C&R prototype formerly of the Littlefield Collection. The vehicle is missing its turret • American Armory Museum, California, USA; a restored M113½ C&R prototype SN #2 of 10 formally of the Littlefield Collection. The vehicle is unique in the way that the side hatch swings out from the side and not a "gull-wing" hatch of the production M113 C&V ==References==