CANADIAN FERRETS IN WEST GERMANY
Ferrets and helicopter in Soest, West Germany c.1962
LdSH(RC) Archives have inspection reports from 1959 showing that there
were 23 Ferrets with the Canadian Army at Fort Chambly in Germany.
Unfortunately there was no list found of the CAR/CFR numbers. In most
photos the CAR is hidden by the spare tire on the left side and by an ammunition box on the right side
(apparently bolted onto the lid of middle bin on the right side), and by
camouflage nets. After the DND/CANADA licence plates were issued, these
were often hidden.
Later on the Ferrets were camouflage painted but it was a different
pattern from that used in Canada.
I would like a copy of the official camouflage painting instructions as my
set of cam painting instructions was issued after the Ferret had been replaced by the tracked Lynx.
I would like any photos or
lists of Canadian Army Ferrets.
- 54-82519 Re: A photo shows it
beside road signs Neheim-Husten 7 Km & Holzen 2 Km)
- 54-82542 Re: Helicopter photo
- 54-82555? Now at NATO HQ in Belgium, suggesting it MAY have
been in Germany when retired as the shipping cost would have been minimal.
- 54-82569 Re: Accident report - it ran into a building 10 Jan 1958 with
LdSH(RC)
- 54-82591 Re: French match covers and German money found inside
vehicle when it was restored. Now in Abbotsford, BC
- 54-82612 Re: Photo in CMP Magazine No. 2 of Ferret in Germany in
1958 -
Picture found by Jason Ginn
- 54-82614 Re: Photo in of Ferret 54-82614 with helicopter in the
background in THE GATE A History of the Fort Garry Horse p. 118
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| 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade ferrets
carrying Bren guns in the town square of Luneburg in West Germany while on
exercise. Canadian Army Journal Winter 1961 Vol XV No 1 p30 |
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Two Ferrets in Soest, West Germany with Canadian Army in 1962. The Ferret
broadside is 54-82542. Note the simple mounts for the Browning 1919A4
medium machine guns. These are NOT the No. 8 Mk. I British mounts and may
be modifications of the Bren mount. Photo showing helicopter head on was
in Canadian Army Journal 1963 Vol XVII No 2 page 69
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| Recce Squadron helicopters and three Ferrets on
bridge over Mohne Lake in West Germany. Fort Garry Horse of 4th Canadian
Infantry Brigade. Canadian Army Journal Vol. XVII No. 2 p. 68 |
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Canadian Army Ferrets and helicopter during a recce exercise, West
Germany
1964. Unit sign on left is "5". Formation sign on right would
be 1st Canadian Division (gold maple leaf on red rectangle.) NATO photo
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| Photos on
other web sites: www.ruhrmemories.ca
4CIB
Special thanks to David Edgar:
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If you go to the web site
www.ruhrmemories.ca under 4 CIBG Werl Fort Victoria photos page 2 you
will find a ferret. Each field troop in the engineer squadron had one of
them. There were 3 field troops in the squadron.
David Edgar"
http://www.ruhrmemories.ca/4cibg/fv34.html Ken Smith photo. Ferret
and crew after 7 day exercise in Northern Germany. Camouflage net and
windscreen. 1 Cdn Div formation sign. No CAR/CFR visible.
http://www.ruhrmemories.ca/4cibg/fc16.html 4CIB Soest Forts Fort
Chambly Photos p. 2 2nd row, 1st photo from left. Ferrets on parade in
snow, February 1965.
http://www.ruhrmemories.ca/4cibg/fc17.html 4CIB Soest Forts
Fort Chambly Photos p. 2 2nd row, 2nd photo from left. Top view of
Ferret with 1919A4 machinegun and snow in February 1965.
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