This is a 1:35 scale kit from Tamiya of the M113 armoured personnel carrier as used by the Canadian Army on the United Nations UNPROFOR peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslavia.
On 24 April 1993 this APC was damaged beyond repair when it drove onto an anti-tank land mine during route reconnaissance of the front lines in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The APC was part of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment.
Injured was Lt Cameron Ellis; as well as WO Hickey; Cpl Jane and Cpl MacDougall; and Pvt O'Neill.
The vehicle is now part of the collection at the Canadian War Museum. It was completely restored in honour of 30 years of service by the M113 APC family to the Canadian Armed Forces.
The entire top/roof had to be rebuilt to eliminate the large armoured heavy gun turret and to add a new flat sheet (of trading card cardboard), and to add a new smaller ring turret, and a new hatch.
The license plate is the very unique "35000" registration, and is a tiny photograph of the actual plate on the real vehicle. I look the photo then shrunk it down to almost nothing, then printed it on the colour laser printer and cut out the final plate to glue directly to the hull. With a magnifying glass you could read the word CANADA on the top of the plate.
Work began on 3 August and was completed on 26 August.
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| The real one damaged in former Yugoslavia |
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| The real one rebuilt and on display in the Canadian War Museum |
