Grizzly
The Grizzly APC is part of the 6x6 Armoured Vehicle, General Purpose (AVGP) family of vehicles built by General Motors in London, Ontario. It is based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha. Canada purchased 269 Grizzlies in 1979.
It is armed with a .50 calibre MG and a 7.62mm C-6 MG in a turret with manual traverse. It has a crew of 3 (crew commander, gunner, driver) and can hold 6 infantry soldiers, who enter and exit through two doors in the rear. It is fully amphibious.
After the new Canadian APCs are procured, all Grizzlies will undergo a depot-level inspection and repair to extend their life and to increase commonality with the LAV fleet. 234 are being rebuilt into Ambulances, radio relay stations (RRBs), Javelin carriers, etc.
For more infomation go to
The offical Canadian military Web Page
Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (AVGP) Depot Level Inspection and Repair (DLIR) Project by MILITARY SUPPORT SYSTEMS GROUP
Grizzly Re-role by MILITARY SUPPORT SYSTEMS GROUP
Building an AVGP Grizzly by JP Morgan and
Canadian Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (AVGP), "Grizzly" by Mike Kendall
| Length: | 5.97 m |
| Width: | 2.50 m |
| Height: | 2.53 m |
| Speed: | 100 km/hr |
| Range: | 600 km |
| Weight: | 10.5 t |
| Gradient maximum: | 60% |
| Side slope maximum: | 30% |
| Minimum turn diameter: | 13 m |
| Armament: | .50-mm machine-gun
and 7.62-mm machine-gun mounted on a one-person, Cadillac Gauge machine-gun turret; 2 banks of four smoke grenade dischargers |
| Sights Crew Command: |
M36E3 /4 day/night sight |
| Wheels: | 6 X 6 drive |
