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The vehicles, named Grizzly, Cougar and Husky respectively, were based on the six-wheeled version of the Swiss Mowag Piranha I, and became the first generation Light Armoured Vehicle produced by General Motors Diesel (later General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada).
The majority of vehicles had their marine propulsion systems removed. Under the Wheeled LAV Life Extension project, the Canadian Forces planned to convert Grizzly and Husky vehicles to support variants, such as Command Post and Mobile Repair Team Vehicle. However, the project was cancelled in 2005, and the vehicles retired. [7] [12] [13]
AVGP (Cougar, Grizzly and Husky) – based on the six-wheeled version of the Mowag Piranha I. Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle – based on the Mowag Piranha II; LAV III – a light armoured vehicle based on the Mowag Piranha III; LAV 6 – a upgraded version of the LAV III; Fox armoured car – Canadian version of Humber armoured car
Blizzard – Husky mascot of the St. Cloud State Huskies; Blizzard T. Husky – mascot of the Michigan Tech Huskies; Blockie – an anthropomorphized block, unofficial mascot of the University of Houston–Clear Lake; Blossom and Weezy – co-mascots of the Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils and Cotton Blossoms
This variant was known as the Husky in British military service. The Husky was ordered to replace the British Army's Snatch Land Rovers in Afghanistan, which had proven to be inadequate in protecting their occupants from improvised explosive devices. [6] [7] A total of 262 vehicles were initially ordered. In 2010, a follow-up order was placed ...
It also sells similar products under the brand names Red Seal and Husky. It also produced Rooster until 2009, when Philip Morris decided to discontinue it. The company also produces several varieties of dry snuff. [2] Skoal was one of the first moist tobacco manufacturers to offer dipping tobacco in pouches.
M116 Husky; M577 command post carrier; M577A4 armored treatment vehicle; M1117 armored security vehicle; M1126 infantry carrier vehicle; M1134 anti-tank guided missile vehicle; M1135 nuclear, biological, and chemical reconnaissance vehicle; Marine Personnel Carrier; MICV-65
Balto (c. 1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala.He achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the ...