Defence minister O'Connor was formerly a lobbyist for Stewart & Stevenson, hopeful his former lobbying activities will not affect his office in getting the best kit available for CAF.
Any new truck should have the option of carring armour which of course reduces cargo capacity, this is one of the reasons IMO that the MLVW replacement should be a heavier vehicle, fewer trucks are to replace those currently in service so new vehicle's should be larger to maintain or preferably increase cargo lift.
When I operated my own trucking company I went bigger every time I bought a new truck the last unit was twice the size of original vehicle. Most of the operaters I new with the 8.2L DD thought it was a POS.
Lastly Oshkosh is to change the engine in the MTVR from the Cat C-12 to C-9 to meet Canadian emission standards?