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What’s green, has four wheels, weighs around 18 tonnes, and can see in the dark?

It’s Windsor Regiment’s new Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) — and local motorists shouldn’t be surprised if they happen to see one rolling on city streets.

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“The best bet is to treat it the same way you would a large dump truck or a transport truck,” assured Sgt. John Mysak, a vehicle operator with the Windsor Regiment.

The Windsor Regiment currently has two TAPVs — one since March, the other since August.

Training exercises have been taking place across the region. When the TAPV ventures out from Tilston Armoury on Sandwich Street, it shares the roadway with conventional automobiles.

Photo by Dalson Chen / Windsor Star

“It’s not like a tank with tracks or anything like that,” Mysak said. “It’s perfectly fine to drive on roads.”

There are now 500 TAPVs in the Canadian Army. They’re meant to fill a vehicle role that’s between the eight-wheeled LAV II Coyote and the mine-resistant truck-like RG-31 Nyala.