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By David Pugliese

Defence Watch

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The deliveries of the Canadian Army’s Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) has been delayed, Department of National Defence officials tell Defence Watch.

Deliveries of TAPVs were expected to begin in September 2014, and be completed by mid-2016.

(main photo above courtesy of Textron)

But those deliveries have been pushed back and the first TAPVs are now expected to begin early 2016, DND noted in an earlier email to Defence Watch. (DND spokeswoman Ashley Lemire confirmed Thursday that early 2016 is still the timing for the first delivery)

The reason for the late delivery?

Issues with steering and other “design” aspects which were discovered last year.

“A first round of testing successfully identified design challenges,” DND noted. “This additional time will allow for a further testing and refining of the complex and inter-related designs of the vehicle’s structure, suspension, and steering.”