4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1992–95
NAMED MODELMilitary · CanadaCanadaItaly

LSVW (Canada, Western Star licence)

The Canadian VM 90: 2,879 Light Support Vehicles Wheeled built under licence by Western Star with a turbocharged 115 hp engine and an automatic gearbox for the Canadian Forces, in cargo, ambulance and shelter forms.

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Sources & evidence
LSVW (Canada, Western Star licence) — A Canadian Army LSVW ambulance — the licence-built VM 90Joshua Paquin · CC BY 2.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEVM 90 (1980s–2000s)BUILT BYIveco, Turin, Western Star, Kelowna (Iveco licence)IN SERVICE1992–95OPERATED INCanadaPRODUCTION2,879LAYOUT4 wheels · 111″

The record

The LSVW served the Canadian Forces from the 1990s and was criticised for reliability; it was replaced from the 2010s.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1992–95
ENGINE2.5-litre turbo-diesel four, 115 hp
PRODUCTION RUN2,879
COUNTRY OF ORIGINCanada
OPERATED INCanada
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEWC series and M37
FAMILYWC series and M37
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE111″
BODY STYLEtorpedo
CATEGORYMilitary · Canada

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • White (fleet)

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Iveco VM 90 ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched