Editing AVGP (section)

===Use in Africa===
In June 2005, the Canadian government announced plans to loan 105 AVGPs (100 Grizzlys and 5 Huskys) to African peacekeepers in the [[Darfur]] region of [[Sudan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article12669 |title=Canadian tanks muscle AU forces |date=2005-11-21 |access-date=2008-12-10 |work=[[Sudan Tribune]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130153520/http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article12669 |archive-date=2006-11-30 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=CasrSudan>{{cite news |url=http://www.casr.ca/bg-sudan.htm |title=Background — CF AVGPs for the African Union Mission in Sudan |publisher=[[Canadian American Strategic Review]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922073356/http://www.casr.ca/bg-sudan.htm |archive-date=2009-09-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The AVGP was considered sufficiently modern to be useful in this low-intensity conflict. Canada planned to arrange for civilian contractors to maintain these vehicles. As the vehicles contained some U.S.-manufactured or licensed parts, U.S. permission would be required to loan the vehicles. Initially, the vehicles were to be shipped without their [[Cadillac-Gage turret]]s. The vehicles arrived in [[Senegal]] in the late summer of 2005.<ref name=Casr2009-10SudanAvgp>{{cite news |url=http://www.casr.ca/bg-army-armour-avgp-darfur.htm |title=Background — AVGPs in Africa — Grizzlys and Huskys for Darfur |publisher=[[Canadian American Strategic Review]] |date=October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031044208/http://www.casr.ca/bg-army-armour-avgp-darfur.htm |archive-date=2009-10-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=AmnestyInternationalDarfur2008-02-07>{{cite news |url=http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGAFR540072008 |title=UNAMID UPDATE: TIME FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION |publisher=[[Amnesty International]] |date=2008-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119132458/http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGAFR540072008 |archive-date=2009-11-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Sudanese government required various kinds of assurances before they would allow peacekeepers to use the vehicles in Sudan. On November 18, 2005, the vehicles started arriving in Sudan, in white livery, with their turrets.<ref name="GlobeAndMail051115">{{Cite news|date=2019-03-20|title=Armoured vehicles approved for Sudan – The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/armoured-vehicles-approved-for-sudan/article22506799/|access-date=2021-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320081240/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/armoured-vehicles-approved-for-sudan/article22506799/|archive-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> The loan of vehicles for peace-keeping service in Sudan was originally for one year.<ref name=Casr2009-10SudanAvgp/><ref name=AmnestyInternationalDarfur2008-02-07/>

However, the loan was extended, and transferred from the African Union to the United Nations. According to [[Amnesty International]], the soldiers who used the loaned vehicles served in Sudan for too short a term to be properly trained and become experienced. One of the vehicles was destroyed by a [[rocket-propelled grenade]].<ref name=Casr2009-10SudanAvgp/> A second vehicle was damaged when it rammed a more heavily armed, but unarmoured [[Technical (fighting vehicle)|Technical]] vehicle.