Editing AVGP (section)

===Uruguay===
[[File:MONUSCO UNPOL SENFPU train URUBATT -5 June 2020 (49973249841).jpg|thumb|Turretless Cougar serving with the Uruguayan contingent of [[MONUSCO]] in [[Goma]], June 2020]]
In 2008, the [[Armed Forces of Uruguay|Uruguayan Army]] bought 44 surplus Cougars from the Canadian Army.<ref name="Uruguay">{{cite web|url=http://panamericandefense.com/2008/12/10/lav-uruguay/ |title=Pan American Defence Online |access-date=2008-12-10 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712025412/http://panamericandefense.com/2008/12/10/lav-uruguay/ |archive-date=July 12, 2009 }}</ref><ref name=CasrAvgpUpdate2009-10>{{cite news |url=http://www.casr.ca/bg-army-armour-avgp-wlav-le.htm |title=Background – AVGPs and the Wheeled LAV Life Extension Project |publisher=[[Canadian American Strategic Review]] |date=October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031044213/http://www.casr.ca/bg-army-armour-avgp-wlav-le.htm |archive-date=2009-10-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They were rebuilt without the turret by the Chilean MOWAG-Piranha builder FAMAE, as they will act as armoured personnel carriers for the UN deployment in the Republic of Congo ([[United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo|MONUC]]), and domestically.

In 2009, Uruguay bought 98 Grizzlys and 5 Huskys that were on loan with the AMIS/UNAMID mission in Darfur.<ref name="UD">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.defensa.com/uruguay/ejercito-uruguayo-pone-punto-blindados-mowag-husky-grizzly |title=El Ejército Uruguayo pone a punto sus blindados Mowag Husky y Grizzly |language=es |trans-title=The Uruguayan Army prepares its Mowag Husky and Grizzly armoured vehicles |first=Javier |last=Bonilla |date = 13 June 2017 |magazine=Defensa |publisher=Grupo Edefa |access-date=2019-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207144834/http://www.defensa.com/uruguay/ejercito-uruguayo-pone-punto-blindados-mowag-husky-grizzly |archive-date=2018-02-07 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was reported that FAMAE was contracted in 2011 to modernize the vehicles by installing new engines and gearboxes, as well as performing preventive maintenance.<ref name="UD"/>