Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle The Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle is a lightly armoured fighting vehicle built by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada for the Canadian Forces , for use in the reconnaissance role . Its eight - wheeled design is a licensed version of the Swiss MOWAG Piranha 8x8 . In service since 1996 , the Coyote is a later generation of the six - wheeled Canadian AVGP , also developed from the Piranha . It is of a similar family and similar generation as the , Bison APC , USMC LAV - 25 and the Australian ASLAV . Design . Armament . The Coyotes mount a 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun and two 7 . 62 mm C6 general purpose machine gun s . One of the machine guns is mounted coaxial to the main gun while the other is pintle - mounted in front of the crew commander ' s hatch . The main gun is equipped with dual ammunition feeds that allow for separate weapons effects , selectable by the gunner / crew commander ; the standard load is a belt of armour - piercing sabot rounds and a belt of HE - T explosive / fragmentation rounds . The main gun and coax machine gun are 2 - axis stabilized . The turret is equipped with a laser rangefinder , but no ballistic computer ; elevation and lead corrections are applied manually by the gunner using multi - stadia reticules in the day , thermal , and image intensification sights . The turret is also equipped with grenade dischargers that can be loaded with smoke and fragmentation grenades . Mobility . The Coyote is powered by a Detroit Diesel 6V53T engine developing , and can reach speeds of 100 ( on road ) kilometres per hour . The coyote has a maximum road range of 660 kilometers . The Coyote uses a larger wheel than initially used on the Bison and AVGP ( these vehicles were later retrofitted with this wheel ) . Compared to the later LAV - III family of vehicles , the Coyote is physically smaller , uses smaller wheels and tires , has a " sharp " rather than " rounded " nose profile , and has a smaller , oval driver ' s hatch . Like the LAV - III , the Coyote can be fitted with additional ceramic bolt - on armour panels for increased protection . The Coyote can be transported on a Hercules C - 130 transport plane but their turrets have to be removed first . Variants . Coyotes come in three variants : Command , Mast , and Remote . The Mast and Remote variants have a sophisticated suite of electronic surveillance equipment including radar , video , and infrared surveillance night vision device s . The mast variant has this equipment mounted on a 10 - metre telescoping mast that can be extended to raise the surveillance suite out from behind cover . The remote variant of the Coyote has its surveillance suite mounted on two short tripods , which crew can deploy remotely using a 200 - metre spool of cable . Unlike the USMC LAV - 25 from which it was derived , the Coyote was not equipped with an amphibious propulsion system . The areas where the marine drive propellers would normally be mounted were replaced by external fuel tanks , and the trim vane has been deleted . When first purchased , the Coyote was designated for service with both the Regular Force and Reserve Force , with the Mast variants earmarked for the Regular units and the Remotes designated for the Reserves . Shortly after taking delivery of the vehicles , but before they were assigned to the Reserve units , all Coyotes were reassigned to the Regular Force . Service history . Since the introduction of the Coyote in the Canadian Forces , this vehicle served national interest and also served overseas . The Coyote served during the United Nations / NATO missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Macedonia and in Kosovo . A task group of Coyote were deployed during " Operation Grizzly " to Kananaskis to secure the 28th G8 summit . The Coyote reconnaissance vehicle currently serve in Afghanistan and has served in Canada to defend the 36th G8 summit and the G - 20 Toronto summit .