William Maizlin, president of Conquest Vehicles Inc., poses with a finished

Conquest Knight XV armored sport utility vehicle Norm Betts/Bloomberg

Imagine you are an oil magnate en route to visit a new well site in, say, Venezuela, when out of nowhere a group of heavily armed mercenaries attack. Armour-piercing bullets lay siege from all directions as a nearby tree explodes in a shower of splinters. But the only combatants holding your attention are those in the Call of Duty video game you're playing inside your Conquest Knight XV -- conceived, designed and hand-built in Canada.
Bill Maizlin has built a comfy little niche in the luxury armoured vehicle market for his Toronto-based company, Conquest Vehicles Inc., and he has covered it with ballistic hardened steel.


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