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26-07-18, 01:33
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Wapiti Restoration
That would definitely be quite a project . Bob you should have unveiled this diamond in the rough 20 years ago, when we were all younger !
 Bob, I posted a pic and mentioned its listing here, on a snow cat forum I belong to. There should be some interest , this machine needs to be saved.K Armitage Last edited by Kirk Armitage; 26-07-18 at 02:34. Reason: more to add 
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26-07-18, 02:32
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There is more footage of the undercarriage at the 8.40 mark I believe.
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26-07-18, 03:51
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Just to be clear......
Excellent footage......
However, the Wapiti has 6 sets of road wheels while the last few seconds of the film shows the power train of a 4 set of road wheesl vehicle.... are they identical to the Wapiti?????
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09-08-18, 03:48
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Amazing footage!
Its amazing the undiscovered resources buried in archives ! Vehicle still available, let me know if interested B.P.
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09-08-18, 04:09
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09-08-18, 04:34
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The CWM already has a couple of oversnow vehicles which are quietly decaying outside in a field. Little interest there. There is an absolute wealth of material on this vehicle at the Public Archives and some day when I have time I will go back to look up info on other vehicles like the beaver.
The vehicle at the end of the video appears to be similar to the mudcat or muskrat (see Secret Weapons of the Canadian Army pp 114-115) It has the 4 pairs of road wheels as the armoured snowmobile, penguin etc. It looks like the last wheel is just a spare but can't undestand while the return rollers are mounted so high.
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09-08-18, 17:49
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Given its rarity and Canadiana, why wouldn't the CWM be interested?
I suggest that is because it is a rarity, did not 'go to war', and did not go into production. While appropriate for a Canadian technical collection somewhere else, it is not sufficiently representative of the Canadian experience of war and war-like operations (which is what CWM is all about), so the allocation of space and resources to such a vehicle by CWM would not be justified when compared to, say, a Leopard 2A5 with a service history in Afghanistan. Just my thoughts ... Mike
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