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Old 14-03-12, 12:42
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Default AVGP Cougar monument CFB Kingston

Here is a newly installed monument on the south side of highway 2 just past the Tims at the edge of the married quarters area.

Does anyone have any interior pictures of the traverse and elevation mechanism of the Canadian Cougars?

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Old 14-03-12, 14:24
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Robin, If you give me a month I will get you a few photos, I have a Cougar, Huskey and a Grizzly all fully operational including weapons systems.
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Old 14-03-12, 23:32
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Robin
I'll assume this post is to try and ID your traverse mech. I was able to ID it as NSN 2590-21-879-2204 and is used on the Grizzly according to the old CGCM.

We are missing this gearbox on our Shilo Grizzly in case you get tired of tripping on it, or if somebody else has one to spare.
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Old 15-03-12, 02:17
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Rob,

actually the two postings, about the monument and the traverse mechanism are actually unrelated, their only connection is that they happened at the same time.

Is the Grizzly powered traverse mechanism the same as the Cougar?

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Old 15-03-12, 02:41
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Robin, Check your email.
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Old 15-03-12, 20:14
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There has been one at ASU Chilliwack for the last 3 years or so, supposed to go to the BCDs in the Okanagan, but apparently they don't have a site or pad for it ready yet... Also, some M113s there being prepped for placement as monuments... Details forthcoming.
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Old 16-03-12, 00:01
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AVGP Cougar has recently been joined by a Grizzly at LFCATC Meaford.

They are situated on either side of the road to the Landing Pad.
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Old 16-03-12, 17:40
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I have 4/5 of them in the Edmonton area that I can get any photos for you that you might need.

Drop me a PM.

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Old 16-03-12, 23:49
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Rob,

actually the two postings, about the monument and the traverse mechanism are actually unrelated, their only connection is that they happened at the same time.

Is the Grizzly powered traverse mechanism the same as the Cougar?

R
Robin

I doubt it. The Grizzly turret is a US-made Cadillac Gage (IIRC) .50 cal and C5 (beltfed M1919A4) dual machine gun turret. The Cougar is UK-designed Scorpion tank turret with the low pressure 75mm gun.
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Old 17-03-12, 23:50
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Terry is correct. Grizzly turret weight was 820kg., fully kitted w/crewman. Cougar is 1860kg., fully kitted w/crew. Weight difference necessitated a more robust mechanism.
Grizzly used a single speed traverse gearbox, Cougar had a variable speed gearbox made by Dunlop. Sorry, no pictures at this time.

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