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Old 26-06-05, 07:20
Snowtractor Snowtractor is offline
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Default Snowmobile MkII

SO rereading the assembled info , 5 mkI's were pulled out of the orders for Britian, Russia, and Canada and made in to MKII versions. Now if you go to the Bombardier website they go out of their way to mention the MkI and MKIII but no mention of MkIII numbers or MKII'S at all. Also past 1949 they do not mention building Penguins again though they mention the continuation of their B12 model and their new muskeg model etc.
We also see that the UK loaned Canada 75 MkI's for use in Sask. winter training and that these were "turned back in" after use. We know that the MKII were pulled out of the MKI production run because the automotive components were no longer available for the MKII production. So my point is maybe the 75 were used to make the MKIII model later on. There were 34 Penguins MkIII in Churchill all early fifties or late 40's. Where else were they used? Any reports or rumours of them in Cold lake or in the east? Given the fact that there may have been double the number of MKIII'S that only gets us up to 68 approx. More than covered by the 75 loaned back.
Any way just a thought.
Sean
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