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Old 04-12-20, 15:13
Terry Witiuk Terry Witiuk is offline
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Default Lynx Experimental Prototype

Peter. Came across this on Facebook and thought it would be of interest to you....perhaps you already know about it. Maybe if you have some extra time on your hands this winter.....?

Tank,Artillery & Vehicle Thursday at Canadian Virtual Military Museum
An experimental Lynx that never saw combat, WW 2
IMAGE - Canadian built Lynx Armoured Car with a 2 pounder anti-tank gun. There were a number of reasons why this prototype would be impractical on the battlefield.
Source: Library & Archives Canada via tanks encyclopedia com
Back Story to Photo
The Canadian-built Lynx
When the demand exceeded the capacity of Daimler, Ford Canada, in Windsor Ontario, begun production of a local derivative. The “Scout Car, Ford Mk.I”, also called the “Lynx armoured car”.
Almost identical, it was one foot taller because of the Ford transmission. The Ford engine was more powerful, but both the transmission and suspension were inferior to the Dingo’s.
In all, 3255 were delivered from 1943 to 1945.
An experimental prototype was built that mounted a 6 pdr gun on the Lynx hull.
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