Tank AA, 20 mm Quad, Skink

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Jordan Baker wrote: "I located the CMHQ file on the Skink AA tank. It goes from pages 4-300. Page 249 confirms that Skink marked SKC1001 was sent to NWE for field combat trials. A new unit was formed called the No.1 Canadian Tank Demonstration Unit."

https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/o...80/249?r=0&s=2

This is SKC1001. Note it has been fitted with CDP tracks:

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[Chris Johnson]

Can anyone hazard a guess as to what the script says on the turret?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Chris Johnson

Can anyone hazard a guess as to what the script says on the turret?

Could they be shipping dimensions and weights?

[Jordan Baker]

Courtesy of Mark Tonner.

The War Diaries of No.1 Tank Demonstration Unit, CAC.

[Jordan Baker]

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[Jordan Baker]

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[Jordan Baker]

and the last page. Thanks again Mark

[Alex van de Wetering]

Jordan, Mark, Hanno....thanks for this very interesting info and posting it here!


From this thread: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...391#post272391

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Firing the quad 20-mm Polsten guns at the Sherman Crab would coincide with the "very shallow downward angle hit" which Alex described. It is a long shot, maybe even very speculative, but it may be worth looking into?

I looked up all mentioned Map References to see if the Skink visited Broekhuizen, but the closest the Skink got to Broekhuizen was about 40km's, so I guess it's safe to say the damage on Avalon wasn't done by demonstration of the Skink.