Tank AA, 20 mm Quad, Skink

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Are you sure that’s a scan from a manual and not from either some kind of report, or an early(ish?) enthusiast’s publication?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

Are you sure that’s a scan from a manual and not from either some kind of report, or an early(ish?) enthusiast’s publication?

Hi Jakko, yes, the page comes from Data Book Tank type vehicles of Canadian manufacture, a wartime data book or reference manual.

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Ah, OK, I see — it just has that look about it of being written by some 1960s AFV enthousiast

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Anthony Sewards shared actual Skink in action reports and recommendations from Capt. H Valle , No. 1 Tank Demonstration Unit CAC from use in NWE.

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

… and the last three pages:

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

New online article:

https://warspot.net/484-anti-aircraft-lizard

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[strat1]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

New online article:

https://warspot.net/484-anti-aircraft-lizard

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The attached WarSpot article has some issues with some incorrect information, and is a miss mash up of various documents/ reports. There was more than one SKINK built, there were 3 completed, 1 stayed in the UK( deployed to NWE spring of 45), 2 remained in Canada (used post war in trials as late as 1947), all the hulls were not scrapped from the project, they ended up being sent to Portugal as part of the MDAP in the mid 50's, most being converted to APC's. There are 4 known SKINK turret survivors, only 2 were used as Range targets, the other 2 were used as range arc markers and were saved by the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) in 2003. One turret is still with the Regiment, the other was sent to the Canadian War Museum in exchange for spare parts for vehicle restoration projects.