Raccoon_TOF -> RE: Tell me more, Jess (2/1/2005 5:33:06 AM)
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The Skink was a Canadian AA Tank...one of many Canadian designs of superior ability and design that got killed due to poor funding and political considerations IIRC. Also IIRC, it was based on the Grizzly I Chassis (Canadian built version of the M4A1), and mounted quad 20mm Oerlikons, plus a much higher turret traverse rate than a stock Sherman. Edit: Found this link with more info - http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/3351/allweps/skink.html. As I thought, it is the Grizzly I chassis, but they were actually Polsten guns (simplified versions of the Oerlikons). Also, according to that page, only 3 complete Skinks and 8 turrets were completed before the project was cancelled, due to the Luftwaffe threat being handled by fighters instead. Only 1 Skink ever saw action, and it was in a ground-support role.
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