Interresting story about the skink

SubSonic · #1

Hello!!

This is my first topic ever so I´m little new to forum.
My English is not the best, but I hope it will be enough.
I became a member today. Any criticism is welcome.

The story begins whit the commander of the shink is having is head out in the air. Close by a sniper lies on the tank and aims for the commander. The shoot almost hit him. Unhurt and furios he oders the 4 20mm guns to aim at the snipers location. Blastin away everything arround the sniper. When the tank stop fireing a scear and shaken sniper comes out and surrender.

Wm. Harris · #2

By the time the Skink entered service, the Luftwaffe was more or less finished. Without enemy aircraft to guard against, the few machines delivered were used effectively against infantry.

SubSonic · #3

Yes, it was effectiv against infantry. Thanks to it´s High Explosive Incendiary Tracer (HEIT) rounds. A powerful tool to get infantries fgarisoned in side building. In one occasion 50 german soldier occupied a building. When the skink had fired at the building the enemy surrender in terror whit ten wounded from the HEIT

ChristopherPerrien · #4

Is this shink? ,skink? , A quad 20mm , ground mount, wheeled or tracked?
Never heard the nickname. In any case the quad 20mm AA gun was an effective weapon and feared much by Allied ground attack pilots.

Without enemy aircraft to guard against,

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David Lehmann · #5

Have a quick look here Christopher :
http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/skink_tank.htm

Regards,

David

ChristopherPerrien · #6

Excuse me I thought I was in the German section.

ok I have heard of it, Was it based on the Ram tank chassis or a Sherman?

There was also a similar tank which had 8 mg's in the turret.

Aufklarung · #7

..................and here too:

....One * such test vehicle was the Skink and one unit was converted. Judging the unit to be a real battle winner, it was shipped over to Europe in 1945 for live testing. The Skink proved that it was valuable in knocking down German aircraft, HOWEVER, by 1945 there was little for it to actually shoot at. The Skink then found another purpose... it was turned on German infantry with devastating results. Though successful, little purpose could be found for production and the project was cancelled.

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/can/Canada.htm

A "Skink" is a type of lizard found in the Canadian Praries ( among other places) and is very fast.
*NOTE Three not one were actually made*

SubSonic
Interesting story. The sniper is lucky he was shredded to little bitty pieces!!

regards
A

Sander D · #8

Link with some more picture of a Skink tank:
http://www.sweb.cz/Tankove_Muzeum/museum/skink.html

Regards

Sander

Aufklarung · #9

CP wrote:Was it based on the Ram tank chassis or a Sherman

Neither...........it was on a "Grizzly" hull which was...........oh, never mind!!

regards
A