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Roger V. Lucy
Softcover
24 pages
20+ illustrations
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The Skink in Canadian Service
$9.95
The effectiveness of the Luftwaffe in the ground support role during the early campaigns in WWII led to the development of self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles to protect tank units. One of the more unusual was the Skink which carried four 20mm guns in a powered, fully-enclosed turret. Designed to be fitted to the Grizzly, which was the Sherman M4A1 built in Canada, its development history is covered well here, from early concepts though production of a wooden mock-up turret, to the final cast metal design.
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| Weight | 0.1 kg |
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| Dimensions | 25.5 × 17.5 × 0.3 cm |
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