Tank AA, 20 mm Quad, Skink

[servicepub (RIP)]

Just when I thought that there were no more photos of the Skink in existence...

This Skink is shown at a 1946 "Army Days" exhibit held at the University Avenue Armouries, note the Queen's Own Rifles "D" Company sign over the doorway. Among the equipment on show was a tracked jeep and an armoured snowmobile. Even better, this example is sporting both a DND number (DND62-728) and a WD number (C-T-163932) !

There were two Skinks in Canada when the war ended, one, which had been destined for the UK, was sent to the Vehicle Proving Ground in Ottawa, the other which had mounted the original Hispano-armed fabricated turret was converted to take a Polsten-armed cast turret, and sent to the AFV establishment at Camp Borden. The Borden Skink is the one most likely sent to the exhibition, which would mean its number would be lower than that of the Skink that went overseas. So the 'fighting' Skink could be CT163933 or 163934 IF the CT numbers for the Skink were consecutive. However, if the Skinks were built up on any available Grizzly hull then the numbers could be anywhere from 160194 to 160279 inclusive for the first group or 163911 to 164074.