The company that produced them, modern day BAE?
Most are Demilitarized IIRC
Modern day, After the British adopted the AS-90 to replace the 109’s, Before it was United Defense Industries, An American company, I have yet to read anything that says the 109’s where built elsewhere after that.
l’ll try to remember (bear in mind from memory) the involvement of USA in the development of the skink.
I will agree the Grizzly hull the skink is built off is a licence built M4A1 with some unique Canadian modifications. However the hull was manufactured in Canada by the Montreal Locomotive Works.
USA was interested in the development of the skink as the project as a whole could potentially changw how USA combated against enemy air attacks. A US repersentative was at some of the demonstrations and trails of the skink that occured in canada. However due to delays and the length of the project USA showed some but little interest in ever procuring a skink for themselves as by that time the allies were already pushing the germans back and there was not as much need for anti air as the allied airforce had air superiority and the resources to quickly deploy.
From what I can remember UK and USA were both interested in the turret kits that would allow M4’s with some modifications to be converted into Skinks. From my knowledge USA was not sent any. (I can fact check if enough people are interested)
Photo of one of the “surviving” turrets located at the Royal Canadian Artillery Museum at CFB Shilo
There were many turret casts that were completed but only around 3 fully completed skink vheicles.
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Da Vinci designed the precursor to a modern Tank. Not necessarily a tank though.
Pretty sure the transmission and Engine were US-made.
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Not only that, the M4A5, is nothing more than an official designation given to it. Was nothing more than a M3 Lee, not a grant but the Lee. That was heavily modified.
I don’t get what point you are trying to make here? Having an American M3 Lee chassis does not change the fact that the Ram II was completely redesigned to Canadian specifications, for Canadian use.
Provided we both agree that Canadian vehicles are more suited to the British tree as a result of being Commonwealth, the presence of a US chassis should not justify America receiving this vehicle over the UK.
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Regarding the Skink, do you recommend using the adjustment of fire or unequipping it? because sometimes more bullet spread is better
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Having an M3 Lee Frame means it was the reason why it was on the US prem/event lines. This is why the Canadian Leopard is on the German Prem/Event Line. They go by Country of Origin but also take into consideration the percentage produced in the country that is going to use it.
There’s a reason, the Ram II consists of->Majority->US, minority->Canadian modifications.
So it’s going to the US Tree, however for the Brits->The Skink besides the engine and transmission->British Tech Tree. Since very very little of it is still of US Origin.
However, because of that, it means the Skink going to the US Tree was because of the engine and transmission. It’s also cheaper than as i stated paying 4 months worth of wages just for a new vehicle to be added.
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Yeah but there are PLENTIY of other spaa that i would want rather than the skink
The guns are spread quite a bit vertically and horizontally already, I think it has enough spread. Plus, with how low the velocity is, having them be reliably accurate at least is a must.
General Oerlikon/Polsten/Skink question: Is the fairly low velocity correct? Are any better ammo types available? Ammo comparable or worse to the velocity and range of the wirbel at a much higher BR really hurts…
It’s pure laziness. They had years to address the US SPAA gap with tons of domestic US designs. Here’s a list of ones with 20mm’s.
T10E1 Half-track:
- 2x 20mm Hispano 404
3 Elco turreted vehicles:
- 6x .50 cal & 2x 20mm Oerlikon (on truck)
- 4x 20mm Oerlikon (on truck)
- 4x 20mm Oerlikon & 2x .50 cal (on half-track)
T85:
- 4x 20mm Oerlikon (T19)
- 4x 20mm Hispano (T19E1)
M114A2:
- 1x 20mm M139 (HS.820)
M113 (unsure of official designation):
- 3x 20mm HS.820
There’s likely more as well.
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