The Canal Defence Light (CDL) was a Secret Weapon that consisted of a high power carbon arc searchlight, built into a special turret. The idea was that at night the arc light that could be rapidly flashed in different colours would confuse and blind the enemy so the British troops could advance between the formation of CDL’s.
The CDL turrets were fitted on the Matilda, Churchill and Grant chassis but there are only two CDL tanks left in the world one Grant in India and the Matilda in the Bovington Tank Museum in Dorset England.
I have used the Airfix Matilda as the basis of this build and scratch built the turret.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
