Another of Hobart's Funnies, the Crab fitted a Sherman hull with a rotating drum of weighted chains that thrashed the ground ahead, detonating mines in a safe path for following infantry and armour - a role that proved essential in clearing the mined beach exits on D-Day.
· CC BY-SA 3.0 · sourceIWM caption : THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45. Matilda Baron Mine Flail TankWatson (Gnr) War Office official photographer · Public domain · sourceSpc. Adam Augusta, from the U.S. Army’s 769th Engineers from Louisiana, waits for further instructions over the radio for clearing dangerous areas with the Hydrema mine clearing vehicle at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.Spc. Eric Hughes, USA · Public domain · source
