Hobart's Funnies
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Hobart's Funnies is the nickname given to a number of specialist armoured fighting vehicles derived from tanks operated during the Second World War by units of the 79th Armoured Division of the British Army or by specialists from the Royal Engineers.
Amphibious DD tanks await blowing of breaches in the sea wall on Utah Beach. This photo was taken shortly after H Hour.
Churchill AVRE with a "bobbin"
Churchill Crocodile in action
A Sherman tank uses a Churchill Ark to climb an escarpment during a training exercise
Mine flail
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A mine flail is a vehicle-mounted device that makes a safe path through a minefield by deliberately detonating land mines in front of the vehicle that carries it. They were first used by the British during World War II.
A preserved World War II Sherman Crab, an M4 Sherman tank fitted with a flail
Matilda Scorpion Mk 1. The position of the flail operator is outside the tank.
Turretless Matilda Baron under test - 13 August 1943.
Experimental flail mounted on a Valentine tank; the Valentine Scorpion was never used operationally.