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Hobarts Funnies were a number of unusually modified tanks operated by the 79th
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Hobarts Funnies were a number of unusually modified tanks operated by the 79th
Hobarts Funnies were a number of unusually modified tanks operated by the 79th Armoured Division and the Royal Engineers. These specialized tanks were developed under the guidance of Major General Percy Hobart to overcome the problems of the planned Invasion of Normandy. They played a major part on the Commonwealth beaches during the landings and are wthe forerunners of the modern combat engineering vehicles we see on todays battlefield. Our picture shows: A Churchill AVRE adapted with a Bobbin. A reel of 10-foot (3.0 m) wide canvas cloth reinforced with steel poles carried in front of the tank and unrolled onto the ground to form a " path", so that following vehicles (and the deploying vehicle itself) would not sink into the soft ground of the beaches during the landings
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