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Hobart's Funnies: the tanks of the D-day landing

Accepted submission by Gaaark at 2016-06-07 12:36:43
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Gaaark [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Here's a story of the interestingly designed tanks that helped the Allies win on the D-day beaches of Dieppe. Tanks designed by an unconventional thinker (but who wants to think conventionally).
  The story of 'Hobart's Funnies'.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160603-the-strange-tanks-that-helped-win-d-day [bbc.com]

My personal favourite: the Sherman DD swimming tank. Or as the Americans discovered, the Sherman submarine.

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