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A preserved World War II Sherman Crab, an M4 Sherman tank fitted with a flail. 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.
During World War II, the mine roller most used by US forces was the T1E3 Mine Exploder unit, attached to the M4 Sherman medium tank. It was nicknamed Aunt Jemima because of its pancake-like appearance. [1] It had two sets of five disc rollers, 10 feet (3.0 meters) in diameter each.
The M class were the standard minesweeper (German: Minensuchboot) of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The vessels were the primary force in Germany's harbor defense command and were organized administratively into minesweeper flotillas .
Flails, first used on Sherman tanks, have an extended arm with a rotating drum to which are attached chains with weights on the end. The chains act like swinging hammers. [ 52 ] The strike force is enough to set off mines, smash them to pieces, damage the firing mechanism or throw the mine up.
A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping.
German minesweeper M-1; German minesweeper M18 (1939) SMS M85; T. German night fighter direction vessel Togo; V. German trawler V 1605 Mosel
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Forrest Sherman: Forrest Sherman-class destroyer For United States Navy, first in class 22 February United Kingdom: Alexander Stephen and Sons: Glasgow, Scotland: Murray: Blackwood-class frigate For Royal Navy: 25 February Denmark: Helsingør Skipsværft og Maskinbyggeri A/S+ Helsingør: Helsingør: Ferry For DSB [4] February United States