What German Troops Said When They Faced the Sherman Crab Mine Clearing Tanks

Описание: What German Troops Said When They Faced the Sherman Crab Mine-Clearing Tanks on D-Day
June 6, 1944. German soldiers defending Normandy's beaches witnessed something they'd never seen before—tanks with massive spinning chains that destroyed their carefully laid minefields in minutes. This is the shocking story of the Sherman Crab and how it changed the course of D-Day.
🎯 What You'll Discover:

The terrifying moment German troops first saw the Sherman Crab flail tanks
How Hobart's Funnies were developed after the Dieppe disaster
The secret weapon that cleared Hitler's Atlantic Wall defenses
Why American forces at Omaha Beach didn't have these life-saving tanks
Firsthand German soldier accounts of facing this revolutionary weapon
The engineering genius behind the mine-clearing technology

⚔️ Key Moments:
0:00 - German soldiers hear something impossible
2:15 - The Atlantic Wall's "impregnable" defenses
5:30 - The Dieppe disaster that changed everything
8:45 - Major General Percy Hobart's revolutionary designs
12:20 - How the Sherman Crab actually worked
16:40 - D-Day morning: The Crabs go into action
21:15 - German reactions and tactical breakdown
25:30 - Why Omaha Beach was different
29:10 - The psychological impact on German forces
32:45 - Legacy of the flail tanks in WWII
Historical Context:
The Sherman Crab was one of the most effective specialized vehicles of World War II. While standard tanks fought with guns and armor, the Crab used 43 spinning chains with steel balls to literally beat the ground and detonate mines before troops arrived. German Field Marshal Rommel had ordered 6 million mines laid along the French coast—the Crab made them irrelevant.
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📚 Related Topics:
Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank | AVRE demolition tanks | DD Swimming Shermans | Operation Overlord | Dieppe Raid 1942 | Rommel's Atlantic Wall | 79th Armoured Division | British specialized armor | D-Day landings | Omaha Beach | Mine warfare WWII
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Sources & Further Reading:
Imperial War Museum Oral Histories | German After-Action Reports | 79th Armoured Division Records | D-Day Archives | British Tank Development 1939-1945
⚠️ Content Note: This video contains historical accounts of warfare and combat operations from World War II.