For example, the Scorpion flail tank ( a modified Matilda tank ) had already been used during the North African campaign to clear paths through German minefields.
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All three regiments of the 30th Armoured Brigade were re-equipped with Flail Tanks-M4 Sherman tanks modified by attaching a large jib, covered in chains, to the front of the vehicle.
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Gueritz's immediate task was to solve the problem of vehicles becoming stuck in the soft sand, and to start getting men through the exits being cleared through the minefields and barbed wire by flail tanks.
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On 11 September . 107 RAC attacked in support of flail tanks and went on to assist the infantry in mopping up machine gun positions and ( with some Churchill Crocodile flamethrowers under command ) to clear buildings.
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Two control vessels were hit during the run-in, which meant that the planned artillery shoot on le Hamel did not happen, and an attack by RAF flail tanks of the Westminster Dragoons began to clear beach exits and move inland.
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At 06 : 00, before dawn, on 18 November 1944, giant searchlights ( " canal defence lights " ) of the 357th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery provided hazy indirect light for the mine-clearing flail tanks supporting the infantry in Operation Clipper.
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A number of experimental flail tanks were produced, including the "'Valentine Scorpion "', based on the Valentine tank and several designs based on the M4 Sherman the Sherman Mark IV and Mark V Scorpions and the " Sherman Lobster ".
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Organised on 5 January 1945, this was primarily a Royal Engineers formation, but 51 RTR remained in the brigade and was also converted to specialised armour .'B'Squadron received 15 Crab Mark II flail tanks, while'A'and'C'sqns had a total of 32 Churchill Crocodile flamethrowing tanks.
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To deal with the successive enemy lines of defences anticipated in the later stages of the campaign, it was decided late in 1944 to convert 25th Tank Brigade into 25th Assault Engineer Brigade, equipped with specialised armour ( flail tanks, while'A'and'C'sqns had a total of 32 Churchill Crocodile flamethrowing tanks.
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