Sherman Hedgerow Cutter (1 Viewer)

[spartan71]

Okay, I need help Again to answer this. I am planning to buy it, But I noticed that it is missing some teeth/ spikes. So can anyone elaborate. If this is an accurate rendition of a Hedgerow tank??

 

[Rob]

Yes I believe it is.Some of these 'Rhino' or Hedgecutting Tanks had more teeth evenly spaced in a line whilst others had two major teeth and perhaps a smaller one in between.These were fashioned from German beach obstacles from the Normandy beaches so were never going to be of one strict standard design.Have been trying to look on the TF Figarti shp page to get a better look but its down at the moment.

Rob

Just looked on Grey Goose collectables and it doesn't appear to have a third tooth but a bar between the two.However the teeth are quite close together so this does look realistic to me.I have the K&C Stuart Tank with Hedgecutter,this has the dual tooth on either side with a smaller tooth between them.

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Okay, I need help Again to answer this. I am planning to buy it, But I noticed that it is missing some teeth/ spikes. So can anyone elaborate. If this is an accurate rendition of a Hedgerow tank??

There were variations in hedgerow cutters. By late July 1944, sixty percent of the First Army's Sherman’s were equipped with hedgerow cutters. They were called rhinoceros tanks.

Terry

 

[binder001]

As staed above there were several variations on the "chopper". Curtis Cullin gets the credit for a good design, but several units were coming to the same conclusion at about the same time, there was the "salad fork" used by the 746th Tank Battalion, the Douglas Device from the 3rd Armored as well as variations on the Cullin design. These were all worked up and built by Ordnance Maintenance Battalions and other shops, they were hurredly constructed and fitted as quickly as possible.

Gary B.