The German A7V WWI Tank

[Tattila the Hun]

Originally posted by BeBro
As a serious question, can someone tell what the purpose of those big two ...hm...things... is you can see in the following pic on the tank?

http://www.zionantiquemall.com/store/media/US51011.j*g

Because I wondered about that when I saw a similar Sherman in one episode of Band of Brothers recently....The "normal" shermans didn't seem to have them, so I suspect it has something to do with the landing in the Normandy? But I think some early (WWI) tanks have also such things....

Eh, didn't ALL of those Normandy amph. Shermans sink?

[BeBMan]

Not sure about the amphibious versions (are those the "DD" mentioned there?), but htis diary mentions tanks of several types and versions reaching the shores:

http://www.d-daytanks.org.uk/diary/june6.html