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Hedgerow Clearing plans anyone

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Hedgerow Clearing plans anyone
Posted by MECHTECH on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 6:32 PM

Is there a pattern for the Hedgerow clearing devices used during the Normandy Invasion seen on American tanks? Does anyone have a detail sketch of how they looked and how they were attached?

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 6:43 PM

There were several designs. "I" beams, "T" beams, "L" beams, all cut into an angle at the front, flat plates welded into triangular prongs. All were made from salvaged beach obstacles. Do an image search for cullin device and see what you can find. 

 

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Posted by Viejo on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 9:39 PM

They were designed and installed, one by one,in a hurry, with whatever they could come up with.

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 10:15 PM

The were attached to the tank's mounting point for the tow hooks/shackles. 

 

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Posted by T26E4 on Thursday, January 26, 2017 8:33 AM

Get a copy of Zaloga's "US Armored Funnies"  Certain units used different designs.  For instance, the top pic that Stikpusher provided is called the "Douglas Device" and was prominently used by the 3AD.  The second set of prongs, mounted on an M5A1 Light tank, was the more widely used design.

 

Indeed, initial attempts included simple two sharpened logs, attached to the transmission cover bulges.  The idea there was to ram two holes into a hedgerow, and then engineers would follow up by emplacing explosives.  Some other early designs looked flimsy and not robust.  What Viejo said is true initially.  But it changed when Sgt Culin's ideas came forth did the hedgerow prongs really come into widespread use with a successful design.

 

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Posted by disastermaster on Friday, January 27, 2017 2:15 PM

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Here's a few more pictures.
(A bit late to the party here)




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Culin Device
Seen on the front of a lot of the Normandy Shermans there was this gadget called the culin hedgerow cutter fabricated from the metal beach obstacles the Germans had placed on the beach in the landing area.

Here’s how they were made………..

 

 




 Sergeant Curtis G. Culin

                                           

Styles varied widely..........  


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