Hobart's Funnies is the nickname given to a number of specialist armoured fighting vehicles derived from tanks operated during the Second World War by...
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[citation needed] Under Hobart's leadership, the 79th assembled units of modified tank designs collectively nicknamed "Hobart's Funnies". These were used in...
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armoured vehicles developed under Major-General Percy Hobart, informally known as "Hobart's Funnies". It was produced from October 1943, in time for the...
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Famous Funnies, a seminal 1930s American comic book series Hobart's Funnies, the specialised tanks of the British 79th Armoured Division The Funnies (Monica's...
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after their commander, Major General Percy Hobart. Hobart's unusual, specialized tanks, nicknamed "funnies", included: AVRE (Assault Vehicle Royal Engineer)...
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called Mulberry harbours and an array of specialised tanks nicknamed Hobart's Funnies. In the months leading up to the landings, the Allies conducted Operation...
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one of the many specialized assault vehicles, collectively known as Hobart's Funnies, devised to support the planned invasion of Europe. Amphibious tanks...
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became the basis for a range of modifications and additions as part of Hobart's Funnies. AVRE vehicles have been known by several different names through their...
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these unusual-looking tanks it developed and operated were known as "Hobart's Funnies". They included tanks that floated, could clear mines, destroy defences...
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modified tanks for a variety of specialist engineering tasks (such as "Hobart's Funnies", produced for the invasion of France in 1944). For example, the Churchill...
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