Matilda Scorpion

The Matilda was removed from front line service in North Africa just prior to the El Alamein battles and 30 of the Matilda were converted into Matilda "Baron" Flail Mine Detonation systems for the battlefield.

Description: Flail A mine flail is a vehicle-mounted device that makes a safe path through a mine-field by deliberately detonating mines in front of the vehicle that carries it. They were first used by the British during World War II. The mine flail consists of a horizontal, rapidly-rotating rotor mounted in front of the vehicle on two arms. Fist-sized steel balls are attached to the rotor by chains (flails). The rotor's rotation causes the flails to spin wildly and to continuously and violently strike the ground. The force of these strikes mimics a person or vehicle passing over the mines and causes them to detonate, but in a safe manner that does little damage to the flails or the vehicle.

Matilda Scorpion Mine Flail

Matilda Scorpion Details

Matilda  Scorpion clearing minefields near El Alamein, Egypt...

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