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"Scorpion" Clears Mine Field In France -- This British flail tank, called a "Scorpion," beats the ground with chains to clear a path through a German mine field in Normandy. Lengths of chain are attached to a rotating cylinder mounted on a boom in front of the tank to lash the ground, exploding anti-personnel mines. June 29, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Radiophoto).
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Caption:
"Scorpion" Clears Mine Field In France -- This British flail tank, called a "Scorpion," beats the ground with chains to clear a path through a German mine field in Normandy. Lengths of chain are attached to a rotating cylinder mounted on a boom in front of the tank to lash the ground, exploding anti-personnel mines. June 29, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Radiophoto).
Credit:
Album / SuperStock / Sydney Morning Herald
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Image size:
1910 x 1254 px | 6.9 MB
Print size:
16.2 x 10.6 cm | 6.4 x 4.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1944 • 20TH CENTURY • ARCHIVAL • ARCHIVE • ARCHIVES • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITISH TANKS • CADRE • CHAINS • CLEARING • D-DAY • EDITORIAL • FLAIL TANK • GERMAN MINE FIELD • HEIMWEHR (AUSTRIAN MILITIA) • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HOMESICKNESS • IMAGES • IN PAINTINGS • INTERIORS: IN PAINTINGS • LONGING (NOSTALGIA) • MINE FLAIL • MINES • NORMANDY • NOSTALGIA • NOSTALGIC • PAINTING (ACTIVITY) • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PAST • PAST, THE • PICTURE • PICTURES • RETRO • ROTATING CYLINDER • SCORPION • TANKS • VINTAGE • WANDERLUST • WAR FILE • WISTFULNESS • WOEFULNESS
