Overcoming Obstacles: Hobart’s Funnies
Dan HewitsonAfter the failure of the 1942 Dieppe raid it was obvious that new equipment was needed to breach beach defences and other fortifications. The Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) was designed to fill that need. Under the expertise of armoured warfare expert Percy Hobart, development began in 1943. “To have moulded the best two British…