Dd Tank Origin Info

Nicholas Straussler never saw the landings. He was in a workshop in Berkshire, covered in oil, already sketching a different kind of flotation device for a different kind of war. When the news came, he simply said, "Good. Now, about the problem of mud..."

But Captain John J. "Jock" McNeil of the 79th Armoured Division saw the potential. He was one of the few men who understood that breaking the Atlantic Wall would require bizarre, unnatural machines. He gave Straussler an ultimatum: one working prototype in thirty days. dd tank origin

The first test was a disaster. The canvas ripped. The tank took on water. It sank to the bottom of the Hamble River like a dead beetle. Nicholas Straussler never saw the landings

The problem was beaches. Any invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe would require landing tanks directly onto shore. But landing craft couldn't get close enough without being blown out of the water. Tanks launched too far out simply sank like stones. Now, about the problem of mud