Divided on D-Day by Edward E. Gordon

Author:Edward E. Gordon
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633883208
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2017-08-18T04:00:00+00:00

Fig. 8.2. Rhino tank. (© Imperial War Museums [B 9336])

Culin's company commander got General Gerow to contact Bradley's staff. On July 14 Bradley personally attended a demonstration. With Culin's cutter you just aimed the tank and the hedgerow exploded as the Sherman burst through covered with dirt and shrubbery. Desperate for a solution, Bradley ordered the cutters installed using the scavenged beach obstacles. By July 25 three out of every five tanks were equipped with what was dubbed the “Rhino.” In order to maintain tactical surprise, Bradley banned the deployment of the Rhinos until the launch of COBRA.97

By themselves the Rhinos did not completely overcome the bocage terrain. However in the coming Normandy breakout, they became an important tool combined with other innovative tactics. They gave Bradley's tanks the ability to maneuver across the Normandy terrain. The German panzers had to remain on the roads, but the American Shermans now could cut cross-country and outflank the enemy.98

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