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Special Devices

Read articles from our 'Special Devices' blog series exploring devices developed, modified and designed by REME in response to problems identified in World War Two.

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Special Devices: The AVRE

Special Devices: The AVRE

Exploring this Churchill tank conversion through our Archives Read more

Published: 2nd December, 2025

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

Special Devices: Explosives from the Farm

Special Devices: Explosives from the Farm

The Carrot, the Onion and the Goat Read more

Published: 2nd July, 2025

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

Special Devices: The Canal Defence Light

Special Devices: The Canal Defence Light

The tank modification to facilitate river crossings by illuminating the way Read more

Published: 2nd March, 2025

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

Special Devices: The Giant Viper

Special Devices: The Giant Viper

How to: clear a minefield in one go Read more

Published: 2nd September, 2024

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

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Special Devices: DD Tanks

Special Devices: DD Tanks

Developing tanks to move through water without compromising capability Read more

Published: 2nd May, 2024

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

Special Devices: The Crab II

Special Devices: The Crab II

Continued experimentation in flail tank design and the far improved Crab II Read more

Published: 2nd December, 2023

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

Special Devices: The Crab

Special Devices: The Crab

The ultimate version of the flail tank Read more

Published: 2nd August, 2023

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

Special Devices: The Scorpion

Special Devices: The Scorpion

The next phase of flail tank design takes us from the Middle East to the UK Read more

Published: 2nd February, 2023

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

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Special Devices: Flail Tanks

Special Devices: Flail Tanks

A history of the design of the Baron, an anti-mine device Read more

Published: 2nd December, 2022

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

Special Devices: Minefield Detection

Special Devices: Minefield Detection

4 Base Workshop's special wartime device to detect and clear mines Read more

Published: 2nd August, 2022

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

Special Devices: Deception at War

Special Devices: Deception at War

4 Base Workshop's "Special Devices" used to deceive the enemy Read more

Published: 3rd April, 2022

Updated: 2nd June, 2026

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Published: 13th November, 2019

Updated: 3rd September, 2024

Author: Assistant Curator

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