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Three sets
of rollers, each with six heavy armoured discs, were
suspended from the boom of the M32B1 Recovery Tank to
produce the mine exploder variant known as the "Earthworm".
Weighing 18tons, a limited number of these cumbersome
contraptions were built and saw service in the ETO in
1944-45.
Later the
more successful T1E3 "Aunt Jemima" mine exploder
(see ACC.20 for historical data. Also available as complete
unit as kit US114) became available but the "Earthworm"
still continued to be used until late in the campaign
finishing their service
in Germany.
Our
model of this unusual AFV is based on
the earier, more common, hull type of the M32B1 Recovery
Tank also available seperately as kit US61.
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