M4 Sherman “Crab” Mine Clearing Tank Custom Build

This custom came to mind after I finished building the CoD Hovercraft and placed the tank tie-down chains into their storage slot. I suspected the chains would look at home on a mine-clearing flail if I could figure out a way to build one and attach it to the CoD Sherman tank set. Researching the M4 Sherman Crab, I saw a bunch of nice little details I wanted to try to add including the blast shields, the driver’s periscopes to see over the blast shield, the spare chain storage box, the rear counterweights to balance the heavy flail at the front, and the “follow me” lights at the back to help the troops follow the tank through the dirt and dust thrown up by the flail.

The flail structure can be raised and lowered, and while the flail can be turned by hand, there is no way to get it to spin fast enough to simulate it being used. I took a picture of the Crab on the Omaha Beach diorama I did a few years ago…then made a sepia version to give it a period feel. Like all of my custom builds, it is 100% Mega Bloks…if you’re a fan of WWII vehicles, hope you like the build!