13 November 2023 - 10:40



DD tanks would use propellers to move forward through water, then lower the flotation screens once they had reached land and fight as an ordinary tank. The phrase is mostly used for the Duplex Drive variant of the M4 Sherman medium tank, that was used by the Western Allies during and after the Normandy Landings in June 1944.ĭD tanks worked by erecting a canvas 'flotation screen' around the tank, which enabled it to float in water.

DD Sherman tank with its flotation screen lowered.ĭD Valentine, DD Sherman, DD M-10 Tank DestroyerĭD or Duplex Drive tanks, nicknamed " Donald Duck tanks", were a type of amphibious swimming tank developed by the British during the Second World War.
