Sherman carpet
n.— «Children were trained to wrap themselves with explosives and throw themselves under our Sherman tanks. Later, our troops referred to them as “Sherman carpets.”» —“Atomic bombs spared bloody invasion” by Merle Hill Tomah Monitor Herald (Wisc.) Aug. 18, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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