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A flame tank is a term commonly applied to a tank or other armoured fighting vehicle equipped with a flamethrower. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x645, 73 KB) Summary A marine M48 tank with flame thrower in Vietnam, 1968. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x645, 73 KB) Summary A marine M48 tank with flame thrower in Vietnam, 1968. ...
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An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, protected by armour and armed with weapons. ...
Riverboat of the U.S. Brownwater Navy shooting ignited napalm from its mounted flamethrower during the Vietnam war. ...
Flame tanks are used to supplement combined arms attacks against fortifications or other obstacles. They only reached significant use in the Second World War, during which the United States, Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom (including members of the British Commonwealth) all produced flamethrower-equipped tanks. Combined arms is an approach to warfare which seeks to integrate different arms of a military to achieve mutually complementary effects. ...
Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ...
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A number of methods of production were used. Typically they were modifications (either field or factory) of existing tank chassis. Flamethrowers were either modified versions of existing infantry flame weapons (Flammpanzer I and II) or specially designed (Flammpanzer III). They were mounted externally (Flammpanzer II), replaced existing machine gun mounts, or replaced the tank's main armament (Flammpanzer III). Ammunition for the flame weapon was either carried inside the tank, in armoured external storage, or in some cases in a special trailer behind the tank (Churchill Crocodile). The Churchill Crocodile during the Second World War The Churchill Crocodile was a British flame-throwing tank of late World War II, it was a variant of the Tank, Infantry, Mk VI (A22) Churchill VII, although the Chuchill IV was initially chosen to be the base vehicle. ...
Combat effectiveness
Flame tanks were of great use attacking fortifications or infantry in short range assault or urban environments. They did not suffer from the same vulnerability as man-portable flamethrowers, carried much more fuel, and fired longer-ranged flame bursts. However, in an open battlefield, the flamethrower was virtually useless because of its short range.
Experience of combat use of flamethrower tanks was mixed. German flamethrower variants of Panzer II and Panzer III were both discontinued due to unsatisfactory performance and converted into assault guns or tank destroyers. The Panzer IV was never converted into a flame variant, despite being used for just about every purpose imaginable on the battlefield. The Panzer II was a German tank used in World War II. Designed as a stopgap while other tanks were developed, it played an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Polish and French campaigns. ...
The Panzerkampfwagen III (PzKpfw III), more commonly referred to as the Panzer III, was a tank developed in the 1930s by Nazi Germany and used extensively in World War II. It was designed to fight other armoured fighting vehicles, serving alongside the infantry-support Panzer IV. It soon became obsolete...
German StuG III with high-velocity 75 mm gun, 1943 An assault gun is a gun or howitzer mounted on a motor vehicle or armored chassis, designed for use in the direct fire role in support of infantry when attacking other infantry or fortified positions. ...
A self-propelled anti-tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armoured fighting vehicle. ...
Panzer IV is the common name of a medium tank that was developed in the late 1930s by Nazi Germany and used extensively in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen IV (abbreviated PzKpfw IV) and the tank also had the ordnance inventory designation SdKfz 161. ...
The mixed results were in part due to the development of infantry anti-tank weapons. At the start of the Second World War most infantry units had weapons with some effectiveness against armoured targets at ranges of thirty to fifty metres, like anti-tank rifles. Towards the end of the war, more powerful anti-tank weapons such as the bazooka, Panzerschreck, and PIAT were introduced which were fatal to tanks at ranges longer than the tank's flamethrower could reach. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, bicycles, or other means. ...
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For other uses, see Bazooka (disambiguation). ...
Panzerschreck team The Panzerschreck (German: tank terrorizer; lit. ...
The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank, was one of the earlier anti-tank weapons using a high explosive anti-tank projectile. ...
World War II Axis - Panzer II Flamm, a variant of the German Panzer II Ausf D/E.
- Flammpanzer 38, a variant of the Jadgpanzer 38(t) tank destroyer.
- Panzerkampfwagen B2 (F), a variant produced by the Germans based on capture French Char B1 tank chassis.
- Flammpanzer III Ausf M/Panzer III (F1), a variant of the German Panzer III Ausf M.
- Sdkfz 251/16 Flammpanzerwagen, a variant based on the Sdkfz 251 series of half-tracks.
- StuG III (FLAMM), a variant based on a variety of pre-Ausf F StuG III assault gun chassis.
- L3 Lf, a variant of the Italian L3/35 tankette.
The Panzer II was a German tank used in World War II. Designed as a stopgap while other tanks were developed, it played an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Polish and French campaigns. ...
Polish-seized Hetzer on a baricade during the Warsaw Uprising Based on the Czech Panzer 38(t) chassis Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer was an excellent tank destroyer: it was better armoured than the earlier Panzerjäger (60 mm sloped armour at 60 degrees, giving a equivalence of about 180 mm...
A self-propelled anti-tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armoured fighting vehicle. ...
The Char B1 was a French heavy tank manufactured before the Second World War. ...
The Panzerkampfwagen III (PzKpfw III), more commonly referred to as the Panzer III, was a tank developed in the 1930s by Nazi Germany and used extensively in World War II. It was designed to fight other armoured fighting vehicles, serving alongside the infantry-support Panzer IV. It soon became obsolete...
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M3 Half-track A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels on the front for steering, and caterpillar tracks on the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load. ...
The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Nazi Germanys most produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II. It was built on the chassis of the Panzer III tank. ...
German StuG III with high-velocity 75 mm gun, 1943 An assault gun is a gun or howitzer mounted on a motor vehicle or armored chassis, designed for use in the direct fire role in support of infantry when attacking other infantry or fortified positions. ...
The L3/35 was an Italian tankette that was developed along the lines of the British Carden-Loyd Mark VI and first appeared as the CV 29 (CV stod for Carro Veloce, fast tank) later built as the CV33 in 1933, but was retrofitted as the CV35 in 1935 and...
Polish TK-3. ...
World War II Allied Image File history File links Ronson_flame_tank_Iwo_Jima. ...
Image File history File links Ronson_flame_tank_Iwo_Jima. ...
United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...
Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Holland Smith Tadamichi Kuribayashi †Strength 110,000 21,000 Casualties 8,226 dead 19,189 wounded,[1] 494 missing[1] Total: 27,909 20,703 dead,[1] 216 captured[1] Total: 20,919 Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign Iwo Jima – Okinawa – Ten-Go...
- M4A3R3: Sherman tank used during Operation Overlord (1944) and in the Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
- M4 Crocodile: four M4 tanks converted by British for US 2nd Armored Division in NW Europe with the same armored fuel trailer as used on Churchill but the fuel line went over the hull.
- Sherman Badger: Canada's replacement of its Ram Badger, the Sherman Badger was a turretless M4A2 HVSS Sherman with Wasp IIC flamethrower in place of hull machine gun, developed sometime from 1945 to 1949. The 150 gallons at 250 psi was effective to 125 yards, with elevation of +30 to -10 degrees and traverse of 30 degrees left and 23 degrees right. This inspired the US T68.[1]
 Churchill Crocodile flame tank WWII foreign variants and use: Lend-Lease Sherman tanks Post-WWII foreign variants and use: Postwar Sherman tanks The Medium Tank M4 was the primary tank produced by the United States for its own use and the use of its Allies during World War II. Production of the M4 Medium...
The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading Allies. ...
Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Holland Smith Tadamichi Kuribayashi †Strength 110,000 21,000 Casualties 8,226 dead 19,189 wounded,[1] 494 missing[1] Total: 27,909 20,703 dead,[1] 216 captured[1] Total: 20,919 Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign Iwo Jima – Okinawa – Ten-Go...
The Infantry Tank IV Churchill was a heavy British infantry tank of the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. ...
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- Churchill OKE: Churchill II with "Ronson" flamethrower. 3 used at Dieppe in 1942.
- Churchill Crocodile: Churchill VII with an armored fuel trailer. The flamethrower replaced the hull machine gun leaving the main armament unaffected. Used after the Normandy landings (1944)
The Infantry Tank IV Churchill was a heavy British infantry tank of the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. ...
Combatants Canada United Kingdom Germany Commanders Louis Mountbatten J. H. Roberts Gerd von Rundstedt Strength 6,086 1,500 Casualties Canada: 950 dead, 2,340 captured wounded or not; United Kingdom: 600; United States:4+; 311 dead, 280 wounded The Dieppe Raid, also known as The Battle of Dieppe or...
The Churchill Crocodile during the Second World War The Churchill Crocodile was a British flame-throwing tank of late World War II, it was a variant of the Tank, Infantry, Mk VI (A22) Churchill VII, although the Chuchill IV was initially chosen to be the base vehicle. ...
- Matilda Frog (25): 25 Matilda II tanks converted to flame tanks by the Australians in late 1944.
- Matilda Murray: Australian improvement over the Frog, produced in 1945.
The Tank, Infantry, Mk II, Matilda II (A12) (sometimes referred to as Senior Matilda) was a British tank of World War II. In a somewhat unorthodox move, it shared the same name as the Tank, Infantry, Mk I (A11). ...
Other - Ram Badger: Canadian Ram tank adapted with flamethrower.
- LVT(A)-4 Ronson: (1944) With full tracks, armor, and a turret, arguably the LVT was a swimming light tank; this was a fire support version with M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage turret but the 75 mm howitzer replaced with the Canadian Ronson flamethrower.
- LVT-4(F) Sea Serpent: British version armed with flamethrowers, but unarmored.
- OT-34: created from various models of the T-34, including the T-34/85.
- OT-26: variation of T-26.
- OT-130: variation of T-26.
- OT-133: variation of T-26.
- Wasp: not strictly a flame tank, the Universal Carrier fitted with flamethrower.
The Ram was a Cruiser tank designed and built by Canada in the Second World War, based on the U.S. M3 Medium tank. ...
The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) was an amphibious vehicle used by the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Army during World War II. It was widely known as amphtrack, amtrak, amtrac etc. ...
The Light Tank M3 was an American light tank of World War II in use with British and Commonwealth forces prior to the entry of the USA into the European theatre. ...
Ronson tank The Ronson system was a weapon used by the United States Marine Corps during World War II. The Ronson consisted of an M4 Sherman tank adapted with a Mark 1 flamethrower. ...
The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank first produced in 1940. ...
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The Universal Carrier, usually known as a Bren Gun Carrier (even when it was not carrying a Bren), was a small, tracked British-designed military vehicle, used widely by Allied forces during World War II. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as...
Modern tanks - M67 Zippo: a variant of the US M48 Patton tank.
- OT-55: a variant of the widely used Soviet T-55 tank.
- OT-62: a variant of Soviet T-62 MBT.
M46, M47, M48 and M60 Patton were the U.S armys principal main battle tanks of the Cold War, with models in service from the late 1940s to the 1990s. ...
The T-54 and T-55 tank series was the Soviet Unions front-line main battle tank from 1947 until 1962, and remains in service throughout the world to this day, especially by former client states of the Soviet Union. ...
The T-62 Soviet main battle tank is a further development of the T-54/55 series. ...
Computer games Flametanks have appeared in computer games, such as Command & Conquer. Despite their very short range and low durability, they excel at hosing infantry. In Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, NOD flametanks can go subterranean. In Tiberium Wars the Nod used the Super version of the First Tiberium War Flame Tank. The Tank is so massively armored and powerful that it was very effective during the Third War. Flametanks also appear in Company of Heroes featuring the M4 Sherman "Crocodile" tank on the Allied side and are excellent at razing buildings and infantry. The most recent version of the series logo, which appears in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Command & Conquer (often abbreviated as C&C or CnC) is a series of computer and video games, mostly of the real-time strategy style as well as a single first-person shooter game based...
Company of Heroes (CoH) is a real-time strategy (RTS) computer game developed for Microsoft Windows by Relic Entertainment. ...
See also Badge of the 79th Armoured Division Amphibious DD tanks await blowing of breaches in the sea wall on Utah Beach. ...
Endnotes - ^ R. P. Hunnicutt, Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank, Presidio Press, Novato, CA, 1994, p. 420-421.
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