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Flamethrower Tanks

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Australia

Tank, Infantry, Mk II, Matilda II
  • 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.
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Germany

  • Flammpanzer I a field variant of the German Panzer I used briefly during the war in North Africa
  • Panzer II Flamm, a variant of the German Panzer II Ausf D/E.
  • Flammpanzer 38, a variant of the Jagdpanzer 38(t) tank destroyer.
  • Panzerkampfwagen B2 (F), a variant produced by the Germans based on captured 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.
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Italy

  • L3 Lf flame tank, a variant of the L3/35 tankette.
  • L6 Lf flame tank, a variant of the L6/40 light tank.
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Japan

  • Japanese Army Type "SS" Armored Engineer Vehicle Models Bo,Ko,Otsu,Hei,Tei
  • Flame tank model of Type 97 Chi-Ha Tank.
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United Kingdom

Tank, Infantry, Mk IV "Churchill"
Churchill Crocodile flame tank
  • Churchill OKE: Churchill Mk II with fixed "Ronson" flamethrower. Three were part of the 1942 Raid on Dieppe but were put out of action before the equipment was used.
  • Churchill Crocodile: Churchill Mk VII equipped with a kit including an armored fuel trailer that used compressed nitrogen for pressure. The flamethrower replaced the hull machine gun leaving the main armament unaffected. Eight hundred conversion kits were produced. Operating under the organization of the 79th Armoured Division, as with other specialised vehicles, it was deployed following the 1944 Normandy landings in north-west Europe and in the Italian campaign. It could deliver eighty 1-second bursts out to 120 yards before refuelling.
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USA

Light Tank M3 (General Stuart)
  • M3 Satan: Improvised conversion of M3 light tank with Canadian Ronson
Medium Tank M4 (General Sherman)
  • M4A3R3 Zippo: Sherman tank used during 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.[5]
  • Sherman Adder: A conversion kit to equip Sherman tanks, used in India on Sherman III and Sherman V
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USSR

Medium Tank T-34
  • ОТ-34 (OT-34-76): created from various models of the T-34-76, had an internally mounted flame-thrower ATO-41 (ATO-42 later) replacing the hull machine gun.
  • OT-34-85: created from the T-34-85, had an internally mounted flamethrower ATO-42 replacing the hull machine gun.
Heavy Breakthrough Tank KV (Klim Voroshilov)
  • KV-8: KV-1 fitted with the ATO-41 flame-thrower in the turret, beside a machine gun. In order to accommodate the new weapon, the 76.2mm gun was replaced with a smaller 45 mm Gun M1932, though it was disguised to look like the standard 76 mm.
Light Tank T-26
  • KhT-26 (OT-26): developed in 1933. Based on the twin-turreted T-26 mod. 1931 tank but using a single turret armed with a flamethrower, the second turret was removed.
  • KhT-130 (OT-130): Flamethrower variant of model 1933, using a larger 45 mm gun turret (a gun was replaced with a flamethrower).
  • KhT-133 (OT-133): Flamethrower variant of model 1939 (a gun was replaced with a flamethrower).
  • KhT-134 (OT-134): Flamethrower variant of model 1939, with 45 mm gun.
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Canada

  • Ram Badger: Canadian Ram cruiser tank adapted with flamethrower.

See Also:

Flamethrowers WW I
Portable Flamethrowers
Static Flamethrowers
Vehicle Mounted Flamethrowers
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