Flammpanzer German Flamethrowers 1941-45
48 page book.
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Author: Hilary Doyle
Illustrators: Tom Jentz, Peter Sarson
About this book
The first attempt at mounting a flamethrower in a German tank was not the result of an engineering design process but rather occurred as a field expedient, when German troops involved in the Spanish Civil War mounted small back-pack flamethrowers on their PzKpfw Is. The German authorities took up this idea and from early 1939 began to design a flamethrowing tank based on the Panzer II. This was the first in a long line of German tanks to be equipped with flamethrowers. During World War II versions of the Panzer III, Sturmgeschutz and half-track were all given flamethrowers. This book examines their development, weapons and operational use, often using original German combat reports.
Contents
- Design Limitations
- Panzer I
- Panzer II (F) (SdKfz 122)
- Panzer B2 (F)
- Panzer III (FI) (SdKfz 141/3)
- Stug-I (Flamm)
- SdKfz 251/16
- Flammpanzer 38
- Tiger I
Paperback; September 1995; 48 pages; ISBN: 9781855325470