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Flammpanzer German Flamethrowers 1941-45

By Hilary Doyle , Peter Sarson

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1995
ISBN
1855325470, 9781855325470
Open Library ID
OL8992943M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27492543 bytes)
Series
New Vanguard 015
Pages
50\50
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Военные дисциплины;Оружие и военная техника;Osprey

Description

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.

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