World War II Allied Flame tank

1 world war ii allied

1.1 light tank m3 (general stuart)
1.2 medium tank m4 (general sherman)
1.3 tank, infantry, mk iv churchill
1.4 tank, infantry, mk ii, matilda ii
1.5 medium tank t-34
1.6 heavy breakthrough tank kv (klim voroshilov)
1.7 light tank t-26
1.8 other

world war ii allied
light tank m3 (general stuart)

an m3 stuart, fitted flamethrower, attacks japanese bunker during bougainville campaign (april 1944)



m3 satan: improvised conversion of m3 light tank canadian ronson .

medium tank m4 (general sherman)

an m4a3r3 usmc tank during battle of iwo jima (march 1945)



m4a3r3 zippo : sherman tank used during battle of iwo jima (1945)
m4 crocodile : 4 m4 tanks converted british 2nd armored division in nw europe same armored fuel trailer used on churchill fuel line went on hull.
sherman badger: canada s replacement of ram badger, sherman badger turretless m4a2 hvss sherman wasp iic flamethrower in place of hull machine gun, developed sometime 1945 1949. 150 gallons @ 250 psi effective 125 yards, elevation of +30 -10 degrees , traverse of 30 degrees left , 23 degrees right. inspired t68.
sherman adder: conversion kit equip sherman tanks, used in india on sherman iii , sherman v

tank, infantry, mk iv churchill

churchill crocodile flame tank



churchill oke: churchill mk ii fixed ronson flamethrower. 3 part of 1942 raid on dieppe put out of action before equipment used.
churchill crocodile: churchill mk vii equipped kit including armored fuel trailer used compressed nitrogen pressure. flamethrower replaced hull machine gun leaving main armament unaffected. 8 hundred conversion kits produced. operating under organization of 79th armoured division, other specialised vehicles, deployed following 1944 normandy landings in north-west europe , in italian campaign. deliver eighty 1-second bursts out 120 yards (110 m) before refuelling.

tank, infantry, mk ii, matilda ii

matilda frog (25): 25 matilda ii tanks converted flame tanks australians in late 1944.
matilda murray: australian improvement on frog, produced in 1945.

medium tank t-34

ОТ-34 (ot-34-76): created various models of t-34-76, had internally mounted flame-thrower ato-41 (ato-42 later) replacing hull machine gun.
ot-34-85: created t-34-85, had internally mounted flamethrower ato-42 replacing hull machine gun.

heavy breakthrough tank kv (klim voroshilov)

kv-8: kv-1 fitted ato-41 flame-thrower in turret, beside machine gun. in order accommodate new weapon, 76.2mm gun replaced smaller 45 mm gun m1932, though disguised standard 76 mm.

light tank t-26

kht-26 (ot-26): developed in 1933. based on twin-turreted t-26 mod. 1931 tank using single turret armed flamethrower, second turret removed.
kht-130 (ot-130): flamethrower variant of model 1933, using larger 45 mm gun turret (a gun replaced flamethrower).
kht-133 (ot-133): flamethrower variant of model 1939 (a gun replaced flamethrower).
kht-134 (ot-134): flamethrower variant of model 1939, 45 mm gun.

other

ram badger: canadian ram cruiser tank adapted flamethrower.
lvt(a)-4 ronson: (1944) full tracks, armor, , turret, arguably landing vehicle tracked swimming light tank; fire support version m8 howitzer motor carriage turret 75 mm howitzer replaced canadian ronson flamethrower.

lvt-4(f) sea serpent: british version armed flamethrowers, unarmored.


wasp: not strictly flame tank, universal carrier (a small lightly armoured tracked personnel/equipment carrier) fitted wasp flamethrower - continued development of ronson petroleum warfare department.




^ bishop p269
^ r. p. hunnicutt, sherman: history of american medium tank, presidio press, novato, ca, 1994, p. 420-421.
^ bishop p272