Flamethrower tanks

[Mike_Yates]

Holy shit! They actually had flamethrower tanks in the Vietnam war!

YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY, FLAMETHROWER TANKS!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M67_Flame_Thrower_Tank

 

[Super-Surprise]

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[oggbashan]

Holy shit! They actually had flamethrower tanks in the Vietnam war!

YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY, FLAMETHROWER TANKS!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M67_Flame_Thrower_Tank

So what? You had them in the WW2 Pacific Theater too.

We Brits had them on D-Day:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart's_Funnies

http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/hinder/CROC.JPG

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

This simply cannot be breaking news to even you Mike...

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

They used them to French Fry Vichy frogges...

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

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She redefines flexibly...

Waist like an owl...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

We still have them, or did 20 years ago.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yNmZOyHia7k/0.jpg

 

[1sickbastard]

The Soviet Union developed a flamethrower tank in 1933.
All of the major combatants fielded at least one type of flamethrower tank during WW2.
I think the British probably developed the best of the flame tanks during WW2. The US had variants of the M3 Stuart (light tank) and M4 (medium tank) Sherman which were used extensively on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

 

[Mike_Yates]

In Vietnam, flamethrowers were used to burn the dense jungle foliage.

They also used a chemical defoliant called agent orange to clear out the plant life in the jungles they were fighting in, which also had a horrendous and unforeseen effect to people exposed to it.

 

[tactful]

Can of hair spray and a Bic.

 

[domroger]

Hobart's Funnies , including flame throwers ,were the 79 th Division of the British Army for D-Day and after .The most famous were the flail and the floating tanks .

 

[1sickbastard]

Hobart's Funnies , including flame throwers ,were the 79 th Division of the British Army for D-Day and after .The most famous were the flail and the floating tanks .

Those flail tanks looked cool, especially when they detonated landmines, which was the purpose of that variation.
I really liked the 'spool' tanks designed to lay out a swath of material as a roadway so trailing vehicles wouldn't bog down into the sand.

 

[Mike_Yates]

What if a flamethrower tank found itself in a fight with a regular cannon tank?

 

[1sickbastard]

What if a flamethrower tank found itself in a fight with a regular cannon tank?

Generally the flamethrower loses, which is why they were not used in battles between armored units.

Flamethrower tanks were used for assaulting fixed fortifications and as psy-op weapons. No major power, as far as I know, currently includes flamethrower tanks in their respective military inventories.

 

[domroger]

What if a flamethrower tank found itself in a fight with a regular cannon tank?

They were infantry support tanks and still had a main gun as well as the flame thrower with an armoured fuel trailer,but I don't believe any saw tank to tank action .The German tanks were usually better armed and armoured and in one on one action usually came out on top .

 

[Tryharder62]

She redefines flexibly...

Waist like an owl...

That has to be a threesome that can't be her butt.

 

[1sickbastard]

They were infantry support tanks and still had a main gun as well as the flame thrower with an armoured fuel trailer,but I don't believe any saw tank to tank action .The German tanks were usually better armed and armoured and in one on one action usually came out on top .

That usually depends on the tank types. The French AMX R40 was a better light tank than any of the German tanks during the Battle of France (1940), but the Germans were using superior tactics & doctrine. After France fell, the Gemans got hold as many of the AMX R40's (and the R35's the R40 was to replace), fitted them out with their 88mm AA canon and turned them into armored tank destroyers. You don't do that to a weapon system that sucks.

The Soviet T-34 medium is often considered the best all around tank of the time. Certainly the T-34 could match the German Mark IV in a head to head fight. Definitely the T-34 was better than the M3 Stuart or the M4 Sherman in many respects.

The Germans definitely had the best heavy tanks: the Tiger and the Panzer. Heavy armed and heavily armored, could outmatch, out gun, out maneuver and/or out run any heavy tank in the Allies arsenal. On the other hand, the German tanks were also over engineered and not designed for easy maintenance & repair in the field. They were also vulnerable from the rear as most of their armor was up front.

But yeah, as far as heavy tank types, the Germans definitely outclassed everything else.