Flammpanzer German Flamethrowers 1941-45: German Flamethrowers, 1941-45 (Osprey New Vanguard S., #15)

by Thomas L. Jentz and Hilary L. Doyle

Peter Sarson (Illustrator) and Tom Jentz (Illustrator)

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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.
  • ISBN10 1855325470
  • ISBN13 9781855325470
  • Publish Date 11 September 1995
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Osprey Publishing
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 48
  • Language English