Flame tank From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Marine M67 in Vietnam, 1968. A M1919 Browning machine gun is mounted to the right. Marine M67 in Vietnam, 1968. A M1919 Browning machine gun is mounted to the right. A flame tank is a term commonly applied to a tank or other armoured fighting vehicle equipped with a flamethrower. Flame tanks are used to supplement combined arms attacks against fortifications or other obstacles. They only reached significant use in the Second World War, during which the United States, Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom (including members of the British Commonwealth) all produced flamethrower-equipped tanks. A number of methods of production were used. Typically they were modifications (either field or factory) of existing tank chassis. Flamethrowers were either modified versions of existing infantry flame weapons (Flammpanzer I and II) or specially designed (Flammpanzer III). They were mounted externally (Flammpanzer II), replaced existing machine gun mounts, or replaced the tank's main armament (Flammpanzer III). Ammunition for the flame weapon was either carried inside the tank, in armoured external storage, or in some cases in a special trailer behind the tank (Churchill Crocodile).
