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Flamm Panzer German Flamethrowers 1941-45

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: New Vanguard - Tanks - German

MSRP old price: $17.95


Product Info

Title
Flamm Panzer German Flamethrowers 1941-45
Publisher
Category
Author
Tom Jentz & Hilary Doyle
Publish Year
1995
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147343706
MFG. Part #
OSPNVG015
Type
Softcover
Series
NVG15

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.