Название: Flammpanzer German Flamethrowers 1941-45
Автор: Hilary Doyle, Peter Sarson, Tom Jentz
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 15
ISBN: 978 1855325470
Год издания: 1997
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 50
Формат: PDF
Размер: 26,2 MB
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, Sturmgeschьtz and half-track were all given flamethrowers. This book examines their development, weapons and operational use, often using original German combat reports.