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Aktungbby · 08-19-19, 09:40 AM

BUDDAHAID CAN TAKE IT;

HE GOT CLOSEST

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NICKNAME OR 'OFFICIAL' DESIGNATION

IT ACTUALLY IS THE SHERMAN M4A3E8 FLAME DRAGON DESIGNATED POA CWS H5(PACIFIC OPERATION AREA CHEMICAL WEAPON SERVICE H5-VARIANT OF THE CANADIAN-BUILT RONSON LIGHTER IN THE 75MM BARREL WHICH COULD PUT A SEVERE NAPALM JET OUT TO 60 YARDS) HAD TO HAVE BEEN WICKED COMING ASHORE IN A MARINE CORPS AMPHIB OPERATION.....

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After use in the field, commanders objected to main armament flame throwers chiefly because they replaced the tank's main gun. To meet this criticism, COL Unmacht's staff drew up plans for mounting flame throwers alongside the gun instead of replacing it. Work began in late 1944 when Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, anticipating an invasion of Japan, asked for at least seventy-two main armament flame throwers. Most of the tanks provided by the Marines carried 75mm guns, the remainder carried 105mm howitzers. By judicious planning, designers arranged the interior of the vehicles to allow the storage of forty rounds of 75mm or twenty rounds of 105mm shells without decreasing the quantity of flame-thrower fuel. Handicapped by a scarcity of parts and a dearth of machinists and other craftsmen, the work proceeded slowly. During the battle on Okinawa the Tenth Army asked for eighteen of these double-barrel M4A1 Sherman tanks, designated POA-CWS-H5. They were on their way to that island by the time the battle ended, and were rerouted, instead, to the Marianas to equip the Marine division rehabilitating there. Seventy tanks were ready for the invasion of Japan when the operation was called off and the war came to an end.

The rapid demobilization after World War II ended terminated interest in the M4 Sherman flame tanks. The Army was left with none, but the Marine Corps kept a small number of the double-barreled M4A3E8 Shermans equipped with 105mm main gun with the POA-CWS-H5 flame system alongside. When the Korean War began in June 1950, the Marine Corps hurriedly formed a platoon of nine flame tanks within its First Tank Battalion. These tanks were pulled from storage in Hawaii and California, then accompanied the Marines in the Inchon Landing, 15 September 1950. In Korea, the M4 Sherman flame tanks made a heroic contribution,

Buddahaid · 08-19-19, 09:56 AM

I did see the flame throwers but not with the gun as well. That type was not discussed somehow at a site for armor or a site dedicated to the turret variants. Odd.

Anyway I'll stick to my above posted pic.
Okay the what is this?

Aktungbby · 08-19-19, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

I did see the flame throwers but not with the gun as well. That type was not discussed somehow at a site for armor or a site dedicated to the turret variants.

Well I work hard to keep you 'masters of the game' amused and did'nt want it to be too easy.... my dead-on 'flame dragon' hint notwithstanding

the USMC obviously knows a good thing if nine lead the amphibious decisive assault...British Gen. Percy Hobart(D-day Crocodile tank inventor) would be proud.

Aktungbby · 08-20-19, 09:49 AM

BACK TO THE GAME: IS IT A TANK?

Jimbuna · 08-20-19, 10:37 AM

Farmyard machinery?

Buddahaid · 08-20-19, 10:57 AM

No but related.

Jimbuna · 08-20-19, 11:41 AM

An early version combine harvester?

Buddahaid · 08-20-19, 11:47 AM

Not a harvester, or used in farming.

u crank · 08-20-19, 12:26 PM

Construction machinery?

Buddahaid · 08-20-19, 12:28 PM

Not used for construction.

Jimbuna · 08-20-19, 02:18 PM

Civilian?

Buddahaid · 08-20-19, 02:23 PM

Not civilian.

Jimbuna · 08-20-19, 02:52 PM

An early military tractor?

Buddahaid · 08-20-19, 03:00 PM

Early military but not a tractor.

Torvald Von Mansee · 08-20-19, 03:46 PM

Something at the Bovington Tank Museum?

08-19-19, 09:56 AM	#8852
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,558 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	I did see the flame throwers but not with the gun as well. That type was not discussed somehow at a site for armor or a site dedicated to the turret variants. Odd. Anyway I'll stick to my above posted pic. Okay the what is this? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-20-19, 09:49 AM	#8854
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,856 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	BACK TO THE GAME: IS IT A TANK? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

08-20-19, 10:37 AM	#8855
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Farmyard machinery? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-20-19, 10:57 AM	#8856
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,558 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	No but related. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-20-19, 11:41 AM	#8857
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	An early version combine harvester? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-20-19, 11:47 AM	#8858
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,558 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Not a harvester, or used in farming. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-20-19, 12:26 PM	#8859
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,558 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Construction machinery? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

08-20-19, 12:28 PM	#8860
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,558 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Not used for construction. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-20-19, 02:18 PM	#8861
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Civilian? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-20-19, 02:23 PM	#8862
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,558 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Not civilian. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-20-19, 02:52 PM	#8863
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	An early military tractor? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-20-19, 03:00 PM	#8864
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,558 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Early military but not a tractor. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-20-19, 03:46 PM	#8865
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,673 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Something at the Bovington Tank Museum? __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky