The following brief description of the tactics of German flame-thrower tanks was originally printed in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 19, February 25, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

USE OF FLAME-THROWERS ON TANKS A German manual on tank tactics refers to the special use of flame-throwers on tanks. Usually they are employed at the halt during an advance by bounds. Their chief use is to get at any enemy among rocks, in cellars, in dug-outs, in solidly built buildings, in wooded areas, and generally in places not accessible to tanks, and against which gun fire is of little use. The flame-thrower is also used for rapid "cleaning up" of trenches and dug-in positions. The flame-throwing tank must approach to within 50 or 60 yards of the target.

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