Year | January 1940 |
Vehicle Type | Light Flame-Thrower Tank |
Origin & Designer | Germany/MAN & Daimler-Benz |
Numbers Produced | 155 |
Crew | 3 (Commander/Gunner, Radio Operator & Driver) |
Main Armament | 2 x Flammenwerfer-Anlagen (Hull Corners) |
Main Armament | [@sponson_traverse] |
Elevation | -10° to +10° (Machine Gun) |
Turret Traverse | 360° |
Gun Traverse | 180° (Flame-Throwers) |
Gun Mount | [@gun_mounts] |
Maximum Range | [@maximum_range] |
Armour Penetration | [@armour_penetration] |
Gun Sight | Direct Sights |
Secondary Armament | 1 x 7.92mm MG34 (Turret) |
Smoke Discharger | [@smoke_discharger] |
Ammunition Carried | 320 Litres of Fuel + 1.800 x 7.92mm |
Height | 1.85m |
Width | 2.04m |
Length | 4.90m |
Combat Weight | 12.000 kg |
Ground Clearance | 0.29m |
Fording Depth | 0.85m |
Trench Crossing | 1.75m |
Obstacle Clearance | 0.42m |
Climbing Ability | 30° |
Radio | FuG-2 |
Armour | Hull Front: 30mm Hull Sides: 14.5mm Hull Rear: 14.5mm Hull Top: 12mm Hull Bottom: 5mm Gun Mantlet: 16mm Turret Front: 30mm Turret Sides: 20mm Turret Rear: 20mm Turret Top: 10mm
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Engine | Maybach ML62TRM (Petrol) |
Transmission | 7 Forward & 3 Reverse |
Maximum Road Range | 200 km |
Maximum Cross Country Range | 130 km |
Maximum Water Range | [@maximum_water_range] |
Maximum Road Speed | 55 kph |
Maximum Cross Country Speed | 20 kph |
Maximum Water Speed | [@maximum_water_speed] |
Variants | [@variants] |
Notes | A need for an armoured vehicle mounting a flame-thrower had been realized as early as 1939, a request for such a tank to neutralize enemy strongpoints was answered by using adapting the Panzer II light tank. The ausf D and E chassis were used and the vehicle had a new turret which mounted a MG34 machine gun, two flame-thrower were mounted in twin turrets mounted on each corner of the vehicles front and were remote controlled by the commander sat in the turret. They first saw action in Russia but due to poor protection they suffered high losses. In late 1941 the surviving vehicles were converted into marder tank destroyers. |