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Germany's Flammwagen PzKpfw B-2 (f),
PzKpfw B1 Bis(f) Flamm
Flammwagen PzKpfw B-2(f): |
Flammwagen PzKpfw B-2(f): |
Design
Sixty captured French B1-bis tanks had their 75 mm gun replaced by a flamethrower.
The fuel was carried in a 30 mm armored tank on the rear.
Production
- Flammwagen PzKpfw B-2(f): 11/1941-6/1942: 60 converted.1
- Conversion: November 1941- June 19421
Usage
One platoon was given to the 213th schwere Panzerabteilung for occupation duties on Jersey and Guernsey. The 223rd Panzerkompanie took 12 to the Crimea in the summer of 1942. The 7th SS Prinz Eugen also used some in the Balkans.
| Flammwagen PzKpfw B-2 (f) | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 41 |
| Radio | FuG51 |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 34 tons1 |
| Length w/gun | 6.86 m1 |
| Length w/o gun | |
| Height | 2.88 m1 |
| Width | 2.52 m1 |
| Ground clearance | |
| Ground contact length | |
| Ground pressure | |
| Turret ring diameter | |
| Armament | |
| Main | 47 mm KwK35 (f) L/341 |
| Secondary | Flammenwerfer1 |
| MG | 7.5 mm MG(f)1 |
| Side arms | |
| Quantity | |
| Main | 501 |
| Secondary | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | |
| Hull Front, Upper | 60@20°1 |
| Hull Front, Lower | 60@45°1 |
| Hull Sides, Upper | 60@0°1 |
| Hull Sides, Lower | 60@0°1 |
| Hull Rear | 30@20°1 & 30@43°1 |
| Hull Top | 25@80°1 & 20@90°1 |
| Hull Bottom | 20@90°1 |
| Turret Front | 56@0°1 Mantlet: 56 round1 |
| Turret Sides | 46@22.5°1 |
| Turret Rear | 46@22.5°1 |
| Turret Top | 30@72.5°1 & 30@90°1 |
| Engine (Make / Model) | Renault1 |
| Cylinders | 61 |
| Net HP | 300@1,900 rpm1 |
| Transmission | |
| Fuel type | |
| Octane | |
| Capacity | |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | 47: 360°, electric1 Flamm: 10° left, 10° right1 |
| Max Speed | 28 kph1 |
| Cross Country | |
| Road radius | 150 km1 |
| Turning Radius | |
| Elevation Limits | 47: -18° to +18°1 Flamm: -2° to +10°1 |
| Fording depth | |
| Trench crossing | |
| Vertical Obstacle | |
| Suspension (Type) | |
| Wheels each side | |
| Return rollers each side | |
| Track length | |
| Tires | |
| Track width | |
| Track centers/tread |
Sources:
- Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two, Peter Chamberlain and Hilary Doyle, 1999
