Flammenwerferpanzer B-2(f) (Kenn-Nummer 740)
After the annexation of France, some 150-161 Char B-1bis mobile heavy tanks also fell into the hands of German troops. After examination by German experts, it was concluded that the type, which was primarily designed for direct infantry support, was unsuitable for German tank units and combat leadership. The machine, with its small tank capacity, low speed but thick armour, was suitable as a conversion to a flame-thrower tank.
The conversion was commissioned by Daimler-Benz, Berlin-Marienfelde on 19 April 1941. The Wegmann, Kassel, was commissioned to develop and design the flamethrower's hull.
The original 75 mm gun in the hull was removed and a flamethrower with a range of 40-45 meters was fitted in its place. An ILO two-stroke engine was used to power the pressure pump by which the incendiary mixture was fired. There were three modifications of this flamethrower tank. All of them had a square tank for the incendiary mixture located in the rear part of the hull, which was welded from armoured plates of 30 mm thickness. The supply of incendiary mixture was sufficient for 200 approximately 2-3 second bursts.
On 31 May 1941, Adolf Hitler ordered the formation of two companies of 12 each of B-2(f) Flammenwerferpanzers by 21 June 1941.
A total of 60 machines are reported to have been converted in this way.
Type 1
Simple mounting of a flamethrower instead of a 75 mm gun. The large hole left by the cannon had to be modified somehow to mount the small diameter flamethrower tube.
The front of the tank was otherwise identical to the original French machine.
Type 2
In place of the 75 mm gun, a small platform with a turret was created, in which a flamethrower was armed. The front of the tank was otherwise identical to the original French machine.
Type 3
The machine had a modified hull nose. The flamethrower was lapped into a massive spherical housing, which was bolted to the frontal armour in place of the original 75mm gun. Next to the driver's superstructure, a superstructure for the flamethrower operator was created with an observation slit as well as a sighting device.
The first machines were included in the 7th Pz.Reg. 201 and Pz.Reg. 202 companies, which after the 1941 reorganization were incorporated into Pz.Abt. 102 (24 machines in total) and sent to the Eastern Front, where they assisted in the capture of Soviet fortified defensive points in the autumn/autumn of 1941.
The next unit to receive the Flamm B-2(f) was Pz.Abt. 206, which was formed in 11/1941 at Satory near Paris and whose staff company had three Flamm B-2(f) in its state. This unit formed the 7th Army Reserve and was later destroyed in 1944 along with 5 Flamm B-2(f) units at Cherbourg.
There were several small units in France armed with captured and converted French tanks.
One Flamm B-2(f) was also present in Pz.Abt. 100 of the 1st Infaterie-Division in Normandy in 1944. Other machines were carried by the well-known 21st Panzer-Division, whose armament in Normandy 1944 consisted mainly of utility vehicles.
Another unit that had this machine in its armament was the PzAbt.223,which was assigned to the 22nd Panzer Division. With these machines(12pcs) it fought in 1942 near Sevastopol in Crimea, later in France.
Other units:
Pz.Abt. 213 - stationed on the occupied English islands of Jerseyand Guernesey
Pz.Abt. 224 in the Netherlands in the Pays-bas (fought against the landings at Arnhem and Oosterbeek in 1944)
Pz.Reg. 100 - 2 companies of the reserve battalion in France (fought at Saint Lo and Carentan)
SS-Pz.Abt. 7 (7th SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen")- one company with 17 Flamm B-2(f) deployed in the Balkans
In 2/1945, the German Army still had 40 Flamm B-2(f) in its inventory.
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After the annexation of France, some 150-161 Char B-1bis mobile heavy tanks also fell into the hands of German troops. After examination by German experts, it was concluded that the type, which was primarily designed for direct infantry support, was unsuitable for German tank units and combat leadership. The machine, with its small tank capacity, low speed but thick armour, was suitable as a conversion to a flame-thrower tank.
The conversion was commissioned by Daimler-Benz, Berlin-Marienfelde on 19 April 1941. The Wegmann, Kassel, was commissioned to develop and design the flamethrower's hull.
The original 75 mm gun in the hull was removed and a flamethrower with a range of 40-45 meters was fitted in its place. An ILO two-stroke engine was used to power the pressure pump by which the incendiary mixture was fired. There were three modifications of this flamethrower tank. All of them had a square tank for the incendiary mixture located in the rear part of the hull, which was welded from armoured plates of 30 mm thickness. The supply of incendiary mixture was sufficient for 200 approximately 2-3 second bursts.
On 31 May 1941, Adolf Hitler ordered the formation of two companies of 12 each of B-2(f) Flammenwerferpanzers by 21 June 1941.
A total of 60 machines are reported to have been converted in this way.
Type 1
Simple mounting of a flamethrower instead of a 75 mm gun. The large hole left by the cannon had to be modified somehow to mount the small diameter flamethrower tube.
The front of the tank was otherwise identical to the original French machine.
Type 2
In place of the 75 mm gun, a small platform with a turret was created, in which a flamethrower was armed. The front of the tank was otherwise identical to the original French machine.
Type 3
The machine had a modified hull nose. The flamethrower was lapped into a massive spherical housing, which was bolted to the frontal armour in place of the original 75mm gun. Next to the driver's superstructure, a superstructure for the flamethrower operator was created with an observation slit as well as a sighting device.
The first machines were included in the 7th Pz.Reg. 201 and Pz.Reg. 202 companies, which after the 1941 reorganization were incorporated into Pz.Abt. 102 (24 machines in total) and sent to the Eastern Front, where they assisted in the capture of Soviet fortified defensive points in the autumn/autumn of 1941.
The next unit to receive the Flamm B-2(f) was Pz.Abt. 206, which was formed in 11/1941 at Satory near Paris and whose staff company had three Flamm B-2(f) in its state. This unit formed the 7th Army Reserve and was later destroyed in 1944 along with 5 Flamm B-2(f) units at Cherbourg.
There were several small units in France armed with captured and converted French tanks.
One Flamm B-2(f) was also present in Pz.Abt. 100 of the 1st Infaterie-Division in Normandy in 1944. Other machines were carried by the well-known 21st Panzer-Division, whose armament in Normandy 1944 consisted mainly of utility vehicles.
Another unit that had this machine in its armament was the PzAbt.223,which was assigned to the 22nd Panzer Division. With these machines(12pcs) it fought in 1942 near Sevastopol in Crimea, later in France.
Other units:
Pz.Abt. 213 - stationed on the occupied English islands of Jerseyand Guernesey
Pz.Abt. 224 in the Netherlands in the Pays-bas (fought against the landings at Arnhem and Oosterbeek in 1944)
Pz.Reg. 100 - 2 companies of the reserve battalion in France (fought at Saint Lo and Carentan)
SS-Pz.Abt. 7 (7th SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen")- one company with 17 Flamm B-2(f) deployed in the Balkans
In 2/1945, the German Army still had 40 Flamm B-2(f) in its inventory.
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