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| GERMAN CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIAL |
| Part I - GROUND WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION |
| Section P - FLAMETHROWERS AND ACCESSORIES |
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I–P–16 |
| FLAMETHROWER, Pz.Kw. II (F) |
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This item serves as the flamethrower for the Pz.Kw. II (F) tank. |
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There are no markings of identification value. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
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Two of these flamethrowers are mounted on the tank in small turrets, set forward on the two track guards; the turrets have 180 degrees traverse. The two fuel tanks, 35 gallons each, are mounted externally behind the turrets and are provided with armor shields. The fuel is forced into the guns by compressed nitrogen supplied in four steel cylinders. In between the guns and fuel tanks are the two small tanks which provide the ignition medium, acetylene. The flamethrowers are operated electrically from the panel in the tank turret. |
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The range of the flamethrowers is 35 yards. |
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I–P–16 |
| Flamethrower, Pz.Kw. II (F) |
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