Re: SG II: Flame vs. armor

It's true there are no flame throwing weapons save for a few M202 Flash
flame rocket launchers, but I haven't personally seen one of those in
about five years.

The Russians actually brought back flame throwers for combat in
Chechnya. And btw lost a  few tanks to molotovs.

Los

Cleats Balentine wrote:

> What about the effects of a World War II-era Crocodile
> (A Brit tank with a flame thrower) on modern armor?
> Would it have any shot of getting either a minor or
> major impact (to put it in SG II terms) on a modern
> AFV?
>
> An acquaitance of mine said the US currently has no
> flame throwing weapons in their TO&Es. Can anyone
> confirm or deny the validity of that report?
>
> --- Ryan M Gill <monty@arcadia.turner.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Modern AFV's have air intakes and vents for their
> > engines... if you dumped
> > > a bottle of burning fuel into one, it might do
> > *something*.
> >
> > Many that have been designed for IS work have been
> > getting flame
> > resistant components on the engine
> > (Nomes/metal/asbestos) fittings and
> > wireing. This makes the molotov cocktail less than
> > useful.
> >
> > > Unless the AFV has an on-boar fire supression
> > system in the engine bay.
> >
> > The fire supression system may help to a degree if
> > there is some medium
> > to minor damage, if a hellfire missile strikes the
> > turret, I doubt there
> > is much to be gained from the largest bottle of
> > Halon..
> >
> >
> >
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