Saipan 1944

[JayTownsend]

The Flame throwing Tanks really started with Saipan in the form of the M3A1 Stuart Tank, nick-named (Satan). They were so successful, in later campaigns they were adapted to the Sherman Tanks with bigger flame storage. It seems like an awful way to die, but at the time it was an effective weapon to save American lives in clearing caves and other difficulty terrain and pillboxes. The infantry also had to their back-pack smaller version in larger scale but much more dangerous as they were always a favorite target the enemy.