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8/6/2019 Flame Tank -- New Tanks for Old -- Feb 1948
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EW TANI(SR OLD!
story of the All-American Flame-Throwingof th e Army, Navy, and Marines
goes to show that you can never tell wha'th e right men get hold of it
m: SUCCESS of portable flame throwers atTarawa made it obvious that tanks with simit heavier equipment would be extremely effecweapons against J l ~ p - h e l c l Clwes.
Col. George F. Unnmcht, CWS, Ohief Chemicalfo r MID-PAC and FOA, was placed inof Itl1 flame tlmHvcr tauk development in
Pacific Ocean IH'ea. I-lis appointment was folby the iirRt complete IYlOdp,l-llltmed S a t a ~
from au obi-iole("e Mil htllk at Schofie.1cl BarHawaii, by the Fort.y-third Ohemieal LllboIt was demoni;lt.ratecl l1,nd acon 15 April 1944.
In May, in answer to a request for skilled me needed to lHLsh the clevelopment of addiflltnH' throwers, the One
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