" MAIN ARMAMENT FLAME THROWER IN MEDIUM TANK" WWII ERA U.S. ARMY TRAINING FILM XD60924
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This WWII era training film was produced by the Army Pictorial Service, a division of the Signal Corps within the United States War Department. "Flame Thrower in Medium Tank" instructs the viewer on how to properly maintain the flamethrowers then used in medium-sized Sherman tanks (the M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II). The narrator and on-screen tank maintenance crew chief first point out the individual components that make up the flame thrower before diving deep into the various maintenance and preventative measures necessary for the proper functioning of the weapon. (Note: The M4 A2 was typically equipped with bow mounted E4-5 flamethrowers. These were often referred to as "Ronson" or "Zippo" tanks and proved highly effective in clearing enemy positions in the Battle of Iwo Jima.)
(0:07) title card: “War Department Official Training Film / T.F.3 1453 / Army Service Forces”
(0:13) title card: “Produced by Army Pictorial Service / Signal Corps”
(0:17) title card: “Main Armament: Flame Thrower in Medium Tank”
(0:24) title card: “Part 2: Maintenance”
(0:29) a tank shoots a flame thrower in an open field
(0:50) crew chief points out the main components of a flame thrower: elbow brackets, feed manifold, vertical trunnion, main control valve, gun body, main piston chamber, main fuel valve, pilot valve, fuel firing button, ballistic plate, atomizer nozzle, atomizer control valve, and igniter pedal
(2:30) crew chief performs a flame gun nozzle replacement while also pointing out the sections of the nozzle and what those components do to make the flame thrower function correctly
(3:32) gun body, fuel valve, control valve, and gun nozzle
(4:59) fuel and air leakage maintenance measures
(6:18) instructions for gun re-assembly
(6:58) grease fittings, gun lubrication, and oil maintenance
(8:15) pre-mission flame thrower preventative maintenance measures
(9:22) disassembly, inspection, and reassembly of the control valves
(11:12) cleaning clogged filters and screens and inspecting for damage
(11:48) spare parts kits for flame thrower maintenance
(12:22) firing troubles as related to the main pressure regulator
(13:36) ignition troubleshooting
(15:33) final precautionary measures to clean out the entire flame thrower system demonstrated via two tanks in an open field
(15:46) a Sherman tank shoots its flame thrower
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A much more complicated weapon than one would think. Hats off to the young men who crewed these weapons. Thanks for finding this one.
I design flame systems for special effects and it's a lot harder to reliably ignite gas and liquid fuels to produce a specific result than many people think particularly with high pressures and volumes.
Agreed. I never gave flame throwers a second thought before. I just assumed it was pretty simple.
Nothing makes someone surrender faster than a steel box spurting flames as it closes in.
I heard the story of a flamethrower failing to ignite on the first shot and spraying fuel in a Japanese bunker. They all walked out spattered in fuel with their hands up.
@@NikovK I think that's something they would do intentionally. I seem to remember a historian say that tank crews would squirt fuel just to show the enemy what was coming if they didn't give up. Fire is a good negotiator.
@@TheAtlasReview It would help you sleep at night if you did that. The tank gave you a little protection to be gracious in. That isn't a luxury you'd often have.
Only a small percentage of Japanese were willing to surrender, but I suspect that percentage was much higher when flamethrowers were involved.
@@Rutherford_Inchworm_III You can talk yourself into dying honorably only when the death is sufficiently glamorous. I think the atomic bombs had a similar effect at being just too absolute to leave dignified rubble.
My father was a crewman on one of those in Okinawa. This is a great look into what it took.
God bless your father for his service to our great nation. And thanks for being a sub.
My dad fought on Okinawa and I was a tank commander in Vietnam but we didn't have them we used C4 to burn them out. I wish we had them.
Go Dad
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A Beautiful Simple Design of each component that works to make this supreme instrument.
Every Little Boy who grew up with a set of Plastic G.I. Soldiers 65 yrs ago wanted one of these in the worst way :)
Well, we had lighter fluid that worked pretty good. Yes I was a child firebug.
The sheer number of points where things can fail is enormous! I am amazed any of these made it to battle
I hope they didn't use leaded gasoline on the enemy. Its poisonous.
Was very effective against the Japanese in WWII.
I love this channel
Even accounting for the fact that these films are public property, I very much appreciate that they post them and grant that it’s reasonable that they put their logo on it.
@@JoeOvercoat where do you peruse them at?
@@yep_2431 One would have to track them down in DoD archives or perhaps the Library of Congress. That is why this channel is a legit service.
Thank goodness I'm getting trained in the use of this formidable weapon!
The test will be in 2 days. Use your time wisely and study!
I’m sitting here wondering if I should give this one a thumbs up or what…
My grandfather worked in a plant that converted the tanks to Zippos.
This was great.
Fun fact: flame throwers are legal in almost all states.
yeah no
@@JoeOvercoat sold at Harbor Freight for burning brush. Also a Mr. E. Musk sold some.
@@davidcovington901 those aren’t flamethrowers. wait, I should clarify: musk is a flamethrower, but his toy is not a flamethrower.
Nothing beats a Rodinator 3000 for confined space action.
@@JoeOvercoat Flame throwers are perfectly legal in the US. Forgotten Weapons has a number of videos covering the topic.
These and kinetic impact bullets terrify me. (the kind that deploy "petals" after firing.
Do you have charcoal lighter fluid? Hey try this, I hope you like extremely well done.
7:24 but don’t overpack it!
No marshmallows were harmed in the making of this movie.
3:25 - Thereby increasing the speed of the mixture by quite a bit.
Right? That reduction element is the key and I’m surprised it works so well where you can even turn the stream off clean & the dispensed product will keep going and land where you pointed it
@@JoeOvercoat Been designing mechanical, some hydraulics for years, and that's one of those design elements where you think it's going to be just fine, and it turns out far better than that. Always hoping for them, and if you're any good, they happen often enough.
hey buddy, let me light that cigarette for ya
Sushi cooker!
Complicated little jewel
Do such tanks armed with flame throwers forgo having a loader?
Do you guys have part 1?
The cleaning with gas made me wince. One spark and…
Wonder what they did with the dirty gasoline.
Wash the parts in gasoline with your bare hands? War's war, but the least the service could do was issue mechanics some rubber gloves.
Lol @ dipping his bare hands in what is more than likely LEADED Gasoline since this was in the 40's.😅
For sure it was leaded, but even unleaded gasoline is carcinogenic, full of benzene.
Lead is not a big deal for adults. It's not HEALTHY for adults, but by far it's most notable effects are seen in the developing brains of children, and then only when inhaled or swallowed. Banning lead gasoline for cars dealt with the airborne lead level. This is also why they got so bent out of shape over lead paint - it was primarily a matter of a statistically large number of toddlers eating paint chips. The adults in the house certainly weren't getting any stupider from the flaking paint on the walls.
That thing sure is fiddly. I could see lots going wrong in battle with all that plumbing and intracacy.
Oh absolutely. Im sure several crews got barbecued in the hatch of their tank from a direct hit. In the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, a soldier who had a portable flamethrower mounted to his backpack got blown up and turned into a human match 😳
A very great and terrible weapon.
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