M3A1 Stuart Tank Firing A M3 Flame Thrower

[Steve Greenberg]

Hello,
Last Sat. I fired an original M3 flame thrower from my M3A1 Stuart tank. It was kind of scary, fun and hot all at the same time!!! That was the first time I have ever experience that. We were shooting a show for the Smithsonian Channel that will air sometime this coming summer.
Enjoy,

 

[mm58]

Wow that's cool. Did you need to get some kind of permit to do that? Did the fire dept. have to be present?

 

[Piper Cub]

That's awesome!

 

[Steve Greenberg]

We did not need a permit and the local fire dept. was there.

 

[Amer-team]

Way to go Steve. What a shot for the scrap book.

 

[swbradley1]

Cool (not literally).

I could use your service to take care of my burn pile.

 

[FloridaAKM]

That's even better than the hand held flamer throwers they used to have for rental @ the Knob Creek Machinegun Shoot every year. Nice showing!

 

[GUNNUT in Iowa]

Sometimes I think I have had the privilege to do some "special" things in my life.

Then along comes a thread like this and I realize I haven't got to do crap!



Oh, and just because this one fits so well.

 

[RodUSMC1962]

Very nice video!

 

[Another Ahab]

Hello,
Last Sat. I fired an original M3 flame thrower from my M3A1 Stuart tank. It was kind of scary, fun and hot all at the same time!!! That was the first time I have ever experience that. We were shooting a show for the Smithsonian Channel that will air sometime this coming summer.
Enjoy,

That's one impressive accessory you got there. Sure beats a can of Raid! if you got a roach problem.

What's the topic of the upcoming Smithsonian Channel show?

 

[Steve Greenberg]

The TV series will be about collectors of military items.

 

[frank8003]

TM Sherman M4A3R3

Sherman tanks were built by the following companies:

• American Locomotive Company , Schenactady, New York.
• Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Detroit Tank Arsenal (Chrysler Corporation), Detroit, Michigan.
• Federal Machine & Welder Company, Chicago, Illinois.
• Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan.
• Grand Blanc Tank Arsenal, Grand Blanc, Michigan.
• Lima Locomotive Works, Lima, Ohio.
• Montreal Locomotive Works, Montreal, Canada.
• Pacific Car & Foundry Company , Renton, Washington.
• Pressed Steel Car Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Pullman Standard Car Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  
  View attachment flame thrower Ringquist-Pt2.pdfView attachment Sherman wires TM 9-759.pdf
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[frank8003]

Sherman tanks were built by the following companies:

Tried three times to insert interesting TM 3-360 flamethrower
No go

 

[Another Ahab]

Tried three times to insert interesting TM 3-360 flamethrower
No go

Shoot. Like to see that.

But I'm no IT wizard, and get stymied by that kind of thing often enough myself.

 

[frank8003]

Shoot. Like to see that.

"A play on words it was". OK

View attachment flame thrower flowpath 1.pdfView attachment flame thrower flowpath 2.pdfView attachment flame thrower Ringquist-Pt1.pdfView attachment flame thrower Ringquist-Pt2.pdfView attachment flame thrower Ringquist-Pt3.pdf

 

[frank8003]

TM 3-360 flamethrower
**/QUOTE] Do or Do Not. There is no try.

https://archive.org/details/TM3-360

on the left download the pdf
SS doesn't like to keep 39mb uploads.

 

[frank8003]

Hello,
Last Sat. I fired an original M3 flame thrower from my M3A1 Stuart tank.


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Where did you get the napalm?
I have found little data about M3A1 Stuart especially with a flame thrower.

 

[Steve Greenberg]

Hello,
We used diesel while shooting the flame thrower from my tank for safety reasons. They did use napalm in the back pack flame thrower. I do not know where the powder used to mix in the gas came from. There is a photo of a M3A1 Stuart with a flame thower in action on Siapan 1944 alot with lots of other photos on this link (scroll down to photio # 68 ) http://blogs.denverpost.com/capture...-the-pacific-and-adjacent-theaters/#more-1547
Steve

 

[Another Ahab]

Hello,
We used diesel while shooting the flame thrower from my tank for safety reasons. They did use napalm in the back pack flame thrower. I do not know where the powder used to mix in the gas came from. There is a photo of a M3A1 Stuart with a flame thower in action on Siapan 1944 alot with lots of other photos on this link (scroll down to photio # 68 )
Steve

Remarkable photo record in the link. Thank you.

 

[T. Highway]

Steve,

Those are a great bunch of photos, thanks for sharing. Do you know a date that this will air? I would really like to be able to tune in for it.

Bert