Editing Flamethrower (section)

=====Britain and the Commonwealth=====
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File:IWM-H-37975-Flame-thrower-lifebuoy.jpg|A British [[World War II]]–type [[Flamethrower, Portable, No 2|"lifebuoy" flamethrower]] in 1944
File:Churchill Crocodile 01.jpg|A Churchill tank fitted with a Crocodile flamethrower in action.
File:Flamethrower Tarakan (108558).jpg|An Australian soldier fires a flamethrower at a Japanese bunker
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The British World War II army flamethrowers, "Ack Packs", had a doughnut-shaped fuel tank with a small spherical pressurizer gas tank in the middle. As a result, some troops nicknamed them "lifebuoys". It was officially known as [[Flamethrower, Portable, No 2]].

Extensive plans were made in 1940–1941 by the [[Petroleum Warfare Department]] to use [[flame fougasse]] static flame projectors in the event of an invasion, with around 50,000 barrel-based incendiary mines being deployed in 7,000 batteries throughout Southern England.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeovil's Virtual Museum, the A-to-Z of Yeovil's History - by Bob Osborn |url=https://www.yeovilhistory.info/fougasse.htm |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.yeovilhistory.info}}</ref>

The British hardly used their man-portable systems, relying on [[Churchill Crocodile]] tanks in the European theatre. These tanks proved very effective against German defensive positions, and caused official Axis protests against their use.{{Citation needed|date=May 2018|reason=Reliable source needed for this declaration}} This flamethrower could produce a jet of flame exceeding {{convert|150|yd|order=flip}}. There are documented instances of German units summarily executing any captured British flame-tank crews.<ref>{{cite book |title=Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine  |last=Jarymowycz |first=Roman Johann |year=2001 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |isbn=1-55587-950-0 |page=199}}</ref>

In the Pacific theatre, Australian forces used converted [[Matilda II|Matilda tank]]s, known as Matilda [[Matilda II#Variants|Frogs]].