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==== Flame tank ====
[[File:Churchill Crocodile 01.jpg|thumb|right|British [[Churchill Crocodile]] flame tank]]
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A '''flame tank''' is an otherwise-standard [[tank]] equipped with a [[flamethrower]], most commonly used to supplement [[combined arms]] attacks against [[fortification]]s, confined spaces, or other obstacles. The type only reached significant use in the [[Second World War]], during which the United States, [[Soviet Union]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] and the United Kingdom (including members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]]) all produced flamethrower-equipped tanks. Usually, the flame projector replaced one of the tank's machineguns, however, some flame projectors replaced the tank's main gun. Fuel for the flame weapon was generally carried inside the tank, although a few designs mounted the fuel externally, such as the armoured trailer used on the [[Churchill Crocodile]].

Flame tanks have been superseded by [[thermobaric weapon]]s such as the Russian [[TOS-1]].
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