Flame throwers.
We had at our disposal the “Lifebelt” type that sat on your back. The tank in the shape of a lifebelt. We never used them in assault work, in fact we never used them at all. They were not liked by those that had the onerous job of being the “Carrier”

Why? Simple, if a stray bullet hit the tank the man carrying this weapon would immediately be in the centre of a huge mass of billowing flame. A flame of intense heat that would do more than singe your eyebrows.

A great ball of flame, say about 40/50feet in diameter. From within that flame it would be possible to hear someone screaming in some very unethical language.

Flamethrowers? Sod it, no! Now friends! If you go to a certain wood in Belgium, dig down about 30 feet or so, in that large pit you uncovered you may find a whole bunch of flamethrowers. “Lost in action” for an armoured bulldozer dug a huge pit in that wood and dumped them there.

As a matter of interest, in that wood that we discovered, we found it absolutely stacked with German munitions of all types. Huge amounts of ordinance, stacked all over this wooded area. One thing I did find surprising there was one perfectly good “Konigs? Tiger tank” King Tiger tank, and a bloody great massive thing it was.

Anyone wants to volunteer to be the Flamethrower operator? Any comments? let me know, for I find keeping up with these pages, difficult.
Like, now where did I see that article?
Sapper.