Burning Down the House

Listy, on 16 January 2014 - 02:49 PM, said:   As I pointed out flame-throwers were safe to carry. Both German and Commonwealth training pamphlets used on courses for the flame-thrower operators clearly have an entry about demonstrating that a flame-throwers fuel tank is not going to explode. In the case of the Crocodiles. When set on fire by normal means (penetrated by a shell) they would burn due to the abundance of flammable material. However shooting the trailer would not cause an explosion. Hence why the armour on the Crocodile trailer was really just splinter protection levels.     Yes, as it had all the experienced Tank instructors in it! It wasn't a division of blokes driving around with L plates on their tanks.