![]() ![]() through in the evening after they had two failures. Tanks deployed: 6, Fuel used: 1/4 trailer eachĮnemy killed: Nil known, PoWs: Not known Believed some to Inf. of Crocodiles found itself among Germans who had not run away. Tanks deployed: 4 (omits 2 small actions), Fuel used: 1/4 trailer each Far too few Crocodiles for large objective. ![]() Tanks deployed: 3, Fuel used: 1/4 trailer each Support Good flaming showing how houses can be burnt by Crocodiles. Remarks: Mop up to get snipers out of houses. Tanks deployed: 5 on 3 occasions, Fuel used: 1/2 trailer eachĮnemy killed: Nil known, PoWs: A few to Inf. came in next morning - 1 or 2 with burns (Misc.) Remarks: Mop up to get snipers out of hedgerows. Tanks deployed: 3, Fuel used: 1/8 of a trailer eachĮnemy killed: Nil known, PoWs: 50 approx. Tanks deployed: 2 out of 3, Fuel used: 1/8 of a trailer each Quality of enemy: Beach defence but above average Green Howards (69th Bde.)īelow is an extract from Flame Warfare Committees report "Analysis of operational use of Churchill Crocodile flame throwers in NW Europe, June-October 1944” which details the use of the Crocodiles in Normandy. ![]() Three Crocodiles from No.13 Troops landed at La Riviere where one floundered in a deep crater in the sea and two Crocodiles managed to get a shore safely working in support of the 7th. One sank in the rough sea one became stuck in a deep crater on the beach and the third collapsed with broken tracks in attempting to scale a beach obstacle. Three Crocodiles of No.15 Troop landed at Le Hammel where they debouched from their L.C.T's but they all became casualties in a few minutes. The design of the conversion kit allowed the tank to retain it’s main turret mounted 75mm gun.Īt H+35 on D-Day two troops of Crocodiles were planned to land in Normandy, they were No.15 Troop of C Squadron (Lt Davis) and No.13 Troop of C Squadron (Lt Sherman). The conversion kit was designed so that REME workshops in the field could convert any available Church Mk VII into a flame throwing Crocodile tank. The armoured trailer weighed 6 ½ tons and carried 1800 litres of fuel as well as a compressed propellant which was enough for 80 one seconds blasts. The Crocodile had a flame projector which replaced the front mounted Besa machine gun which was connected to an armoured trailer via an armoured pipe mounted along the underside of the tank. The Crocodile was a flame-throwing variant of the British Churchill Tank developed under Major General Sir Percy Hobart and was produced from October 1943. Churchill Crocodile Flame-thrower Tank in Normandy ![]()
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