After a few iterations of mounting flamethrowers onto light-armored vehicles in the Marianas and on Peleliu, U.S. Navy Seabees finally modified a Sherman M4A3 tank with the Mark-1 flamethrower....

One of the technological innovations of the battle, the eight Sherman M4A3R3 medium tanks equipped with flamethrowers ("Ronson" or "Zippo" tanks), proved very effective at clearing Japanese positions.

A M4A3R3 used by the USMC during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Rhino – more formally "M4 with Cullin Hedgerow Device". Sherman tanks fitted with prongs to the front of the hull.

M4A3R3 Zippo: Probably the most famous of these versions, developed by the USMC to deal with Japanese bunkers, reinforced pillboxes and other fortifications. The name came from the famous lighter.

1st Division Marines and M4A3R3 Zippo Flame Throwing Tank on Okinawa Site statistics: Photos of World War II: over 26800 aircraft: 63 models tanks: 59 models vehicles: 59 models guns: 3 models units: 2 ships: 47 WW2 battlefields - 12 weapon models: - equipment: -

M4A3R3 Flame thrower - Also known as "Zippo tanks" or more commonly Flame tanks. M4 Sherman Crocodile - M4 tank modified with the flamethower and fuel trailer from a Churchill Crocodile.

The M4A3R3 "Zippo" was a Sherman tank variant, equipped with a flamethrower and commonly used in attacks against fortifications or confined spaces. The M4A3R3 "Zippo" was used in the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 and proved very effective at clearing Japanese defensive positions.

M4A3R3 Zippo Medium Flamethrower Tank /Vehicles/Allies/USA/02-MediumTanks/M4-Sherman/M4A3R3-Zippo.htm | Up-dated: - Flamethrower variant developed by the USMC, here deployed at Okinawa, in support to the 1st Marine Division, May 1945.

M4标准型-使用R975引擎；焊接制成的车身;使用75毫米M3坦克炮。 M4 (105) - 装备105mm M4榴弹炮，设计用于协助步兵和反防御工事，牺牲了反坦克能力。 M4 (105)HVSS - 装备105mm M4榴弹炮;使用HVSS悬吊系统。 M4A1-使用R975引擎；铸造车身；75毫米M3坦克炮。 M4A1，车体上面是弧形装甲. M4A1E4/M4A1 (76)W -升级使用76 毫米M1坦克炮。 M4A1E8/M4A1 (76)W HVSS -配有76 毫米M1坦克炮，使HVSS悬吊系统。 M4A1E9 -战后制造，可安装附加装甲，新的潜 …

These tanks had internal tanks providing only a few brief jets (of less than 5 seconds) and therefore towed most of the flammable liquid in wheeled armored tankers ... very visible to the enemy who made them priority targets.