Marine LVT-4 Flame Thrower Amtrac and grenades used on Japanese tunnels on Peleliu. #shorts 81

LVT-4 with Navy Mark I flamethrower. Peleliu, September-November 1944.

The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the US military, was fought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Campaign of World War II, from September 15 to November 27, 1944, on the island of Peleliu.

The 1st Marine Division tested before the operation three LVT-4 with the new Navy Mk 1 flamethrowers, a fourth LVT providing supply. This unit was given to the 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion. The Navy Mk 1 flamethrower was modelled after the Canadian Ronson and its range was 75 yards with gasoline/oil mixture and up to 150 yards with napalm bursting to 55 seconds to 80 seconds

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