Several of the Japanese memoirs that have been sent to me following my earlier request, refer to the Japanese who invaded Hong Kong as having a "flamethrower" with which they attacked the British "tanks." The "tanks" were either armoured cars or Bren Gun Carriers. My question is did the Japanese have a flame thrower to use in Hong Kong? No British/Canadian document that I have seen refers to one. Cheers, Nathan
Hi. The japanese army had three types of flamethrowers avaliable in 1941: Type 93: Type 93 large: Type 100: Type 93 and type 100 were also mounted in weapon ports of the armoured engineer vehicle SS. This vehicle could be equipped with a large flame oil tank in the back and in one version also several tanks between the suspension parts In late 1941 the type 100 flame thrower hasn´t replaced the type 93 in all units so based on the informations avaliable to me it is impossible to say exactly which one were used at Hong Kong. Yours tom!
Thanks Tom: Thanks. It is interesting, however, that neither the Brits nor the Canucks mention one. Nathan
