Churchill Crocodile

Churchill Crocodile
A Churchill Crocodile firing its flame-projector
TypeInfantry tank/Flame tank
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Service history
In service1944–1951
Used byUnited Kingdom
WarsSecond World War
Korean War
Production history
Designed1944
Produced1944
Specifications
Crew5 (commander, gunner, driver, radio operator/loader, co-driver/flamethrower gunner)

Armour152mm hull and turret front, 95mm hull sides and turret sides and rears, 51mm hull rear
Main
armament
Ordnance QF 75 mm
Secondary
armament
Flame thrower, 1 x coax Besa machine gun
EngineSee Churchill tank
See Churchill tank
Fuel capacitySee Churchill tank

The Churchill Crocodile was a British flame-throwing tank of late Second World War. It was a variant of the Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill Mark VII, although the Churchill Mark IV was initially chosen to be the base vehicle.

The Crocodile was introduced as one of the specialised armoured vehicles developed under Major-General Percy Hobart, informally known as "Hobart's Funnies". It was produced from October 1943, in time for the Normandy invasion.


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