American M2/2 Flamethrower

[privatefjordy]

Were any American made M2/2 flamethrowers supplied to Great Britain under Lend-Lease during WW2?

[AlanD]

Nothing is listed in the extensive American report compiled after the war.

Regards

AlanD
Sydney

[privatefjordy]

Aug 7, 2009 12:47:19 GMT 1 AlanD said:

Nothing is listed in the extensive American report compiled after the war.

Thanks Alan. I can't find the copy of the Lend Lease report that I downloaded from the internet so I could not check for myself.

I know Australia received 162 by early 1945.

Do you know if China received any from the USA for use in the CBI theatre?

[privatefjordy]

Aug 10, 2009 15:12:43 GMT 1 privatefjordy said:

Aug 7, 2009 12:47:19 GMT 1 AlanD said:

Nothing is listed in the extensive American report compiled after the war.

Thanks Alan. I can't find the copy of the Lend Lease report that I downloaded from the internet so I could not check for myself.

I have now located the Lend Lease report on the internet, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/LL-Ship/LL-Ship-1.html and found that there is an error in the column headings on Part 1 Page 15, whereby the headings have all been shifted one place to the right.

When the columns are read with the correct headings these are the figures;

Line 3, Flame Thrower, Portable, M1 & M2-2
Totals 2,194
British Empire 417
French Forces 247
China 1,470
Netherlands 60
(USSR, Brazil, Other Lat.Am.Repub's, Canada, Other Countries, 0)

Line 7 Kit, Service for Portable Flame Thrower, M2-2
Totals 163
British Empire 61
China 102

Line 9 Kit, Conversion Pressure, Flame Thrower, M2-2
Totals 162
British Empire 162

I know Australia had 162 M2-2 by early 1945, that leaves another 255 supplied within the British Empire.

I could take a guess purely on the matching figures that the 162 Kit, Conversion Pressure, Flame Thrower, M2-2 were supplied with the 162 M2-2 that Australia received.

I am now looking for any reference to American flamethrowers being used by British, Indian or East/West African troops in the Burma theatre.

I'm also looking for any evidence of existence of British Commonwealth manuals for the M2-2.

And finally, does anyone have a scanned copy of TM 3-376A Portable Flamethrower M2-2 (May 1944)