page_title: M67 Flame Thrower Tank
section_title: Background and development
hierarchical_section_title: M67 Flame Thrower Tank / Background and development
caption_attribution_description: M67A1 Flame Thrower Tank at Engineering School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
context_page_description: The Flame Thrower Tank M67 is an American medium flame tank that was briefly used by the U.S. Army, and later by the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. It was the last flamethrower tank used in American military service.
context_section_description: Drawing on the experiences of crews of M4 Sherman tanks that were converted into flamethrower tanks and used during World War II, the U.S. Army Chemical Corps began work on a successor tank that could deliver the terrifying presence of a flame tank onto the battlefields of the Cold War. Work on the design took place between 1952 and 1954, utilizing a modified M48 tank chassis, at the initiative of the US Marine Corps. Production commenced in 1955 and ran for either a single year or four, depending on some estimates. A total of 109 M67 tanks were produced for the Marine Corps and US Army.
caption: M67A1 on display at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri in 2009.
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