Napalm & T-34 tanks

[Talisman]

I have been reading up on the air war and found that T34 tanks were found to be extremely vulnerable to napalm attacks.  I had not thought about this before.

T-34 tanks were highly susceptible to napalm, primarily during the Korean War. Napalm could easily seep into unsealed engine intakes (burning out engines), vision slits, and crew hatches. The searing gel quickly consumed oxygen, stalled the engine, and filled the cramped interior with suffocating smoke, forcing the crew to abandon the vehicle. 

The intense heat generated by napalm also caused secondary hazards, such as the "cooking off" of onboard ammunition and melting external components. 

Specific vulnerabilities included:

• Engine Starvation: Napalm would burn up the ambient air around the tank, stalling the open-air systems of the engine. 
• Crew Incapacitation: The T-34’s interior wasn't completely airtight. Burning napalm on the tank's exterior filled the cramped, un-cooled fighting compartments with toxic smoke and blinding heat. 
• Structural Compromises: Wartime production standards resulted in poorly sealed plates that allowed flaming liquid to seep into the crew spaces.

Edited June 18 by Talisman

[BlitzPig_EL]

Horrific

[Avimimus]

Basically a big molotov cocktail - although it takes a lot of chemical energy to heat up over 30 tons of steel... so the real danger is if it leaks inside.