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Originally posted by TColvin
‘But they were dangerous weapons. I have visited a spot in Holland where British tanks - equipped with a more sophisticated flame weapon-called Conger - ignited in a massive fireball when preparing to attack the Germans. The unit lost over 50 men - we stopped using nitroglycerine after that episode.
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I can add a little more about this incident, although not the location. Preparations were being made for loading liquid nitro-glycerine in to Conger carriers. Two lorry loads (6 tons), blew up when it was being off loaded in jerricans prior to loading in the carriers. The two lorries completly disappeared and four nearby AVRE's were destroyed. This info came from the book "The Funnies" by Geoffrey Futter, published in 1974.
Richard
11-01-04, 20:55
Re: Mill and Conger.
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