Failure of Flame Throwing Tanks Doctrines Flame thrower tanks have many vulnerabilities and they weren’t the most effective weapons in WWII as some people may suggest. The insinuation that Panzerfausts are useless against Crocodile flamethrowers overlooks the reality that the German antitank doctrine was based on 50mm, 88mm guns, Panzershreks, explosives and side infantry ambush…