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Hmm. I’m not entirely sold that a flamethrower would be an effective weapon against a modern main battle tank.
Do you have ANY idea how hot a typical dragon fireball is??
Besides, Fire Dragons are mostly cooks, glassblowers and welders.
Anti-Tank Dragons are most typically Rust Dragons or Mud Dragons.
Hmm. No, I don’t.
considers
Hmm. I mean, it’s orange, right? So figure black-body radiation determines the color.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation
So maybe something like 2000°F, 1100°C?
But I’m more thinking that a tank probably has a lot of thermal mass, and I figure that the dragon probably isn’t keeping sustained fire on the thing for all that long. I mean, I’ve no doubt that dragon fire would be horrific in an anti-personnel role, but against heavy armor? It’s gonna take a lot of energy to heat that up.
EDIT: I feel like a “how would the 1st Armored Division do against Smaug” would be a good !NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.works question.
Does the dragon fire deplete the tank of oxygen?
That could cause engine issues and crew issues, depending on duration.
NCD would tell you that question has already been answered by an anime called GATE.