The M10 smoke tank was an aircraft under wing tanks used by the United States Army Air Force to lay smoke screens or dispense chemicals such as tear gas. The tanks held a maximum of 30 gallons, and weighed, when full 588 pounds and could lay a smoke screen about 2,000 feet long.

The tanks were used to lay aerial smoke screens in combat during the airdrop

Landing at Nadzab

The Landing at Nadzab was an airborne landing on 5 September 1943 during the New Guinea campaign of World War II that began with a parachute drop at Nadzab in conjunction with the Landing at Lae....

 of the US Army's 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment paratroopers at Nadzab

Nadzab

-History:A Lutheran mission station was established at Nadzab around 1910. Nadzab was the site of the only Allied paratrooper assault in New Guinea on 5 September 1943.The Lae Nadzab Airport is a regional airport served by regional aircraft with domestic flights....

, New Guinea

Territory of New Guinea

The Territory of New Guinea was the Australia-controlled, League of Nations-mandated territory in the north eastern part of the island of New Guinea, and surrounding islands, between 1920 and 1949...

in 1943.