Flamethrowers???

[brownie0486]

Most learned how to "not" use one by watching others mistakes.

The forest service doesn't use them, they use exactly what sir galahad described.

They would not be the ultimate weapon in my opinion for a few reasons. You are a target, they have a short range to them, they can backup and burn your butt, mixing the fuel is not safe for most, they are cumbersome to lug around, not easy to hid with one on your back, etc etc, etc.

Napalm=
Naptha and Palmetto oil.

Naptha from "Bril-cream"? -- the stuff your father used to use in his hair.
Palmetto oil-------------------- Ivory snow detergent, the flake kind, or liquid soap.

It will burn dirt, burn under water, about everywhere there is oxygen.

Saw it used in "70" a few times from the fighters above. Bad, real bad, and not something you want to be close to when they are using it.

Brownie

 

[JShirley]

White Phosphorus is still in use in (among other things) mortar rounds.

My squad burned 32,000 acres of WA real estate at Yakima Training Center with them, about 10 days ago. (13 rounds 81mm WP)

Upper-level chain of command will want to use the stuff in exercises, but we Charlies are reluctant to drop Willie Pete in any area the Bravos are going to be running through, since WP tends to start burning again if you kick it up for the first few hours. We are more willing to make exceptions on this for the occasional leadership-only live fire exercises.

John

 

[Sir Galahad]

Micro, what this relates to is that using one is not as easy as just heading out and doing it. This isn't your dad's shotgun. In this region, just using a tracer bullet is asking for a steep fine. Why? Heard of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire? Know how many people lost homes? That's the point I'm making. I thought it was quite obviously as written. But, perhaps not, evidently. But why listen to me? I only live in the Coconino Friggin' National Forest. What would I know about the forest service?

 

[Kevlarman]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2186457868&category=587

 

[Sir Galahad]

The guys so hot to trot, if you'll pardon the pun, on using a flamethrower as a CQB weapon should read the little story in that eBay listing about the NVA flamethrower man who ran up against a Marine with tracers and became a Roman candle. Yeah, great weapon there, guys. Most impressive. It kills you and makes your funeral pyre at once. Abso-frickin'-lutely a real must-have.

 

[Joe Demko]

During WWII (The Big One), both the Russians and Germans used carrying the flamethrower as a punishment duty.
What everybody is losing track of here, though, is that Blain didn't ask about real honest-to-crispycritters flammenwerfers. He got a woody watching one of the Alien movies. The Hollywood ones he dreams of actually really are more like a pearburner or similar item than they are a military flamethrower. Whatever they fuel them with, it burns much too clean to be napalm and doesn't stick to anything. In fact, it looks so much like when a "fire eater" spits a mouthful of alcohol through a torch, that I'm willing to bet that they aren't much more than an alcohol spray.

 

[Cosmoline]

No question about it, as a weapon outside of total war, they're insane.

Think about it. Your flame may light the BG on fire, but it probably won't kill him right away and it may not stop him from shooting you. And, of course, every home is a tinder box. Now you've got a terribly injured bad guy AND a house on fire! I'll stick with buckshot, thank you very much

 

[Hkmp5sd]

Can you imagine what would happen to a soldier using a flamethrower that manages to survive a battle, but is forced to surrender? Probably would not get a very nice welcome by the friends of the crispy critters he just created.

 

[Quartus]

gun-fucious, PLEASE don't recommend anything on that idiot's site.


howstuffworks.com is a compendium of errors, and a great lesson in how you can make money without caring in the least about the quality of what you "sell"


It's crap on its good days.

 

[carpettbaggerr]

Uh oh, another zombie thread back from the grave

Hmmmm. Looks pretty good for something so simple. [Right click to download video -- save target as]

http://content.jengajam.com/flamethrwr.wmv


edted for mssng letters

 

[Kevlarman]

The link appears to be broken, but if it's about the super soaker / flamethrower, it has been posted here a few days ago.

Yes yes, it was stupid and dangerous, but I recreated it last night, using a super soaker filled with denatured alcohol:

 

[Navy joe]

Think about it. Your flame may light the BG on fire, but it probably won't kill him right away and it may not stop him from shooting you.

Minor point; most all deaths attributed to flamethrowers came from asphxiation, not burning. Well, maybe burning lungs as you suffocate, but not for long. We tend to think of it as a gory death because of the aftermath, but most died quick. Some ran around for sure, "Screaming Alphas" in Navy fire parlance. Travelling along with all that flame is a lot of almost totally oxygen deficient air. So, you did'nt even really need to get the flame all the way in a bunker or cave, just flame up whatever opening you could find. Casualties will be produced well past where the flame stops.

If you want to play around, please don't use gas. As a destructive little kid in the country I played with lots of gas and am glad I am still here. The good news is I learned a lot about fire which has helped me in the present WRT to fire prevention and fire fighting. The bad news is lots of kids and big kids don't make it so easily. I've been in a burn ward unrelated to gas and I'm here to tell you skin grafts suck, blow, and then some.

 

[JShirley]

Yup and yup. Good points.

John, plays with gas...carefully.

 

[Chris Rhines]

Touch off a flamethrower, and you've just created a giant flaming arrow, pointing right at you. Not the greatest idea if you've a hankering towards longevity.

- Chris