![]() ![]() High pressure propellant was stored in another, smaller container attached to the fuel tank. Fuel was stored in a large vertical, cylindrical backpack container. The first German man portable flamethrower, was known as the Kleif ( Klein flammenwerfer). A hand-operated pump would give a flame of up to sixty feet (18 m) in length. ![]() The Home Guard Flamethrower stored fuel in a barrel mounted on hand cart that was light enough to be wheeled along roads and possibly over fields to where it was needed. It could produce a jet of fuel lasting about 10 seconds at a range of up to 60 ft (18 m). The Harvey flamethrower comprised a welded steel cylinder containing 22 gallons (100 L) of creosote and a standard bottle of compressed nitrogen at 1,800 pounds per square inch (120 bar) mounted on a sack truck. The fuel spreads across an area approximately 15 m wide and 50 m long and burns at 1,300 ☌. It fired a red phosphorus round that would explode after 8 m (26 ft) on hard contact, or after 1.3 seconds by fuse. The 'Handflammpatrone' DM34 was a single-shot, disposable incendiary weapon issued to the German Armed Forces from 1965 to 2001. It contained 7.5 L of fuel in a horizontal cylindrical tank and weighed 22 kg. It could project fuel up to 32 m from the user. It was the more upgraded version of the Flammenwerfer 35. The Flammenwerfer 41, or FmW 41, was the German flamethrower used during late World War II, used to clear out trenches and buildings. Its disadvantage was its large weight (36 kg). It contained 11.8 L (2.6 imp gal 3.1 US gal) of fuel in a single vertical cylindrical tank. The burning liquid compound used produced fumes very similar to lachrymatory agents. This weapon was also known as the "skinsteal", because using this weapon at close range would usually result in severe skin loss. It could project fuel up to 25–30 m from the user. This was a deadly weapon that was extremely effective at close range. The FmW 35 was the one man German flamethrower used during World War II used to clear out trenches and buildings. The flamethrowers would kill large numbers of enemy infantry, enabling the riflemen to attack the remaining troops with a high probability of success. German riflemen would often be positioned behind flamethrower-carrying infantry. The Germans in the 1940s created a further development, the Flammenwerfer 35. It was used in 1918 in the Battle of Argonne Forest in France. was a flamethrower used by German infantry during World War I for clearing trenches and killing riflemen. It was used in both World War I and World War II. The Schilt flamethrower was a french flamethrower made in response to the german flamethrowers on the Western Front. It contained 18 L (4.0 imp gal) of fuel in a doughnut-shaped container. It was a near copy of the German Wechselapparat ("Wex") from 1917. The Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 (nicknamed "Lifebuoy" from the shape of its fuel tank), also known as the "Ack Pack", was a British design of backpack flamethrower for infantry use in the Second World War. It was a handheld device, composed of a cylindrical tank with a pistol grip and a nozzle at the end. The Einstossflammenwerfer 46 was a light single-shot flamethrower, used as an auxiliary infantry weapon during late World War II. This page is a list of flamethrowers of all forms from all around the world. ![]()
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