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A flamethrower is a ranged incendiary device designed to project a controllable jet of fire. First deployed by the Byzantine Empire in the 7th century AD, flamethrowers saw use in modern times during World War I, and more widely in World War II as a tactical weapon against fortifications.
Possessing and/or using a flamethrower in Maryland is punishable by a US$250,000 fine and/or up to 25 years imprisonment. [10] Flamethrowers are also heavily restricted in California, but permits may be acquired for their use in limited circumstances, primarily in the production and filming of movies and TV shows. [2]
A first flamethrower patent was granted in 1901, and Fiedler turned to the German army who granted him financial support for continuing development of the device. In 1905, he presented his flamethrower to the Preußisches Ingenieurs-Komitee (Prussian engineering committee) at the Garde-Pionier-Bataillon in Berlin and received suggestions for ...
Across the 16th and 17th century, firearms played an important role in the Mughal military. Known as the tufang, Mughal emperor Akbar introduced many improvements in the matchlock. [39] However until the 18th century, firearms, because of their longer loading time, were inferior to longbows. Only in the middle of the 18th century, following the ...
The first combat-ready flamethrower tanks appeared in the early 1930s: KhT-27, KhT-26 and a number of others - in the USSR, CV3 LF - in Italy. Before the start of World War II b more than 1,300 flamethrower tanks of various types were produced by Soviet industry. [8] By the mid-1930s, the first combat use of flamethrower tanks took place.
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70, by David Roberts (1850), shows the city burning. Early thermal weapons, which used heat or burning action to destroy or damage enemy personnel, fortifications or territories, were employed in warfare during the classical and medieval periods (approximately the 8th century BC until the mid-16th century AD).
United States Marines demonstrate an M2 flamethrower (2012) The M2 flamethrower was an American, man-portable, backpack flamethrower that was used in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M2 was the successor to the M1 and M1A1 flamethrowers. Although its burn time was around 7 seconds long, and the flames were effective around ...
The M2 flamethrower (M2-2) was an American man portable backpack flamethrower that was used in World War II. It was the successor to the M1 and M1A1 flamethrowers. M9 flamethrower: 1960 United States: The M9 flamethrower was an American man portable backpack flamethrower that was used in the Vietnam War. It was lighter and easier to pack than ...