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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 ...
A Type 93 flamethrower used by the Imperial Japanese Army, drawing made for the US Military Intelligence Service A U.S. Marine firing a flamethrower during the Vietnam War United States Marines demonstrating flamethrower usage (2012) A flamethrower is a ranged incendiary device designed to project a controllable jet of fire.
M67 flame thrower tank: 1955 United States: The M67 "Zippo" was a United States built flamethrowing tank, a variant of the M48 Patton series of medium battle tanks. Served with the US Army and Marine Corps, 109 of these units were built, and served in the Vietnam War. M132 armored personnel carrier flamethrower: 1962 United States
Military Factory's M1/M1A1 Flamethrower Portable Flamethrower; Chapter XIV: Guadalcanal to the Marshall Islands Archived 2009-05-05 at the Wayback Machine; CHAPTER XV: The Flame Thrower in the Pacific: Marianas to Okinawa Archived 2010-03-14 at the Wayback Machine; The Flame Thrower in the War Against Germany Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback ...
Japanese military observers stationed in Europe noted effectiveness of flamethrowers during the trench warfare conditions of World War I, particularly against battlefield fortifications, bunkers, pillboxes and similar protected emplacements, which had given the Japanese Army such grief during the Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
The M8 flamethrower, officially designated: Flame Thrower Portable One-Shot, M8, was a single-shot flamethrower briefly adopted into U.S. service by airborne troops, but was never mass produced. [2] During the end of World War II, the Chemical Corps became interested in improving the man-portable flamethrower concept. [3]
The Flame Thrower, Auxiliary, M3 entered service as a vehicle-mounted flamethrower, featuring a different ignition system from the man-portable ones. The Manifold, Portable Flame Thrower, E4 entered service as World War II ended. It was a manifold line able to connect multiple flamethrower packs and featured an extended E10R1 gun group. [11]
The flame thrower tank M67 (also known as M67 "Zippo", [1] nicknamed after a popular brand of cigarette lighter) is an American flame tank that was briefly used by the U.S. Army, and later by the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. It was the last flamethrower tank used in American military service.