Flamethrower

mechanical incendiary device designed to project a long controllable stream of fire

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.

I want a flamethrower. I'm serious! I lost my parents, got possessed. Flamethrower seems fair. ~ Ash vs. Evil Dead
An Australian Army soldier fires a flamethrower at a Japanese bunker)
Flamethrower operator advancing under fire during the Battle of Iwo Jima
PFC Larry Razes burns a Vietcong memorial honoring their dead during Operation New Castle in 1967
Da Nang, Vietnam.... Sergeant Robert E. Fears clears an area using his flamethrower. - NARA - 532491
US M2 flamethrower in use
German soldier with flamethrower in 1941
German Brennkommando-firing Warsaw 1944
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  • I want a flamethrower. I'm serious! I lost my parents, got possessed. Flamethrower seems fair.

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